New York S 8151: Authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to establish segment special equalization rates for certain school districts

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S08151 Summary:

BILL NOS08151A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08605-A

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1218, RPT L

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Authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to establish segment special equalization rates starting in fiscal year 2026 for the Amityville Union Free School District and Farmingdale Union Free School District for the segments of the districts in the towns of Babylon and Oyster Bay.

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BILL NOS08151A

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1654

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to real property taxation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

02/13/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

02/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 8151A

03/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.503

03/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/12/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

05/29/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/29/2026referred to real property taxation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8151--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing
 the commissioner of taxation and finance to establish segment special
 equalization rates for certain school districts

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or procedure to the contrary,
 2 the commissioner of taxation and finance shall establish segment special
 3 equalization rates starting in fiscal year 2026 for the Amityville Union
 4 Free School District and Farmingdale Union Free School District for the
 5 segments of the districts in the towns of Babylon and Oyster Bay. A
 6 segment special equalization rate shall not be established pursuant to
 7 this act if there would not be at least a two percent change in the
 8 share of the levy of at least one segment of the taxing jurisdiction as
 9 the result of the use of the indicated special equalization rate in
 10 place of the equalization rate which would otherwise be used for
 11 purposes of this apportionment. The segment special equalization rates
 12 calculated pursuant to this act shall be used solely for the apportion-
 13 ment of school taxes.
 14 § 2. Section 1218 of the real property tax law, as amended by section
 15 18 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 16 follows:
 17 § 1218. Review of final determinations of state board of real property
 18 tax services relating to state equalization rates. A final determination
 19 of the state board of real property tax services relating to state
 20 equalization rates may be reviewed by commencing an action in the appel-
 21 late division of the supreme court in the manner provided by article

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13043-03-6

 S. 8151--A 2

 1 seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules upon application of
 2 the county, city, town or village for which the rate or rates were
 3 established. However, any taxing jurisdiction contained within a split
 4 taxing jurisdiction that crosses county lines may commence proceedings
 5 directing a revised state equalization rate for any county, village or
 6 school district contained within the split taxing jurisdiction that
 7 crosses county lines. The standard of review in such a proceeding shall
 8 be as specified in subdivision four of section seventy-eight hundred
 9 three of the civil practice law and rules. Whenever a final order is
 10 issued in such a p