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Assembly Bill A4869

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires apportionment of moneys to school districts to offset actual additional net costs incurred as a result of workforce housing development

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2009-A4869 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง3613, Ed L

2009-A4869 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires apportionment of moneys to school districts to offset actual additional net costs incurred as a result of workforce housing development; defines workforce housing as housing for individuals or families at or below 80% of the median income in a school district.

2009-A4869 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4869

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ALESSI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EDDING-
  TON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to  holding  school
  districts harmless from the effects of workforce housing development

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3613
to read as follows:
  S  3613.  MONEYS  APPORTIONED  FOR ADDITIONAL NET COSTS AS A RESULT OF
WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 1. THE STATE SHALL HOLD  DISTRICTS  HARM-
LESS  FROM ANY ACTUAL ADDITIONAL NET PUBLIC SCHOOL COSTS TO WHICH SCHOOL
DISTRICTS BECOME SUBJECT AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT OF THE LOCATION OF  A
WORKFORCE  HOUSING  DEVELOPMENT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "WORKFORCE
HOUSING" SHALL MEAN HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS  OR  FAMILIES  AT  OR  BELOW
EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE MEDIAN INCOME IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CALCULATE ADDITIONAL NET COSTS ANNUALLY,
USING A FORMULA DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUS-
ING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
  3. PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE
ON THE FIFTEENTH OF NOVEMBER NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
SECTION, AND EACH FIFTEENTH OF NOVEMBER THEREAFTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08061-01-9

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