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Senate Bill S3272

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires tax levy and percentage increase to be sent to all voters

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2009-S3272 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง2022, 1716 & 1608, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S466

2009-S3272 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Commencing with the proposed budget for the 2009-2010, the property tax report card shall be mailed to all qualified voters of the school district after the date of the budget hearing, but no later than six days prior to the annual meeting and election or special district meeting at which a school budget vote will occur; provided further that commencing with the proposed budget for the 2009-2010 school year, all documents prepared by the board of education and/or school district that inform the public, whether by electronic, hardcopy, or other means, about proposed tax rate increases or decreases, and/or percentage increases or decreases, resulting from a proposed budget, shall include the proposed budget increase or decrease, and percentage increase or decrease, and the proposed tax levy increase or decrease, and percentage increase or decrease, on the same page, and in the same font style and size, as the proposed tax rate change.

2009-S3272 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3272 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3272

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  tax  levy
  information and percentage increase to be sent to all voters

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision  2-a  of  section  2022  of  the
education law, as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 60 of the laws
of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  a.  Commencing  with the proposed budget for the two thousand one--two
thousand two school year, such notice shall also include  a  description
of  how  total  spending  and  the  tax  levy,  AND, COMMENCING WITH THE
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINE--TWO THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL YEAR,
THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE TAX LEVY resulting  from  the
proposed  budget  would  compare  with  a  projected  contingency budget
adopted pursuant to section two thousand twenty-three of  this  article,
assuming  that such contingency budget is adopted on the same day as the
vote on the proposed budget. Such comparison shall be in  total  and  by
component  (program,  capital  and  administrative), and shall include a
statement of the assumptions made in estimating the projected contingen-
cy budget.
  S 2. Section 1716 of the education law is amended by  adding  two  new
subdivisions 8 and 9 to read as follows:
  8.  COMMENCING WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINE--TWO
THOUSAND TEN SCHOOL YEAR, THE PROPERTY TAX REPORT CARD SHALL  BE  MAILED
TO  ALL  QUALIFIED  VOTERS  OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER THE DATE OF THE
BUDGET HEARING, BUT NO LATER THAN SIX DAYS PRIOR TO THE  ANNUAL  MEETING
AND  ELECTION  OR SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING AT WHICH A SCHOOL BUDGET VOTE
WILL OCCUR.
  9. COMMENCING WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  NINE--TWO
THOUSAND  TEN SCHOOL YEAR, ALL DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCA-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00827-01-9

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