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                                  4954

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN  ACT  to  amend  the local finance law and chapter 419 of the laws of
  1991, amending the local  finance  law  and  other  laws  relating  to
  providing  relief  to  local governments for certain mandated programs
  and services, in relation to local government borrowing practices  and
  mandate relief

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

  Section 1. Paragraph b of section 21.00 of the local finance  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  91  of  the  laws  of  2012, is amended to read as
follows:
  b. Serial  bonds  shall  mature  in  annual  installments.  The  first
installment  shall  mature not later than eighteen months after the date
of such bonds or two years after the date of the first bond anticipation
note or notes issued in anticipation of such  bonds,  whichever  is  the
earlier,  provided,  however,  that  until  July fifteenth, two thousand
[fifteen] EIGHTEEN, the first installment shall mature  not  later  than
two  years  after  the date of such bonds or two years after the date of
the first bond anticipation note or notes issued in anticipation of such
bonds, whichever is the earlier. However, if bond anticipation notes are
issued in anticipation of bonds and if a portion of such  notes  or  the
renewals  thereof  are redeemed from a source other than the proceeds of
such bonds within two years from the date of  the  first  such  note  or
notes  and  a  further portion thereof shall be so redeemed prior to the
termination of each twelve  months'  period  succeeding  the  date  such
original  portion  was  so redeemed, the first installment of such bonds
may, in the alternative, be made to mature not  later  than  five  years
from the date of the first such note or notes.
  S 2. Paragraph b of section 53.00 of the local finance law, as amended
by chapter 91 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  b.  If  such  bonds or notes are payable in installments, the install-
ments remaining unpaid may be called for  redemption  only  (i)  in  the
inverse order of their maturity or, (ii) in equal proportionate amounts;
provided,  however,  that  for  bonds  issued during the one-year period
commencing  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight, and for bonds
issued during  the  one-year  period  commencing  July  first,  nineteen
hundred  eighty-nine,  and  for  bonds issued during the one-year period
commencing July first, nineteen hundred ninety,  and  for  bonds  issued
during  the  three-year  period  commencing July first, nineteen hundred
ninety-one, and for bonds issued during  the  period  from  July  first,
nineteen  hundred  ninety-four  up  until  and including July fifteenth,
nineteen hundred ninety-seven and for bonds  issued  during  the  period
from  July fifteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-seven up until and includ-
ing July fifteenth, two thousand, and for bonds issued during the period
from July fifteenth, two thousand up until and including July fifteenth,
two thousand three, and for bonds issued during  the  period  from  July
fifteenth, two thousand three up until and including July fifteenth, two
thousand  six,  and  for  bonds  issued  during  the  period  from  July
fifteenth, two thousand six up until and including July  fifteenth,  two
thousand  nine,  and  for  bonds  issued  during  the  period  from July
fifteenth, two thousand six up until and including July  fifteenth,  two
thousand  twelve,  and  for  bonds  issued  during  the period from July
fifteenth, two thousand nine up until and including July fifteenth,  two
thousand  fifteen,  AND  FOR  BONDS  ISSUED  DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY
FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN UP UNTIL AND INCLUDING  JULY  FIFTEENTH,
TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN, installments remaining unpaid on such bonds may
be called for redemption  prior  to  their  date  of  maturity  in  such
amounts,  at such times in such manner and pursuant to such terms as may
be determined by the finance board of a municipality, school district or
district corporation at the time of the issuance thereof.  Whenever  any
bonds  or  notes  are  called  for redemption prior to the date of their
maturity, interest shall cease to be paid thereon  after  the  date  for
redemption  set forth in such call for redemption. The sum to be paid to
redeem any unpaid installment prior to its maturity,  exclusive  of  the
interest  accruing  on such installment to the date of redemption, shall
in no event be in excess of the lesser amount  of  either  (i)  the  par
value  of  such  installment plus one-half of one per centum of such par
value for each calendar year or part thereof elapsing between  the  date
for  redemption  set  forth  in such call for redemption and the date of
maturity of such installment, provided, however, that such amount  shall
not  exceed  one  hundred five per centum of such par value, or (ii) the
par value of such installment plus the total of all unpaid  interest  on
such installment which would have accrued from the date of redemption to
the  date  of  maturity  thereof  had such installment not been redeemed
prior to maturity, except that bonds sold  to  the  state  of  New  York
municipal  bond  bank  agency, which are subject to call as hereinbefore
authorized, may provide for the payment of a redemption premium  not  to
exceed five per centum of the par value of the bonds to be called, paya-
ble  on  the date of the redemption thereof; provided, however, that for
bonds issued during the one-year period commencing July first,  nineteen
hundred  eighty-eight,  and  for bonds issued during the one-year period
commencing July first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-nine,  and  for  bonds
issued  during  the  one-year  period  commencing  July  first, nineteen
hundred ninety, and  for  bonds  issued  during  the  three-year  period
commencing July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, and for bonds issued
during the period from July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four up until

