senate Bill S5597

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Eliminates the expiration of and makes permanent provisions of law establishing the property tax cap

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 17, 2016 referred to ways and means
delivered to assembly
passed senate
ordered to third reading cal.1955
committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 06, 2016 referred to local government
returned to senate
died in assembly
May 19, 2015 referred to ways and means
delivered to assembly
passed senate
ordered to third reading cal.857
committee discharged and committed to rules
May 15, 2015 referred to local government

Votes

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Jun 17, 2016 - floor Vote

S5597
50
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floor
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12
Nay
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Absent
1
Excused
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Abstained
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Floor Vote: Jun 17, 2016

aye (50)
nay (12)
excused (1)

Jun 17, 2016 - Rules committee Vote

S5597
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3
committee
20
Aye
3
Nay
2
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Rules Committee Vote: Jun 17, 2016

aye (20)
nay (3)
aye wr (2)

May 19, 2015 - floor Vote

S5597
47
13
floor
47
Aye
13
Nay
2
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: May 19, 2015

aye (47)
nay (13)
absent (2)
excused (1)

May 19, 2015 - Rules committee Vote

S5597
20
1
committee
20
Aye
1
Nay
4
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Rules Committee Vote: May 19, 2015

aye (20)
nay (1)
aye wr (4)

Co-Sponsors

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S5597 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Real Property Taxation
Laws Affected:
Amd Part A ยง13, Chap 97 of 2011
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1207
2019-2020: S1904

S5597 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the expiration of and makes permanent provisions of law establishing the property tax cap.

S5597 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5597 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5597

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend chapter 97 of the laws of  2011,  amending  the  general
  municipal  law  and  the education law relating to establishing limits
  upon school district and local government tax levies, in  relation  to
  eliminating  the expiration of and making permanent certain provisions
  thereof

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

  Section  1.  Section  13  of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011,
amending the general municipal law and the  education  law  relating  to
establishing  limits  upon  school  district  and  local  government tax
levies, is amended to read as follows:
  S 13. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however,  that
sections  two  through eleven of this act shall take effect July 1, 2011
and shall first apply to school district budgets and the budget adoption
process for the 2012-13 school year; and  shall  continue  to  apply  to
school  district  budgets and the budget adoption process for any school
year beginning in any calendar year during which this act is in  effect;
provided further, that if section 26 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws
of  2011 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then section
ten of this act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
manner  as  such  chapter  of  the  laws of 2011, takes effect; provided
further, that section one of this act shall first apply to the  levy  of
taxes  by  local governments for the fiscal year that begins in 2012 and
shall continue to apply to the levy of taxes by  local  governments  for
any  fiscal year beginning in any calendar year during which this act is
in effect[; provided, further, that this act shall remain in full  force
and  effect  at  a  minimum  until and including June 15, 2016 and shall
remain in effect thereafter only so long as the public emergency requir-
ing the regulation and control of residential rents  and  evictions  and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11210-01-5

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