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Senate Bill S8659B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides procedures relating to the adoption and submission of an annual budget by the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton

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2017-S8659 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10677
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3715, A5508
2021-2022: S5013, A5623

2017-S8659 - Summary

Provides procedures relating to the adoption and submission of an annual budget by the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonality of the town of Southampton.

2017-S8659 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8659 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 8659                                                 A. 10677
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ment
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT in relation to the taxing authority of the Trustees of the  Free-
   holders  and  Commonalty  of the town of Southampton and providing for
   procedures relating to their finances
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Suffolk  County  Tax Act. For the purposes of the Suffolk
 County Tax Act, the Trustees of the Freeholders and  Commonalty  of  the
 town  of  Southampton shall constitute a tax district and the provisions
 of said act relating to tax districts shall apply to the  Trustees.  The
 Trustees  shall be entitled to raise taxes annually upon a majority vote
 of the full membership of said board, as  provided  by  this  act.  Such
 amount  shall  be listed on the tax bill of the town of Southampton as a
 separate charge.
   § 2. Finances. 1. The Trustees of the Freeholders  and  Commonalty  of
 the town of Southampton shall adopt an annual budget, after public hear-
 ing,  including  all  costs  to  be raised by levy for the coming fiscal
 year.
   2. The Trustees' fiscal year shall run from the first day  of  January
 to the thirty-first day of December. The Trustees shall file the adopted
 annual  budget  with  the  clerk of the town in the time for the purpose
 specified in section 104 of the town law. The town board shall not  make
 any changes in the estimate of revenues or expenditures submitted by the
 Trustees.  Funds  approved by the Trustees shall be considered an annual
 appropriation therefor and shall be levied and collected annually by the
 town for the Trustees in the same manner and at the same time  as  other
 taxes in the town.
   3.  The town board of the town of Southampton shall levy a tax against
 the real property lying within the town for the amount to be  raised  by
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

2017-S8659A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10677
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3715, A5508
2021-2022: S5013, A5623

2017-S8659A - Summary

Provides procedures relating to the adoption and submission of an annual budget by the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonality of the town of Southampton.

2017-S8659A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8659A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 8659--A                                           A. 10677--A
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ment  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
   to  the  Committee  on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT in relation to the taxing authority of the Trustees of the Free-
   holders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton  and  providing  for
   procedures relating to their finances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Suffolk County Tax Act. For the  purposes  of  the  Suffolk
 County  Tax  Act,  the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the
 town of Southampton shall constitute a tax district and  the  provisions
 of  said  act relating to tax districts shall apply to the Trustees. The
 Trustees shall be entitled to raise taxes annually upon a majority  vote
 of  the  full  membership  of  said board, as provided by this act. Such
 amount shall be listed on the tax bill of the town of Southampton  as  a
 separate charge.
   §  2.  Finances.  1. The Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of
 the town of Southampton shall adopt an annual budget, after public hear-
 ing, including all costs to be raised by  levy  for  the  coming  fiscal
 year.
   2.  The  Trustees' fiscal year shall run from the first day of January
 to the thirty-first day of December. The Trustees shall file the adopted
 annual budget with the clerk of the town in the  time  for  the  purpose
 specified  in section 104 of the town law. The town board shall not make
 any changes in the estimate of revenues or expenditures submitted by the
 Trustees. Funds approved by the Trustees shall be considered  an  annual
 appropriation therefor and shall be levied and collected annually by the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2017-S8659B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10677
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3715, A5508
2021-2022: S5013, A5623

2017-S8659B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides procedures relating to the adoption and submission of an annual budget by the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonality of the town of Southampton.

2017-S8659B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8659B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 8659--B                                           A. 10677--B
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ment  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee

 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
   to  the  Committee  on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee  --  again  reported  from said committee with amendments, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to provide procedures relating to the adoption and submission  of
   an  annual budget by the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of
   the town of Southampton
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   1. The Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the
 town of Southampton shall, after public hearing, prepare  and  adopt  an
 annual  budget  in  the manner prescribed in section 181 of the town law
 provided that such annual budget shall not contain an increase  of  more
 than  two percent above the budgeted amount of the prior year. The budg-
 etary controls of section 181-a of the town  law,  and  the  independent
 audit requirements of section 181-b of the town law shall apply.
   2.  The  Trustees  of  the  Freeholders  and Commonalty of the town of
 Southampton shall submit their budget on  or  before  the  twentieth  of
 September  to  the budget officer of the town of Southampton. The budget
 shall be in the format prescribed in section 107 of the town law.
   3. The town of Southampton budget officer shall affix such  budget  to
 the  annual town budget, established pursuant to section 109 of the town
 law, as a part thereof. No change shall be made by the budget officer or
 the town board to the budget submitted by the Trustees of the  Freehold-
 ers and Commonalty of the town of Southampton.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 fiscal years beginning on and after January 1, 2020.

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