New York S 581: Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes

Status: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 581

Sponsors: Pamela Helming

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S00581 Summary:

BILL NOS00581 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04458

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SPONSORHELMING

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L

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Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes.

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BILL NOS00581 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 581

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
 ing the acreage of farm woodland which qualifies as land used in agri-
 cultural production for agricultural assessment purposes

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricul-
 2 ture and markets law, as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 2002, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 d. Farm woodland which is part of land which is qualified for an agri-
 5 cultural assessment, provided, however, that such farm woodland attrib-
 6 utable to any separately described and assessed parcel shall not exceed
 7 [fifty] one hundred acres.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01326-01-5

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