Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 28, 2020 |
committed to rules |
Feb 27, 2020 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 26, 2020 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 25, 2020 |
1st report cal.464 |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to finance returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 12, 2019 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1285 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 15, 2019 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S1687
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S1687 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Commissions
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S8879
2021-2022: S2684
2019-S1687 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes the residential real property tax relief for public education task force to analyze the current funding system for primary and secondary education and make recommendations on implementing a new system that is largely state-funded through personal income taxes.
2019-S1687 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1687 Revised 01/29/19 SPONSOR: BROOKS TITLE OF BILL: An act to establish the residential real property tax relief for public education task force PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to create a task force that will examine the current funding structure for primary and secondary education in New York State and make recommendations for a new, more equitable funding methodology. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. describes legislative findings Section 2. creates the Residential Real Property Tax Relief for Public Education Task Force, consisting of forty-three members. Those serving
2019-S1687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1687 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to establish the residential real property tax relief for public education task force THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the current primary and secondary education funding system, which is based largely upon real property taxation, is antiquated and creates serious disparities in educational opportunity and inequities with regard to distribution of the system's financial burden. The quality of education that children receive varies widely by geographic region, as does the opportunity for children to participate in extracurricular activities. In addition, taxpayers throughout the state receive real property tax bills from their local school districts based on the value of their homes, which is subject to multiple factors beyond their control, rather than their financial ability to pay, creating serious regional distortions in the relative cost of living. The legislature finds that these distortions are greatly exacerbated by the recent enactment of the federal tax cuts and jobs act of 2017, which will limit the deductibili- ty of state and local taxes to 10,000 dollars beginning in the next fiscal year, effectively eliminating one of the few mitigating factors against high property taxes for homeowners in certain regions of the state, and creating undue hardship for families throughout the state. The legislature further finds that our children should not be penalized based upon the geographic location of their home, nor should financial support for the educational system fall more heavily on those who are less able to bear the burden. The legislature therefore orders that a task force be created to conduct a comprehensive examination of the current funding system, and to make recommendations for a long-term, statewide solution that will shift the base resource of primary and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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