Assembly Bill A5537

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the limit upon real property tax levies by local governments

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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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2019-A5537 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6609
2017-2018: A5643
2021-2022: A5649
2023-2024: A5424

2019-A5537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the limit upon real property tax levies by local governments; exempts real property owned by a city, town or village from taxes for infrastructure, road maintenance, snow removal, capital projects, consent order and smart growth initiative expenses and any extraordinary expenses required to respond to public health emergencies and pandemics.

2019-A5537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5537
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the limit upon
   real property tax levies by local governments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) 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 to read as follows:
   (i) a tax levy necessary for expenditures  resulting  from  (A)  court
 orders  or  judgments  against  the local government arising out of tort
 actions for any amount that exceeds five percent of the total tax levied
 in the prior fiscal year OR (B) ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (1) INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS;
   (2) ROAD MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND RENOVATION;
   (3) SNOW REMOVAL;
   (4) CAPITAL PROJECTS AND  INFRASTRUCTURE  IMPROVEMENTS  IN  UTILITIES,
 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION;
   (5) EXPENSES DERIVED FROM CONSENT ORDERS AND SMART GROWTH INITIATIVES;
 AND
   (6)  ANY  EXTRAORDINARY  EXPENSES REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH
 EMERGENCIES AND PANDEMICS;
   § 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 to be repealed therewith.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08136-01-9

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