Bill Text: NY A00160 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 160 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides an alternative method for equalization in the Riverhead central school district in order to provide tax stability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-09 - print number 160a [A00160 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00160-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 370--A                                              A. 160--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
          ment -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance
          with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
          to  the  Committee  on  Real  Property  Taxation -- recommitted to the
          Committee on Real Property Taxation in accordance with  Assembly  Rule
          3,  sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  in relation to providing an alternative method for equalization
          in the Riverhead central school  district  in  order  to  provide  tax
          stability;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expi-
          ration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1314 of the real
     2  property tax law or any other law to  the  contrary,  in  the  Riverhead
     3  central  school  district,  school  taxes shall be apportioned among the
     4  towns by taking the average of the apportionment  of  school  taxes  for
     5  each  town for the previous five years as calculated pursuant to section
     6  1314 of the real property tax law, including  the  year  for  which  the
     7  taxes are to be levied.
     8    §  2.  The Riverhead central school district, in consultation with the
     9  department of taxation and finance, shall prepare a report on or  before
    10  December  31,  2021.  Such report shall describe and evaluate the effec-
    11  tiveness and administration of this program and shall include,  but  not
    12  be  limited  to,  for each year that the program exists, a comparison of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03081-02-6