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S8938 • 2025

Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community

Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community

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Sponsor
Peter Oberacker
Last action
2026-06-03
Official status
Passed Assembly
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community

Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community for purposes of community preservation funds.

What This Bill Does

  • Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community for purposes of community preservation funds.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-03 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A9411

  2. 2026-06-03 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.410

  3. 2026-06-03 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  4. 2026-06-03 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  5. 2026-06-02 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  6. 2026-06-02 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1549

  7. 2026-06-02 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  8. 2026-06-02 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  9. 2026-06-02 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  10. 2026-01-16 Senate

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Official Summary Text

Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community
Includes the county of Sullivan within the definition of a designated community for purposes of community preservation funds.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8938

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 16, 2026
                                       ___________

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

        AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law and the tax law, in relation
          to including Sullivan county as a designated community for purposes of
          community preservation funds

          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 1 of section 6-s of the gener-
     2  al  municipal  law,  as   amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 2019, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (d) "Designated community" means any town or city  within  the  Hudson
     5  Valley counties of Putnam, SULLIVAN, Ulster, or Westchester.
     6    §  2.  Subdivision  11  of  section 1560 of the tax law, as amended by
     7  chapter 608 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     8    11. "Designated community" means any town or city  within  the  Hudson
     9  Valley counties of Putnam, SULLIVAN, Ulster, or Westchester.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13853-01-5