Assembly Bill A5317

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to school property and real property taxes

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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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2021-A5317 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1527-a, amd §§2022 & 3602, Ed L; add §§431, 431-a & 906-a, amd §1573, RPT L; add §26, Gen Muni L; add §99-ii, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9875
2017-2018: A6436
2019-2020: A4397
2023-2024: A5571

2021-A5317 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to school property and real property taxes; establishes the blue ribbon commission on property tax reform; relates to state assistance for local real property reassessment, state assistance to assessing units within a school district, providing a fixed real property assessed value for residential real property owned by certain persons over the age of 65 and providing state reimbursement to municipalities for lost real property tax revenue; requires the state to fund certain programs mandated for municipal corporations or school districts.

2021-A5317 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5317
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, the real property tax law, the gener-
   al  municipal  law  and  the  state finance law, in relation to school
   property and real property taxes

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1527-a
 to read as follows:
   §  1527-A.  FUNDING OF MANDATES IMPOSED ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 1.  DEFI-
 NITIONS. 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
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  ORGANIZED  EITHER  BY  SPECIAL LAWS OR PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF A GENERAL LAW, IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE; OR
   (II) ANY GENERAL LAW WHICH GRANTS A  NEW  PROPERTY  TAX  EXEMPTION  OR
 INCREASES  AN  EXISTING  PROPERTY  TAX  EXEMPTION  WHICH ANY SUCH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE.
   (B) "UNFUNDED MANDATE" SHALL MEAN:
   (I) ANY STATE LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION WHICH CREATES A NEW PROGRAM  OR
 REQUIRES  A  HIGHER  LEVEL  OF SERVICE FOR AN EXISTING PROGRAM WHICH ANY
 SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AND WHICH RESULTS IN  A  NET
 ADDITIONAL COST TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT;
   (II)  ANY  ALTERATION  IN FUNDING PROVIDED TO ANY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE COSTS OF A PROGRAM WHICH IT IS REQUIRED
 TO PROVIDE, THEREBY RESULTING IN A NET ADDITIONAL COST  TO  SUCH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT; OR
   (III)  ANY  GENERAL  LAW  WHICH GRANTS A NEW PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION OR
 INCREASES AN EXISTING PROPERTY  TAX  EXEMPTION  WHICH  ANY  SUCH  SCHOOL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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