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New York Environmental Conservation Law Section 9-0503 - Certificate Of Purchase; Exemption From Taxation.

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  § 9-0503. Certificate of purchase; exemption from taxation.
    Immediately  upon  acquiring  by gift, purchase or appropriation lands
  for a reforestation area the commissioner shall transmit  to  the  state
  agency  authorized  by  law to approve assessments of state lands and to
  the Department of Audit and Control, respectively, a  certificate  which
  shall  set forth, with respect to each parcel of such lands so acquired,
  a description thereof, the area in acres, from  whom  acquired,  whether
  acquired  by  gift,  purchase  or appropriation, the price paid for such
  parcel in the case of a purchase (except as hereinafter  provided),  the
  date  of  the  recording of the deed, if acquired by deed, the effective
  date of the devise, if acquired by devise, and the assessed valuation of
  such parcels as shown by the assessment rolls of the town in which  such
  parcel  is  located two years prior to the gift, if acquired by gift and
  separately assessed. If such a purchase  shall  include  more  than  one
  parcel  of  such  lands  and  it  is  impossible for the commissioner to
  determine the price paid for such parcel included in such  purchase,  he
  shall  specify  in  such certificate the price paid for the entire tract
  purchased. Such lands shall be exempt from taxation only as provided  in
  the Real Property Tax Law.

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