Election 2026

The November 3 election will reshape legislatures. Stay current on every seat, staff, and committee change with GovBuddy.

Stay Current
Home/Bills/S 63New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillIntroduced

S 63: Allows for the taxation of certain state properties in western New York for school tax purposes.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What S 63 does, verified January 10, 2026

The bill aims to amend the Real Property Tax Law to allow for the taxation of state property for schools. The state property in question includes correctional facilities, excluding any improvements erected by the state, located in two school districts: Alden Central School District in Erie County and Gowanda Central School District in Erie County. The tax on this state property would be applied to the schools in these districts. The changes would take effect immediately.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Jan. 08, 2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 207 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 63 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to allowing for the taxation of state property for schools The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 536 of the real property tax law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows: 3 (h) Lands owned by the state for use as correctional facilities, as 4 such term is defined pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision four of 5 section two of the correction law, exclusive of the improvements erected 6 thereon by the state, situate in the following school districts: 7 (i) Alden central school district in Erie county; and 8 (ii) Gowanda central school district in Erie county. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00398-01-5 
Text of S 63 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
GovBuddy Demo

See how GovBuddy fits your team.

Share a few details and our team will follow up with a focused walkthrough.