A 9149: Exempts payments in lieu of taxes received or receivable with regards to renewable energy projects from local governments' tax cap calculations; defines term.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9149 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY October 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to exempting payments in lieu of taxes received or receivable with regards to renewable energy projects from local governments' tax cap calculations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 3-c of the general municipal law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows: 3 (c-1) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (iii) and (vi) of paragraph (c) of 4 this subdivision, in calculating the tax levy limit applicable to the 5 coming fiscal year under paragraph (c) of this subdivision, local 6 governments shall exclude any payments in lieu of taxes received or 7 receivable with regards to a renewable energy project. For the purposes 8 of this paragraph, the term "renewable energy project" shall mean a 9 project for generating, distributing, or consuming renewable energy, as 10 defined by section sixty-six-p of the public service law. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13796-02-5