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Assembly Bill A294

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to limits upon real property tax levies for expenditures resulting from court orders against a school district or local government

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2017-A294 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9308
2013-2014: A1176
2015-2016: A2193

2017-A294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to limits upon real property tax levies for expenditures resulting from court orders against a school district or local government.

2017-A294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    294
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JAFFEE, CAHILL, GOTTFRIED, LAWRENCE, MURRAY,
   HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH, PERRY,  RIVERA,
   SALADINO,  SIMON,  STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  limits  upon
   real  property tax levies for expenditures resulting from court orders
   against a school district or local government
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of
 section 3-c of the general municipal law, as added by section 1 of  part
 A  of  chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new subparagraph
 (v) is added to read as follows:
   (iv) in years in which the normal contribution rate of  the  New  York
 state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion  two  of  section  five  hundred  seventeen  of  the education law,
 increases by more than two percentage points from the previous  year,  a
 tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for local
 government  employer  contributions  to  the  New  York  state teachers'
 retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus
 two percentage points[.];
   (V) A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING  THE  PAYMENT  OF
 INTEREST  AND  PRINCIPAL  FOR BONDS TO FUND SUCH EXPENDITURES, RESULTING
 FROM COURT ORDERS AGAINST A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT  ARISING
 OUT  OF  TAX  CERTIORARI  PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE
 REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to  section  3-c  of  the general municipal 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.
                                                            LBD01768-01-7

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