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and  including  July  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred ninety-seven, and for
bonds issued during the period from  July  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred
ninety-seven  up  until  and including July fifteenth, two thousand, and
for  bonds issued during the period from July fifteenth, two thousand up
until and including July fifteenth, two thousand three,  and  for  bonds
issued  during  the  period  from  July fifteenth, two thousand three up
until and including July fifteenth, two  thousand  six,  and  for  bonds
issued  during the period from July fifteenth, two thousand six up until
and including July fifteenth, two thousand nine, and  for  bonds  issued
during  the  period  from July fifteenth, two thousand nine up until and
including July fifteenth, two thousand  twelve,  and  for  bonds  issued
during  the period from July fifteenth, two thousand twelve up until and
including July fifteenth, two thousand fifteen,  AND  FOR  BONDS  ISSUED
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN UP UNTIL AND
INCLUDING  JULY FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, a municipality, school
district, or district corporation may provide  for  redemption  of  such
bonds prior to the date of their maturity at a price or prices as may be
as  determined  by  the issuer of such bonds or notes at the time of the
issuance thereof.
  S 3. The opening paragraph of paragraph a  of  section  54.90  of  the
local  finance  law,  as  amended  by chapter 91 of the laws of 2012, is
amended to read as follows:
  Whenever in the judgment of the finance board the interest of a  muni-
cipality  would  be  served thereby, the municipality may issue bonds or
notes, on or before July fifteenth,  two  thousand  [fifteen]  EIGHTEEN,
with  interest rates that vary in accordance with a formula or procedure
and are subject to a maximum rate of interest set forth or  referred  to
in  the  bonds  or  notes  and may provide the holders thereof with such
rights to require the municipality or other  persons  to  purchase  such
bonds or notes or renewals thereof from the proceeds of the resale ther-
eof  or  otherwise from time to time prior to the final maturity of such
bonds or notes as the finance board may determine and  the  municipality
may resell, at any time prior to final maturity, any such bonds or notes
acquired  as a result of the exercise of such rights; provided, however,
that at no time shall the total principal  amount  of  bonds  and  notes
issued  pursuant  to  this paragraph (other than bonds and notes bearing
interest at rates and for periods of time that are  specified  at  issu-
ance)  exceed  ten  percent of the limit prescribed by section 104.00 of
this article.
  S 4. Subdivision 9 of paragraph d  of  section  107.00  of  the  local
finance law, as amended by chapter 91 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
read as follows:
  9.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the financing by any
municipality, prior to July fifteenth, two thousand [fifteen]  EIGHTEEN,
of  any  object  or  purpose  which  has a period of probable usefulness
determined by law, by the issuance of any bonds and notes, including (i)
the issuance of bonds or notes, to redeem notes  previously  issued  for
the  object  or purpose for which the bonds or notes are being issued or
(ii) the issuance of bonds to refund bonds  previously  issued  for  the
object or purpose for which bonds are being issued.
  S  5. Subdivision (a) and (e) of section 81 of chapter 413 of the laws
of 1991, amending the local finance  law  and  other  laws  relating  to
providing  relief to local governments for certain mandated programs and
services, as amended by chapter 91 of the laws of 2012, are  amended  to
read as follows:

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  (a) section six, sixteen and seventeen of this act shall expire and be
deemed  repealed  on  and after July 15, [2015] 2018, and upon such date
the amendments made to the provisions of the local finance law  by  such
sections  shall  also  expire and such provisions shall revert to and be
read  as  set out in law on the date immediately preceding the effective
date of such sections six, sixteen and seventeen of this act;
  (e) subdivision (b) of section thirty-five of this  act  shall  expire
and be deemed repealed on and after July 15, [2015] 2018;
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.