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May 06, 2014 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Apr 11, 2014 |
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Mar 05, 2014 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S6743
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S6743 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10039
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 8 §4, Constn
2013-S6743 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6743 TITLE OF BILL: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 4 of article 8 of the constitution, in relation to increasing the limitation on indebtedness that may be incurred by certain school districts PURPOSE: This bill would increase the limitation of indebtedness that may be incurred by school districts in cities of 125,000 residents or less from five percent to ten percent. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 subdivision (h) of section 4 of article 8 of the constitution is amended by changing the percentage given to school districts of 125,000 residents or less to 10% for specified objects in relation to indebtedness. JUSTIFICATION: A number of small city school districts have been up against the indebtedness cap contained in the New York State Constitution for some time.
2013-S6743 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6743 I N S E N A T E March 5, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TKACZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 4 of article 8 of the constitution, in relation to increasing the limitation on indebtedness that may be incurred by certain school districts Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the opening para- graph of subdivision (h) of section 4 of article 8 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: any school district which is coterminous with, or partly within, or wholly within, a city having less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants according to the latest federal census, for education purposes, [five] TEN per centum; provided, however, that such limitation may be increased in relation to indebtedness for specified objects or purposes with (1) the approving vote of sixty per centum or more of the duly qualified voters of such school district voting on a proposition therefor submitted at a general or special election, (2) the consent of The Regents of the University of the State of New York and (3) the consent of the state comptroller. The legislature shall prescribe by law the qualifications for voting at any such election. S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89136-01-4
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