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Assembly Bill A11015

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education to study and to make recommendations regarding the frequency of residents who are being assessed library taxes for more than one library district

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2017-A11015 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7441
2021-2022: A9448
2023-2024: A4530
2025-2026: A2030

2017-A11015 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of education to study the frequency of residents who are being assessed library taxes for more than one library district and to make recommendations to address the double taxation of residents.

2017-A11015 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11015
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Barrett,
   Skoufis, Stirpe) --  read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Libraries and Education Technology
 
 AN  ACT  to direct the department of education to study the frequency of
   residents who are being assessed  library  taxes  for  more  than  one
   library  district  and  to  make recommendations to prevent the double
   taxation of residents; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
   upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of education, in consultation with the
 commissioner of taxation and finance, the public libraries  and  associ-
 ation  libraries,  shall  study the frequency of residents who are being
 assessed library taxes for more than one library district and shall make
 recommendations to address the double taxation of residents. Such  study
 shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
   (a)  the  estimated number of residents who are being assessed library
 taxes for more than one library district and the amount  of  money  such
 residents are paying in library taxes to each library;
   (b)  the  estimated  economic  impact  on library districts that would
 result from prohibiting residents from being assessed library taxes  for
 more than one library district; and
   (c)  minimizing  the  economic  impact on library districts of reduced
 revenue resulting from the prohibition of residents from being  assessed
 library taxes for more than one library district.
   § 2. The commissioner of education shall submit a report to the gover-
 nor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assem-
 bly on or before December 31, 2020.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed January 31, 2021.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16016-04-8

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