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Assembly Bill A7177

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to certain payment of prior year claims due to school districts

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2017-A7177 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3604, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5983
2021-2022: A3411
2023-2024: A3432
2025-2026: A5643

2017-A7177 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that prior year claims due to school districts shall be paid out of any excess settlement amount recovered by the attorney general prior to being apportioned to the general fund.

2017-A7177 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7177
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PRETLOW, GALEF, BUCHWALD, MONTESANO, CROUCH,
   JAFFEE, CAHILL, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prior year claims due
   to school districts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph c of subdivision 5 of section 3604 of the educa-
 tion law, as added by chapter 82 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read
 as follows:
   c. Payment of moneys due for prior years.  (1) State aid payments  due
 for  prior  years  in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision
 shall be paid within the limit of the appropriation designated  therefor
 provided,  however,  that  each  eligible  claim shall be payable in the
 order that it has been approved for payment by the commissioner, but  in
 no  case  shall  a single claim draw down more than forty percent of the
 appropriation so designated for a single year, and provided further that
 no claim shall be set  aside  for  insufficiency  of  funds  to  make  a
 complete  payment,  but  shall  be eligible for a partial payment in one
 year and shall retain its priority date status for appropriations desig-
 nated for such purposes in future years.
   (2) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBPARAGRAPH ONE  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  ALL  FUNDS
 OBTAINED AS THE RESULT OF ANY SETTLEMENT WITH THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
 GENERAL SHALL BE APPLIED TO PAYMENT OF MONEY DUE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR
 PRIOR  YEARS  AFTER  THE  DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE
 OBLIGATIONS OF THE OFFICE  OF  THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL,  BUT  BEFORE  ANY
 REMAINING FUNDS SHALL BE APPORTIONED TO THE GENERAL FUND.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10824-03-7

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