NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3111

Senate Bill S3111

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Changes the state fiscal year from April first to June first, changes time frames for school district elections and notice of elections and submission of a property tax report card

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2021-S3111 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3 & 23, St Fin L; amd §§2022, 2601-a, 2003, 2004, 1608, 2515, 2006 & 2007, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S5221
2011-2012: S418
2013-2014: S3418
2015-2016: S2663
2017-2018: S5012
2019-2020: S4346
2023-2024: S4452

2021-S3111 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the state fiscal year from April first to June first with such fiscal year ending the next following thirty-first day of May; changes time frames for school district elections and notice of elections and submission of a property tax report card.

2021-S3111 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3111

SPONSOR: KRUEGER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to changing the state
fiscal year from the first of April to the first of June and requiring
revisions of the consensus forecast of the economy, estimates of
receipts for the current and the ensuing state fiscal year and the joint
report of the director of the budget and the secretary of the senate
finance committee and the secretary of the assembly ways and means
committee, and directing the state comptroller to provide estimates for
receipts for the  current and ensuing state fiscal year; and to amend
the education law, in relation to the timing and notice of annual
elections in school districts and the submission of a property tax
report card and the calculation of the fiscal year for certain school
districts

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation proposes to change the start of the state fiscal year
from April 1 to June 1 to ensure vital personal income tax data due

April 15 is fully assessed in the revenue forecasting and budget negoti-
ations processes. Executive and legislative fiscal leaders shall be
required to reconvene on or after April 15 and establish by May 1 a
consensus forecast of the economy and estimates of receipts.  The May 1
joint report shall revise the initial consensus forecast of the economy
and estimates of receipts due by March 1.  Further, to accommodate
school district trustees who need to know how much state aid they will
receive in the ensuing fiscal year, the uniform school budget voting day
shall be moved from the third Tuesday of May to the fourth Tuesday of
June. To make accommodations for budget revotes, the uniform revoting
day shall be moved to the fourth Tuesday of July from the third Tuesday
of June. Also, school districts' fiscal year start date shall be shifted
to August 1 from July 1. Reporting deadlines and requirements for school
budget notice advertisements and property tax report cards shall be
advanced to assist districts in adjusting to this new school budget
voting cycle.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends § 3 of the state finance law to change the start of the state
fiscal year to June 1.  Amends subdivision 6 of § 23 of the state
finance law to require the senate finance committee, assembly ways and
means committee and division of budget to reconvene on or after April 15
to revise the consensus forecast. of the economy and estimates of
receipts for the current and ensuing fiscal years. By May 1, the senate
finance committee, assembly ways and means committee and division of
budget shall issue a revised version of the joint executive-legislative
consensus report that was initially due March 1. In cases when a revised
joint executive-legislative consensus report is not issued by May 1, the
comptroller, on or before May 5, shall provide estimates for receipts
for the current and ensuing state fiscal years.  Amends subdivision 1 of
S 2022 of the education law to change the uniform school budget voting
day to the fourth Tuesday of June.  Amends subdivision 2 of § 2601-a of
the education law to eliminate in 2011 the second Tuesday of May as the
alternative uniform school budget voting day.


Amends subdivision 1 of § 2003 of the education law to require each
common school district advertise in local newspapers notices about
school budget votes two times in the three weeks preceding the annual
meeting and election, with the first advertisement appearing 18 days
prior to the vote. Each district shall also predominately post on its
official school web site this budget vote information throughout the
three weeks next preceding the annual meeting, with the first publica-
tion appearing eighteen days before the meeting.  Amends subdivision 1
of § 2004 of the education law to require each union free school
district advertise notices in local newspapers about school budget votes
two times in the three weeks preceding the vote, with the first adver-
tisement appearing 18 days prior to the vote. Each district shall also
predominately post on its official school web site this budget vote
information throughout the three weeks next preceding the annual meet-
ing, with the first publication appearing eighteen days before the meet-
ing.

Amends paragraph b of subdivision 7 of § 1608 of the education law to
require school districts to submit their property tax report cards to
the department of education no later than the eighteen days prior to the
statewide uniform voting day.  Amends § 2515 of the education law to set
a August 1 to July 31 fiscal year cycle for schools.

