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Assembly Bill A5085

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes a permissive referendum to be initiated by the local government or voters on an amendment or adoption to local laws relating to the increase of taxes

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2015-A5085 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Municipal Home Rule Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง24, Munic Home R L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9398
2011-2012: A2912
2013-2014: A5735
2017-2018: A5095, A10933
2019-2020: A4920

2015-A5085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a permissive referendum to be initiated by the local government or voters where a legislative body of a local government is amending or adopting local laws relating to the increase of taxes, fines, fees or surcharges pursuant to state legislative authority.

2015-A5085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5085

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to  authorizing
  a permissive referendum where a legislative body of a local government
  is  amending  or adopting local laws relating to the increase of taxes
  pursuant to state legislative authority

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 24 of the municipal home rule law
is amended by adding a new paragraph l to read as follows:
  L. IN THE CASE WHERE A LEGISLATIVE BODY  OF  A  GIVEN  UNIT  OF  LOCAL
GOVERNMENT  IS  GRANTED  SPECIAL  AUTHORITY  BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO
AMEND OR ADOPT LOCAL LAWS RELATING TO  THE  INCREASE  OF  TAXES,  FINES,
FEES,  OR  SURCHARGES  AS  A FUNCTION OF A HOME RULE REQUEST MADE TO THE
STATE LEGISLATURE BY SAID LEGISLATIVE BODY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
pending  amendments  or adoptions to local laws relating to the increase
of taxes, fines, fees, or surcharges.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07048-01-5

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