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S01306 Summary:

BILL NOS01306 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §305, Ag & Mkts L

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Creates a real property tax exemption for land of a farm operation which is in the process of being certified for the production of organic crops.

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BILL NOS01306 

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1306

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agricul-
 ture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to creating
 a real property tax exemption for land of a farm operation being
 certified as organic

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 2 by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
 3 8. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, that
 4 portion of the value of land of a farm operation which is in the process
 5 of being certified by an organic certification authority accredited by
 6 the United States department of agriculture for the production of organ-
 7 ic crops, livestock and livestock products shall be exempt from real
 8 property taxation for a period not to exceed three years. The land of
 9 the farm operation subject to such exemption shall be certified organic
 10 at the end of the three year tax exemption period and shall be used in
 11 the production of crops, livestock and livestock products in accordance
 12 with the United States department of agriculture national organic
 13 program standards. The land eligible for such exemption shall be
 14 reported to the commissioner who may issue an annual report detailing
 15 the amount of land subject to such exemption being converted to organic
 16 production and the assessed value of such land.
 17 b. The land eligible for such real property tax exemption shall not in
 18 any one year exceed fifty percent of the total assessed value of such
 19 farm operation which is located on land used in agricultural production
 20 within an agricultural district or fifty percent of the total assessed
 21 value of such farm operation eligible for an agricultural assessment
 22 pursuant to this section and section three hundred six of this article

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01001-01-5

 S. 1306 2

 1 where the owner of such land has filed an annual application for an
 2 agricultural assessment.
 3 c. The land of the farm operation eligible for such real property tax
 4 exemption must be maintained as land used in agricultural production as
 5 part of such farm operation for each year such exemption is granted.
 6 d. When the land which is in the process of being certified organic is
 7 located within an area which has been declared by the governor to be a
 8 disaster emergency in a year in which such tax exemption is sought and
 9 in a year in which such land meets all other eligibility requirements
 10 for such tax exemption set forth in this subdivision, the maximum fifty
 11 percent total acreage restriction set forth in paragraph b of this
 12 subdivision may be exceeded for such year and for any remaining succes-
 13 sive years, provided, however, that the land eligible for such real
 14 property tax exemption shall not exceed the total acreage damaged or
 15 destroyed by such disaster in such year or the total acreage which
 16 remains damaged or destroyed in any remaining successive year. The total
 17 acreage for which such exemption is sought pursuant to this paragraph
 18 shall be subject to verification by the commissioner or their designee.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
 20 ment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or
 21 after the firs