Amends subdivision 3 of § 2006 of the education law to set for common
school districts the uniform school budget revoting day as the fourth
Tuesday of July and an alternative day as the third Tuesday of July.
Amends paragraph b of subdivision 3 of § 2007 of the education law to
set for union free school districts the uniform school budget revoting
day as the fourth Tuesday of July and an alternative day as the third
Tuesday of July.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Section 3 of the state finance law provides for an April 1 to March 3/
fiscal year cycle.  Subdivision 6 of § 23 of the state finance law
requires the senate finance committee, assembly ways and means committee
and division of budget to issue on or before March 1 a joint report
containing a consensus forecast of the economy and estimates of receipts
for the current and ensuing fiscal year.

Subdivision 1 of § 2022 of the education law sets the third Tuesday of
May each year as the uniform school budget voting day.

Subdivision 2 of § 2601-a sets the second Tuesday in May each Year as an
alternative uniform school budget voting day in lieu of a conflict with
religious observances on the third Tuesday of May.

Subdivision 1 of § 2003 of the education law requires each common school
district to advertise in local newspapers notices about school budget
votes four times in the seven weeks preceding the annual meeting and
election, with the first advertisement appearing forty-five days prior
to the vote.  Subdivision 1 of § 2004 of the education law requires each
union free school district to advertise in local newspapers notices
about school budget votes four times in the seven weeks preceding the
annual meeting and election, with the first advertisement appearing
forty-five days prior to the vote.


Paragraph b of subdivision 7 of § 1608 of the education law requires
school districts to submit their property tax report cards to the
department of education no later than the twenty-four days prior to the
statewide uniform voting day.

§ 2515 of the education law sets a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year cycle
for schools.

Subdivision 3 of § 2006 of the education law sets for common school
districts the uniform school budget revoting day as the third Tuesday of
June and an alternative day as the second Tuesday of June.  Paragraph b
of subdivision 3 of § 2007 of the education law sets for union free
school districts the uniform school budget revoting day as the third
Tuesday of June and an alternative day as the second Tuesday of June.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Much has changed since the Legislature last changed the start of New
York State's fiscal year. When lawmakers in 1943 shifted New York to an
April 1 fiscal year, the State suffered from budgets that were passed
too early; the State typically ended its fiscal year on June 30 with
huge surpluses that irked taxpayers; and the Legislature often passed
the Executive Budget with little to no changes. And while the rationale
for changing the fiscal year. in 1943 had its merits, they are not
applicable to modern times.  A host of deficiencies in the budget proc-
ess stem from the April 1 start date. These problems range from poor
revenue forecasting to difficulties in establishing a firm revenue
consensus between Executive and Legislative fiscal leaders. These prob-
lems often contribute to others later in the process, such as a lack of
transparency in the form of a shortened conference committee process or
inadequate consideration of the budget before the vote on it.  Also,
when actual revenues fall short of these estimates, the Legislature
often finds itself reconvening to fill multi-billion-dollar budget
holes.

A June 1 fiscal year is a superior option for New York. It would afford
legislators six weeks to make use of the most recent quarterly personal
income tax data, which is due on April 15. To ensure this vital tax data
that is incorporated into the budget negotiation process, this bill
would require Executive and Legislative fiscal leaders to reconvene on
or after April 15 and by May 1 issue a revised version of the consensus
forecast of the economy and estimates of receipts they agreed upon two
months earlier.

Further, to ensure school districts know how much state aid they will
receive in the ensuing fiscal year, the third-Tuesday-in-May uniform
school budget voting day would be pushed past the start of the fiscal
year on June 1. This bill proposes a fourth-Tuesday-of-June uniform
school budget voting day. This later uniform voting day would provide
district trustees with ample time to prepare budgets with accurate state
aid figures and eliminate much of the guesswork they are often forced to
perform under an April 1 budget cycle. To address conflicts caused by
budget revotes after school districts' fiscal year start date on July 1,
the fiscal year start date shall be moved to August 1 and the uniform
revoting day shall be shifted to the fourth Tuesday of July from the
third Tuesday of June.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2017-18: S.5012 Finance

2015-16: S.2663A/A.5695A Kavanagh Finance/Ways & Means

2013-14: S.3418/A.2748 Kavanagh Finance/Ways & Means

2011-12: S.5221C/A.662C Kavanagh Finance/Ways & Means

2009-10: S.3281/A8260 Kavanagh Finance/Ways & Means

2007-08: S.2303 Finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on January 1, 2023.

