senate Bill S5990

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Excludes water district capital expenditures from the tax cap

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to local government
May 16, 2019 referred to local government

S5990 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7826
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S3104, A4172

S5990 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes water district capital expenditures from the tax cap.

S5990 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5990 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5990

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 16, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- 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,  in  relation  to  excluding
  water district capital expenditures from the tax cap

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) 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 and a  new  subparagraph
(v) is added to read as follows:
  (iv)  in  years  in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
sion two of  section  five  hundred  seventeen  of  the  education  law,
increases  by  more than two percentage points from the previous year, a
tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for local
government employer  contributions  to  the  New  York  state  teachers'
retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus
two percentage points[.];
  (V) A TAX LEVY NECESSARY TO FUND WATER DISTRICT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
  §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments 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
repealed therewith.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10071-02-9

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