Senate Bill S1347

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts

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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-S1347 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5059
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §25, Gen Muni L; add §§1527-a & 308-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2707
2013-2014: S5042, A7776
2015-2016: S3144, A4942

2017-S1347 - Summary

Relates to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts.

2017-S1347 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1347 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1347
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  FUNKE,  GALLIVAN,  KAMINSKY,  MARCHIONE,  MURPHY,
   O'MARA, RITCHIE, ROBACH, SERINO -- 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 requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for
   municipal corporations and school districts; and to amend  the  educa-
   tion law, in relation to the effect of mandates on school districts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. State mandated programs,  unlike  local
 service  decisions,  place  local  taxpayers  and local officials in the
 position of paying for services that they do not control.  Increasingly,
 however,  the state has set local priorities and forced municipal taxing
 decisions by mandating services, programs, and standards. As  a  result,
 many  local  governments  and  school  districts are today in an acutely
 difficult fiscal situation.
   Thus, in order to prevent irresponsible state  actions  which  prevent
 localities  from  making  their  own decisions, and which force unwanted
 local property tax increases, it  is  necessary  to  ensure  that  state
 mandates  will  not  be forced on localities and school districts unless
 they are adequately funded.
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new  section  25
 to read as follows:
   §  25.  FUNDING  OF MANDATES. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS UNLESS THE CONTEXT
 SHALL OTHERWISE REQUIRE:
   (A) "MANDATE" MEANS:
   (I) ANY STATE LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION WHICH CREATES A NEW PROGRAM  OR
 REQUIRES  A  HIGHER  LEVEL  OF  SERVICE  FOR AN EXISTING PROGRAM WHICH A
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04177-01-7
              

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2017-S1347A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5059
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §25, Gen Muni L; add §§1527-a & 308-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2707
2013-2014: S5042, A7776
2015-2016: S3144, A4942

2017-S1347A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations and school districts.

2017-S1347A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1347A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1347--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  FUNKE,  AKSHAR, BONACIC, BROOKS, CROCI, GALLIVAN,
   HELMING, JACOBS, KAMINSKY, KENNEDY, MARCHIONE, MURPHY,  O'MARA,  PHIL-
   LIPS, RITCHIE, ROBACH, SAVINO, SERINO -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ment -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance
   with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law  and  the  education  law,  in
   relation  to requiring the state to fund certain programs mandated for
   municipal corporations and school districts; and to amend  the  educa-
   tion law, in relation to the effect of mandates on school districts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. State mandated programs,  unlike  local
 service  decisions,  place  local  taxpayers  and local officials in the
 position of paying for services that they do not control.  Increasingly,
 however,  the state has set local priorities and forced municipal taxing
 decisions by mandating services, programs, and standards. As  a  result,
 many  local  governments  and  school  districts are today in an acutely
 difficult fiscal situation.
   Thus, in order to prevent irresponsible state  actions  which  prevent
 localities  from  making  their  own decisions, and which force unwanted
 local property tax increases, it  is  necessary  to  ensure  that  state
 mandates  will  not  be forced on localities and school districts unless
 they are adequately funded.
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new  section  25
 to read as follows:
   §  25.  FUNDING  OF MANDATES. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS UNLESS THE CONTEXT
 SHALL OTHERWISE REQUIRE:
   (A) "MANDATE" MEANS:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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