2021-S3111 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3111
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER,  LIU,  SERRANO -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to changing the state
   fiscal year from the first of April to the first of June and requiring
   revisions of the consensus  forecast  of  the  economy,  estimates  of
   receipts  for  the  current  and the ensuing state fiscal year and the
   joint report of the director of the budget and the  secretary  of  the
   senate  finance  committee  and the secretary of the assembly ways and
   means committee, and directing the state comptroller to provide  esti-
   mates for receipts for the  current and ensuing state fiscal year; and
   to  amend  the  education law, in relation to the timing and notice of
   annual elections in school districts and the submission of a  property
   tax  report  card  and  the calculation of the fiscal year for certain
   school districts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 3 of the state finance law, as added by chapter 1
 of the laws of 1943 and as separately renumbered by chapters 405 and 957
 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. Fiscal year. 1. The  current  fiscal  year  of  the  state  which
 commenced  with  the  first  day  of  [July, nineteen hundred forty-two]
 APRIL, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, is hereby [abridged] EXTENDED and  shall
 end  with  the thirty-first day of [March, nineteen hundred forty-three]
 MAY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE.  For all purposes of determining  annual
 increments  of  state employees pursuant to the education law, the civil
 service law or other state law, and for all  purposes  whenever  by  law
 some act is to be performed or time is to be measured by the fiscal year
 of  the state, the current fiscal year, as so [abridged] EXTENDED, shall
 be deemed to be a full  year  unless  the  context  clearly  requires  a
 contrary construction.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07328-01-1

 S. 3111                             2
 
   On  and  after  the first day of [April, nineteen hundred forty-three]
 JUNE, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, the fiscal year of the state,  for  the
 purpose  of  budget, appropriations, receipts and disbursements of state
 moneys and all other state affairs which  are  regulated  in  accordance
 with or based on fiscal years, including the fiscal affairs of all state
 departments,  commissions,  boards,  agencies, offices and institutions,
 shall begin with the first day of [April] JUNE and  end  with  the  next
 following thirty-first day of [March] MAY.
   2.  All  books  and accounts in the offices of the comptroller and the
 department of taxation and finance shall be kept by  fiscal  years.  All
 annual  accounts  required  to be rendered to the comptroller or to such
 department by any person shall be closed  on  the  thirty-first  day  of
 [March]  MAY in each year, and be rendered as soon thereafter as practi-
 cable, if no time is specially prescribed by law.
   3. Where any statute provides, in terms or effect, that any  inventory
 or  account,  or  a  report relating in whole or in part to receipts and
 disbursements of money, be made to the legislature or any state  officer
 annually,  or for a year, by a department, commission, board, or officer
 under the state government, such inventory or account, and  such  report
 so  far  as  it relates to such receipts and disbursements, shall be for
 the preceding  fiscal  year,  unless  the  calendar  year  be  expressly
 mentioned.
   4.  Existing  provisions  of  other  laws describing or referring to a
 fiscal year of the state as beginning  [July]  APRIL  first  and  ending
 [June  thirtieth]  MARCH  THIRTY-FIRST,  or  making any requirement with
 respect to such fiscal year, or referring to any year so  beginning  and
 ending  which applies to inventories or accounts in state matters, or to
 reports relating to state money or property, shall be deemed modified by
 and be construed in connection with this section, and be deemed to refer
 to a fiscal or to another year or period beginning and ending as  [here-
 in] prescribed IN THIS SECTION for a fiscal year.
   §  2. Subdivision 6 of section 23 of the state finance law, as amended
 by chapter 1 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   6. Consensus economic and revenue forecasting conference; report.  (a)
 (I) By the end of February in each year, prior to the report required by
 paragraph  (b) of this subdivision, the chairperson and ranking minority
 member of the senate finance  committee,  the  chairperson  and  ranking
 minority  member of the assembly ways and means committee and the direc-
 tor of the budget shall jointly convene a consensus economic and revenue
 forecasting conference in the  form  of  a  joint  legislative-executive
 hearing,  for  the purpose of assisting the governor and the legislature
 in reaching the consensus revenue forecast required by paragraph (b)  of
 this subdivision. The conveners of the conference shall invite the state
 comptroller  and  such other participants to the conference as shall, in
 their judgment, provide guidance on the current conditions in, and prob-
 able outlook for the performance of, the economy of the state,  as  well
 as the effect of such conditions and such performance on state receipts.
   (II) ON OR AFTER APRIL SIXTEENTH, THE CHAIRPERSON AND RANKING MINORITY
 MEMBER  OF  THE  SENATE  FINANCE  COMMITTEE, THE CHAIRPERSON AND RANKING
 MINORITY MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AND THE  DIREC-
 TOR  OF THE BUDGET SHALL JOINTLY RECONVENE TO REVISE THE CONSENSUS FORE-
 CAST OF THE ECONOMY AND ESTIMATES OF RECEIPTS FOR THE  CURRENT  AND  THE
 ENSUING STATE FISCAL YEAR. THE REVISED CONSENSUS FORECAST OF THE ECONOMY
 AND ESTIMATES OF RECEIPTS SHALL INCORPORATE THE MOST CURRENT TAX REVENUE
 AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT FISCAL INFORMATION.

