senate Bill S4243A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the Long Island power plant tax assessment challenge reserve fund

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 27, 2022 referred to education
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 14, 2022 advanced to third reading
Mar 10, 2022 2nd report cal.
Mar 09, 2022 1st report cal.671
Jan 05, 2022 referred to education
returned to senate
died in assembly
Jun 01, 2021 referred to education
delivered to assembly
passed senate
May 19, 2021 advanced to third reading
May 12, 2021 2nd report cal.
May 11, 2021 1st report cal.996
Apr 05, 2021 print number 4243a
Apr 05, 2021 amend (t) and recommit to education
Feb 03, 2021 referred to education

Votes

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Mar 9, 2022 - Education committee Vote

S4243A
12
2
committee
12
Aye
2
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Education Committee Vote: Mar 9, 2022

nay (2)
aye wr (1)

May 11, 2021 - Education committee Vote

S4243A
11
0
committee
11
Aye
0
Nay
4
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Education Committee Vote: May 11, 2021

Co-Sponsors

S4243 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3654, Ed L

S4243 - Summary

Establishes the Long Island power plant tax assessment challenge reserve fund to reserve against, lessen or prevent increases in the school district's real property tax levy and/or tax rate resulting from decreases in revenue or taxes or a significant shift in tax liability due to a tax certiorari settlement or judgment; defines terms; makes related provisions.

S4243 - Sponsor Memo

S4243 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4243
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GAUGHRAN, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing  the  tax
   certiorari stabilization reserve fund
 
   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  3654
 to read as follows:
   §  3654. TAX CERTIORARI STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "BOARD OF EDUCATION" OR "BOARD" SHALL MEAN THE BOARD OF  EDUCATION
 OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT REASONABLY ANTICIPATES AN ADVERSE IMPACT  OR
 IS IMPACTED BY A TAX CERTIORARI ACTION;
   (B)   "TAX CERTIORARI STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND" OR "FUND" SHALL MEAN
 THE TAX CERTIORARI STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION; AND
   (C)   "SCHOOL   DISTRICT"   OR   "DISTRICT"   SHALL  MEAN  ANY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT THAT REASONABLY ANTICIPATES AN ADVERSE IMPACT OR IS IMPACTED BY
 A TAX CERTIORARI ACTION.
   2.   THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH A TAX
 CERTIORARI STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND TO RESERVE AGAINST, OR  LESSEN  OR
 PREVENT  INCREASES    IN  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT'S REAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY
 AND/OR TAX RATE RESULTING FROM  DECREASES  IN  REVENUE  OR  TAXES  OR  A
 SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN TAX LIABILITY DUE TO A TAX CERTIORARI SETTLEMENT OR
 JUDGMENT  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 FORTY-ONE OF THIS  CHAPTER.  SUCH
 SEPARATE PROPOSITION  SHALL  SET FORTH  THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE BALANCE TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Co-Sponsors

S4243A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3654, Ed L

S4243A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the Long Island power plant tax assessment challenge reserve fund to reserve against, lessen or prevent increases in the school district's real property tax levy and/or tax rate resulting from decreases in revenue or taxes or a significant shift in tax liability due to a tax certiorari settlement or judgment; defines terms; makes related provisions.

S4243A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4243A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4243--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, KAMINSKY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
   tion -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the Long
   Island power plant tax assessment challenge reserve fund
 
   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 3654
 to read as follows:
   § 3654. LONG ISLAND POWER PLANT TAX ASSESSMENT CHALLENGE RESERVE FUND.
 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "BOARD OF EDUCATION" OR "BOARD" SHALL MEAN THE BOARD OF  EDUCATION
 OF THE NORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  THE  NORTH
 SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
 OR THE ISLAND PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   (B)    "LONG ISLAND POWER PLANT TAX ASSESSMENT CHALLENGE RESERVE FUND"
 OR "FUND" SHALL MEAN THE LONG ISLAND POWER PLANT  TAX  ASSESSMENT  CHAL-
 LENGE RESERVE FUND  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION; AND
   (C)  "SCHOOL  DISTRICT"  OR  "DISTRICT"  SHALL MEAN THE NORTHPORT-EAST
 NORTHPORT  UNION  FREE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT, THE NORTH SHORE CENTRAL SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, THE OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR THE  ISLAND  PARK
 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   2.  THE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH A LONG
 ISLAND POWER PLANT TAX ASSESSMENT  CHALLENGE  RESERVE  FUND  TO  RESERVE
 AGAINST,  OR  LESSEN OR PREVENT INCREASES  IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S REAL
 PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND/OR TAX RATE RESULTING FROM DECREASES IN REVENUE OR
 TAXES OR A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN TAX LIABILITY DUE TO  A  TAX  CERTIORARI
 SETTLEMENT  OR  JUDGMENT  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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