Senate Bill S5404

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Exempts the costs associated with the construction of community college capital facilities from the real property tax levy limit for local governments

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S5404 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7788
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S492, A5376
2017-2018: S2555, A4793
2019-2020: A4518

2013-S5404 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts the costs associated with the construction of community college capital facilities from the real property tax levy limit for local governments.

2013-S5404 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5404

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. LAVALLE, LITTLE -- 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, in relation to exempting  the
  costs  associated  with  the construction of community college capital
  facilities from the real property tax levy limit for local governments

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of
section 3-c of the general municipal law, as added by section 1 of  part
A  of  chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new subparagraph
(v) is added to read as follows:
  (iv) in years in which the normal contribution rate of  the  New  York
state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
sion  two  of  section  five  hundred  seventeen  of  the education law,
increases by more than two percentage points from the previous  year,  a
tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for local
government  employer  contributions  to  the  New  York  state teachers'
retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus
two percentage points[.];
  (V) A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR EXPENDITURES FOR THE COMING  FISCAL  YEAR
RELATED  TO  THE  FINANCING,  REFINANCING, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION,
RENOVATION, ACQUISITION, DESIGN, REHABILITATION,  IMPROVEMENT,  FURNISH-
ING,  EQUIPPING  OR  ALTERATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAPITAL FACILITIES,
INCLUDING DEBT SERVICE AND LEASE EXPENDITURES, AS APPROVED BY THE  LOCAL
SPONSOR,  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SIXTY-THREE HUNDRED
ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the  amendments  to  section  3-c  of  the general municipal law made by
section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10831-01-3

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