Assembly Bill A4975

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes school districts to increase school budgets by up to two percent without a supermajority vote

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4975 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7622
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd 2023-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A9857

2015-A4975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school districts to increase school budgets by up to two percent without a supermajority vote.

2015-A4975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4975

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  authorizing  school
  districts  to  increase  school budgets by up to two percent without a
  supermajority vote

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 6 of section 2023-a of the
education law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the
event the trustee, trustees or board of education of a  school  district
that is subject to the provisions of this section proposes a budget that
will  require  a tax levy that exceeds the tax levy limit for the corre-
sponding school year BY MORE THAN TWO PERCENT, not  including  any  levy
necessary  to  support  the  expenditures  pursuant to subparagraphs (i)
through (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision two  of  this  section,  then
such budget shall be approved if sixty percent of the votes cast thereon
are in the affirmative.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of  section  2023-a  of
the  education  law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06187-01-5

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