BILL NUMBER: S2677
SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general municipal law and the public authorities
law, in relation to including providing onsite child care services or
facilitating new child care services by a project into a uniform tax
exemption policy; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending
the general municipal law and the public authorities law relating to
including providing onsite child daycare facilities by a project into a
uniform tax exemption policy, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
S. 2498-A and A. 5248-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
PURPOSE:
This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of chapter
646 of the laws of 2024 by modifying the requirement for consideration
in the uniform tax exemption policy (UTEP) to the extent to which a
project will provide onsite child care services or otherwise facilitate
new child care services as well as modifying the effective date so that
projects currently under development are not unnecessarily delayed.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1, Section 2, and Section 3 replace the phrase, "the extent to
which the project will provide onsite child daycare facilities" with the
following language: "the extent to which the project will provide onsite
child care services or otherwise facilitate new child care services."
Section 4 of the bill amends the underlying chapter's effective date to
take place 180 days after it shall become law.
Section 5 sets the effective date.
 
EXISTING LAW:
The underlying chapter requires consideration of the inclusion of onsite
daycare facilities when evaluating payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT)
projects, as part of industrial development agencies' (IDAs) UTEPs.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter to
incentivize a broader range of actions that support access to child
care, as certain projects may not be well suited for onsite child care
facilities.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a chapter amendment to Chapter 646 of the Laws of 2024.
S.2498-A passed the Senate in June 2024 and A.5248-A passed the Assembly
in June 2024.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately provided, however, that sections one, two, and three of this
act shall take effect 180 days after the underlying chapter shall have
become a law.