New York S 6338: Relates to community preservation funds for the town of Orangetown

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S06338 Summary:

BILL NOS06338 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06097

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SPONSORWEBER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §64-l, Town L; add Art 31-A-4 §§1439-aaa - 1439-ppp, Tax L

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Authorizes the town of Orangetown to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Go to top S06338 Actions:

BILL NOS06338 

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03/11/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1989

06/13/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A6097

&nbspA06097 AMEND= Wieder

&nbsp02/26/2025referred to local governments

&nbsp04/30/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp05/13/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/06/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/09/2025reported 

&nbsp06/09/2025rules report cal.506

&nbsp06/09/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.506

&nbsp06/09/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/09/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/09/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/13/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S6338

&nbsp06/13/20253RD READING CAL.1989

&nbsp06/13/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/13/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp11/17/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp11/21/2025signed chap.518

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6338

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to authorizing the town of
 Orangetown, county of Rockland to establish community preservation
 funds; to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing the town of
 Orangetown to impose a real estate transfer tax with revenues there-
 from to be deposited in said community preservation fund; and provid-
 ing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The town law is amended by adding a new section 64-l to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 64-l. Town of Orangetown preservation funds. 1. As used in this
 4 section, the following words and terms shall have the following mean-
 5 ings:
 6 (a) "Town" means the town of Orangetown.
 7 (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the
 8 purposes outlined in subdivision five of this section.
 9 (c) "Board" means the advisory board required pursuant to subdivision
 10 six of this section.
 11 (d) "Fund" means the community preservation fund created pursuant to
 12 subdivision two of this section.
 13 (e) "Tax" shall mean the real estate transfer tax imposed pursuant to
 14 section fourteen hundred thirty-nine-bbb of the tax law or, if the
 15 context clearly indicates, shall mean the real estate transfer tax
 16 imposed pursuant to article thirty-one of the tax law.
 17 2. The town board of the town of Orangetown is authorized to establish
 18 by local law a community preservation fund pursuant to the provisions of
 19 this section. Deposits into the fund may include revenues of the local
 20 government from whatever source and shall include, at a minimum, all
 21 revenues from a tax imposed upon the transfer of real property interests

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09429-01-5

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 1 in such town pursuant to article thirty-one-A-four of the tax law. The
 2 fund shall also be authorized to accept gifts of any such interests in
 3 land or of funds. Interest accrued by monies deposited into the fund
 4 shall be credited to the fund. In no event shall monies deposited in the
 5 fund be transferred to any other account. Nothing contained in this
 6 section shall be construed to prevent the financing in whole or in part,
 7 pursuant to the local finance law, of any acquisition authorized pursu-
 8 ant to this section. Monies from the fund may be utiliz