 S. 3111                             3
 
   (b)  (I)  On  or  before March first in each year, the director of the
 budget and the secretary of the senate finance committee and the  secre-
 tary of the assembly ways and means committee shall issue a joint report
 containing a consensus forecast of the economy and estimates of receipts
 for  the  current  and  the ensuing state fiscal year. Such estimates of
 receipts shall include, but not be limited to: expected tax receipts  on
 an  all-funds basis, projected lottery receipts, and anticipated miscel-
 laneous receipts to be received in the general  fund.  The  estimate  of
 receipts  for  the ensuing fiscal year contained in the report, shall be
 all receipts from such sources described in this  subdivision  available
 to make disbursements authorized by the appropriation bills submitted by
 the governor pursuant to section three of article seven of the constitu-
 tion for the ensuing fiscal year.
   (II)  ON  OR BEFORE MAY FIRST IN EACH YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET
 AND THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE  SECRETARY  OF
 THE  ASSEMBLY  WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE SHALL ISSUE A REVISED VERSION OF
 THE JOINT REPORT THAT WAS INITIALLY DUE BY MARCH FIRST AND THAT CONTAINS
 A CONSENSUS FORECAST OF THE ECONOMY AND ESTIMATES OF RECEIPTS.
   (c) (I) On a failure of the director of the budget, the  secretary  of
 the  senate finance committee and the secretary of the assembly ways and
 means committee to issue a joint report containing a consensus  forecast
 as  provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the state comptroller
 shall, on or before March fifth, provide estimates of receipts  for  the
 current and the ensuing state fiscal year. Such estimates shall include,
 but  not  be  limited  to,  expected tax receipts on an all-funds basis,
 projected lottery receipts, and miscellaneous receipts to be received in
 the general fund. In rendering his or her estimate, as required in  this
 paragraph,  the comptroller shall give due consideration to the inherent
 risks in economic and revenue forecasting and the interest of the  state
 to  maintain  budget balance throughout the fiscal year. The estimate of
 receipts for the ensuing fiscal year provided by the state  comptroller,
 shall  be all receipts from such sources available to make disbursements
 authorized by the appropriation bills submitted by the governor pursuant
 to section three of article seven of the constitution  for  the  ensuing
 fiscal year.
   (II)  ON  A FAILURE OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET AND THE SECRETARY OF
 THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE SECRETARY OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS  AND
 MEANS COMMITTEE TO ISSUE A JOINT REPORT REVISING THE MARCH FIRST CONSEN-
 SUS  FORECAST  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  SHALL,  ON  OR BEFORE MAY FIFTH,
 PROVIDE ESTIMATES FOR RECEIPTS FOR THE CURRENT AND ENSUING STATE  FISCAL
 YEAR.  SUCH ESTIMATES SHALL INCORPORATE THE MOST CURRENT TAX REVENUE AND
 ANY OTHER PERTINENT FISCAL INFORMATION.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 2022 of the education law, as amended by
 section 7 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, PRIOR
 TO TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE the election of trustees or members of  the
 board of education, and the vote upon the appropriation of the necessary
 funds to meet the estimated expenditures, in any common school district,
 union  free  school  district,  central  school district or central high
 school district shall be held at the annual meeting and election on  the
 third  Tuesday  in  May,  provided, however, that such election shall be
 held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner at the request  of
 a  local  school  board  certifies  no  later than March first that such
 election would conflict with religious observances.   COMMENCING IN  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE, THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

