Senate Bill S4176

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that certain excess tax levies by local governments and school districts do not make taxpayers ineligible for the real property tax freeze credit

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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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2017-S4176 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L; amd §2023-a, Ed L

2017-S4176 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain excess tax levies by local governments and school districts do not make taxpayers ineligible for the real property tax freeze credit.

2017-S4176 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4176 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4176
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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  general municipal law and the education law, in
   relation to providing that certain excess tax levies by local  govern-
   ments  and  school  districts do not make taxpayers ineligible for the
   real property tax freeze credit
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 7 of section 3-c of the general municipal law
 is renumbered subdivision 8 and a new subdivision 7 is added to read  as
 follows:
   7.  IN  THE  EVENT  A  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT'S ACTUAL TAX LEVY FOR A GIVEN
 FISCAL YEAR EXCEEDS THE TAX LEVY LIMIT AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION, SUCH EXCESS AMOUNT OF THE LEVY SHALL NOT CAUSE TAXPAYERS RESID-
 ING  IN  THE TERRITORY OF SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR THE
 REAL PROPERTY TAX FREEZE CREDIT ALLOWABLE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF
 SUBDIVISION  (BBB)  OF  SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW OR AFFECT
 THE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDIT OR AFFECT THE  AMOUNT  OF  ANY  REFUND  ISSUED
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  CLAIMING OF SUCH CREDIT, PROVIDED THE ACTUAL TAX LEVY
 DOES NOT INCREASE BY MORE THAN TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM THE ACTUAL TAX
 LEVY IMPOSED DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
   § 2. Section 2023-a of the education law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
   5-A.  IN  THE  EVENT  A  SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ACTUAL TAX LEVY FOR A GIVEN
 FISCAL YEAR EXCEEDS THE TAX LEVY LIMIT AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION, SUCH EXCESS AMOUNT OF THE LEVY SHALL NOT CAUSE TAXPAYERS RESID-
 ING IN THE TERRITORY SERVED BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR
 THE REAL PROPERTY TAX FREEZE CREDIT ALLOWABLE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF SUBDIVISION (BBB) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW OR AFFECT
 THE  AMOUNT  OF  SUCH  CREDIT  OR AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF ANY REFUND ISSUED
 PURSUANT TO THE CLAIMING OF SUCH CREDIT, PROVIDED THE  ACTUAL  TAX  LEVY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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