S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3401
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, ROSENTHAL, ROBERTS, STECK, SOLAGES,
HEVESI, COOK, CAHILL, MONTESANO, LUPINACCI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. ARROYO, DUPREY, KEARNS, McDONALD, McLAUGHLIN, RIVERA, SKARTADOS,
WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the commis-
sioner of education to establish standards for the maintenance and
repair of school buildings and exempting expenditures for the mainte-
nance and repair of school buildings from the tax levy limit
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 53 to read as follows:
53. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY RULE, ESTABLISH MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR
THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS SO AS TO PROVIDE AN
APPROPRIATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITHIN EACH SUCH BUILDING.
S 2. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision 2 of
section 2023-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A of
chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new subparagraph (v)
is added to read as follows:
(iii) 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 this chapter, increases by
more than two percentage points from the previous year, a tax levy
necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for school
district employer contributions to the New York state teachers' retire-
ment system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus two
percentage points; [and]
(iv) a capital tax levy[.]; AND
(V) A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR EXPENDITURES FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND
REPAIR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law, provided that, effective
immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to implement the
provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
to be promulgated, amended and/or repealed on or before such date; and
provided further that the amendments to section 2023-a of the education
law made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.