 S. 3111                             4
 
 OF EDUCATION, AND THE VOTE UPON THE APPROPRIATION OF THE NECESSARY FUNDS
 TO MEET THE ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES, IN ANY COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT, UNION
 FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT  OR  CENTRAL  HIGH  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  SHALL BE HELD AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION ON THE FOURTH
 TUESDAY IN JUNE. The sole trustee, board of trustees or board of  educa-
 tion  of  every  common,  union  free,  central  or  central high school
 district and every city school district to which  this  article  applies
 shall  hold  a budget hearing not less than seven nor more than fourteen
 days prior to the annual meeting and election or special district  meet-
 ing  at  which  a  school  budget vote will occur, and shall prepare and
 present to the voters at such budget hearing a proposed school  district
 budget for the ensuing school year.
   §  4. Subdivision 2 of section 2601-a of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 236 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   2. The board of education shall conduct all annual and special  school
 district  meetings  for the purpose of adopting a school district budget
 in the same manner as a union free school district  in  accordance  with
 the  provisions  of article forty-one of this title, except as otherwise
 provided by this section. [The] PRIOR TO TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE,  THE
 annual  meeting  and election of each such city school district shall be
 held on the third Tuesday of May in each year,  provided,  however  that
 such  annual meeting and election shall be held on the second Tuesday in
 May if the commissioner at the request of a local school board certifies
 no later than March first that such election would conflict  with  reli-
 gious  observances,  and  any  school budget revote shall be held on the
 date and in the same manner specified in subdivision  three  of  section
 two  thousand  seven of this title.  PRIOR TO TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE,
 THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF EACH SUCH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT  SHALL
 BE HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF MAY IN EACH YEAR, PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT
 SUCH  ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION SHALL BE HELD ON THE SECOND TUESDAY IN
 MAY IF THE COMMISSIONER AT THE REQUEST OF A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD CERTIFIES
 NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST THAT SUCH ELECTION WOULD CONFLICT  WITH  RELI-
 GIOUS  OBSERVANCES,  AND  ANY  SCHOOL BUDGET REVOTE SHALL BE HELD ON THE
 DATE AND IN THE SAME MANNER SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION
 TWO  THOUSAND  SEVEN  OF THIS TITLE. The provisions of this article, and
 where applicable subdivision nine-a of section twenty-five  hundred  two
 of  this  title, governing the qualification and registration of voters,
 and procedures for the nomination and election of members of  the  board
 of education shall continue to apply, and shall govern the qualification
 and  registration  of  voters  and voting procedures with respect to the
 adoption of a school district budget.
   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 2003 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 64 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The district clerk of each common school district shall give notice
 of the availability of the statement of  expenditures  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of section sixteen hundred eight of this [chapter] TITLE and
 shall also give notice of the time and place of the  annual  meeting  by
 publishing a notice [four] TWO times within the [seven] THREE weeks next
 preceding  such  annual  meeting,  the  first publication to be at least
 [forty-five] EIGHTEEN days before said meeting,  in  two  newspapers  if
 there  shall  be  two,  or  in  one newspaper if there shall be but one,
 having general circulation within such district.  But  if  no  newspaper
 shall  then  have  general circulation therein, the said notice shall be
 posted in at least twenty of the most public  places  in  said  district
 forty-five  days  before  the  time of such meeting.   THE CLERK OF EACH
 COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL POST PREDOMINATELY ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S

