Senate Bill S2248

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes an energy system tax stabilization reserve fund in the Lansing Central School District to lessen or prevent increases in the school district's real property tax levy

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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-S2248 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7325
2017-2018: S6691
2019-2020: S2484

2021-S2248 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an energy system tax stabilization reserve fund in the Lansing Central School District to lessen or prevent increases in the school district's real property tax levy resulting from decreases in revenue due to changes in or termination of the payments in lieu of taxes receivable by the school district.

2021-S2248 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2248 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2248
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to establish an energy system tax stabilization reserve  fund  in
   the  Lansing Central School District to lessen or prevent increases in
   the school district's real property tax levy

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Definitions. As used in this act:
   (a)  "Board  of  education" or "board" means the board of education of
 the Lansing Central School District.
   (b) "Energy system tax stabilization reserve fund" or "fund" means the
 energy system tax stabilization fund established pursuant to this act.
   (c) "Payments in lieu of taxes" or "payments" means payments  in  lieu
 of taxes receivable by the school district pursuant to contracts entered
 into  on  any power plant wholly or partially within the Lansing Central
 School District.
   (d) "School district" or "district" means the Lansing  Central  School
 District.
   § 2. The board of education is hereby authorized to establish an ener-
 gy  system tax stabilization reserve fund to lessen or prevent increases
 in the school district's real property tax levy resulting from decreases
 in revenue due to changes in or termination of the payments in  lieu  of
 taxes  receivable by the school district provided, however, that no such
 fund shall be established unless approved by  a  majority  vote  of  the
 voters  present  and voting on a separate ballot proposition therefor at
 either a special district meeting which the board of education may  call
 for  such  purpose or at the annual district meeting and election, to be
 noticed and conducted in either case in accordance with  article  41  of
 the  education law.  Such separate proposition shall set forth the maxi-
 mum allowable balance to be deposited and  held  in  the  energy  system
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04596-01-1
              

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