 S. 3111                             5
 
 OFFICIAL WEBSITE THE NOTICE OF THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  THE  STATEMENT  OF
 EXPENDITURES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHT
 OF  THIS  TITLE,  AND  SHALL  ALSO  POST  PREDOMINATELY  ON  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT'S  OFFICIAL  WEBSITE  THE  TIME AND PLACE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING
 THROUGHOUT THE THREE WEEKS NEXT PRECEDING  SUCH  DISTRICT  MEETING,  THE
 FIRST PUBLICATION TO BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN DAYS BEFORE SAID MEETING.
   § 6. Subdivision 1 of section 2004 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 68 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  clerk of each union free school district shall give notice of
 the availability of  the  statement  of  expenditures  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of section seventeen hundred sixteen of this [chapter] TITLE
 and shall also give notice of the time and place of the  annual  meeting
 and  the  notice  required  by section seventeen hundred sixteen of this
 [chapter] TITLE by publishing a  notice  [four]  TWO  times  within  the
 [seven]  THREE  weeks  next  preceding  such district meeting, the first
 publication to be at least [forty-five] EIGHTEEN days before said  meet-
 ing,  in  two  newspapers  if there shall be two, or in one newspaper if
 there shall be but one, having general circulation within such district.
 But if no newspaper shall then have  general  circulation  therein,  the
 said notice shall be posted in at least twenty of the most public places
 in  said  district forty-five days before the time of such meeting.  THE
 CLERK OF EACH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL POST PREDOMINATELY ON THE
 SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE THE NOTICE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE
 STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION  SEVEN-
 TEEN  HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF THIS TITLE AND SHALL ALSO POST PREDOMINATELY ON
 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE  ANNUAL
 MEETING THROUGHOUT THE THREE WEEKS NEXT PRECEDING SUCH DISTRICT MEETING,
 THE FIRST PUBLICATION TO BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN DAYS BEFORE SAID MEETING.
   §  7.  Paragraph  b  of subdivision 7 of section 1608 of the education
 law, as amended by section 4 of part H of chapter  83  of  the  laws  of
 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  A  copy  of  the  property tax report card prepared for the annual
 district meeting shall be submitted to  the  department  in  the  manner
 prescribed by the department by the end of the business day next follow-
 ing approval of the report card by the trustee or board of trustees, but
 no later than [twenty-four] EIGHTEEN days prior to the statewide uniform
 voting  day.  The  department  shall  compile  such  data for all school
 districts whose budgets are subject to a vote of  the  qualified  voters
 and  shall  make  such compilation available electronically at least ten
 days prior to the statewide uniform voting day.
   § 8. Section 2515 of the education law, as added by chapter 171 of the
 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2515. Fiscal year. The fiscal year for   city  school  districts  of
 cities with less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants shall
 be  the period commencing with [July] AUGUST first and ending with [June
 thirtieth] JULY THIRTY-FIRST next following.
   § 9. Subdivision 3 of section 2006 of the education law, as  added  by
 section  4  of  part  M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
 read as follows:
   3. Whenever the voters shall have defeated the budget  of  the  school
 district  at  the  annual  meeting and election, the trustees may call a
 special district meeting for a school budget revote to be  held  on  the
 [third] FOURTH Tuesday of [June] JULY, provided, however that such budg-
 et  revote shall be held on the [second] THIRD Tuesday in [June] JULY if
 the commissioner at the request of a local  school  board  certifies  no
 later  than  March  first  that  such vote would conflict with religious

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 observances. The trustees shall give the notices required by subdivision
 one of section two thousand three of  this  part  and  this  section  by
 publishing  such  notices  once  in  each week within the two weeks next
 preceding  such  special  meeting,  the first publication to be at least
 fourteen days before such meeting, with any required posting to be four-
 teen days before the time of such meeting.
   § 10. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 2007  of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by  section  5 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   b. A school budget revote called  pursuant  to  paragraph  a  of  this
 subdivision  shall be held on the [third] FOURTH Tuesday of [June] JULY,
 provided, however that such budget revote shall be held on the  [second]
 THIRD  Tuesday  in  [June]  JULY if the commissioner at the request of a
 local school board certifies no later than March first  that  such  vote
 would conflict with religious observances.
   § 11. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

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