Bill Text: NY A01166 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to school district tax levies.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-25 - held for consideration in education [A01166 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01166-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1166--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 8, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JAFFEE,  SCHIMEL,  CAHILL, DAVILA, ROBINSON,
          CROUCH, GOODELL, STECK, LINARES,  GOTTFRIED,  DUPREY,  BLAKE,  KEARNS,
          JEAN-PIERRE,  ABINANTI,  RIVERA, LIFTON, RUSSELL -- Multi-Sponsored by
          -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, BRENNAN, MAGEE, SIMON, SOLAGES --  read  once
          and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Education -- recommitted to the
          Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  school  district  tax
          levies
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2023-a of the  education  law,  as
     2  added  by  section  2  of  part  A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  in
     5  the  event  the  trustee,  trustees  or  board  of education of a school
     6  district that is subject to the provisions of this  section  proposes  a
     7  budget  that will require a tax levy that exceeds the tax levy limit for
     8  the corresponding school year,  not  including  any  levy  necessary  to
     9  support  the  expenditures pursuant to subparagraphs (i) through (iv) of
    10  paragraph i of subdivision two of this section, then such  budget  shall
    11  be  approved if [sixty percent] a majority of the votes cast thereon are
    12  in the affirmative.
    13    (b) Where the trustee, trustees or board of education proposes a budg-
    14  et subject to the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the
    15  ballot for such budget shall include the following statement in substan-
    16  tially the same form: "Adoption of  this  budget  requires  a  tax  levy
    17  increase  of         which exceeds the statutory tax levy increase limit
    18  of      for this school fiscal year and therefore exceeds the state  tax
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  cap  and must be approved by [sixty percent] a majority of the qualified
     2  voters present and voting."
     3    § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 2023-a of the education law, as added by
     4  section  2  of  part  A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
     5  read as follows:
     6    9. Nothing in this section shall preclude the  trustee,  trustees,  or
     7  board  of  education  of  a  school  district, in their discretion, from
     8  submitting additional items of expenditures to the voters  for  approval
     9  as  separate  propositions  or  the  voters from submitting propositions
    10  pursuant to sections two thousand eight and two thousand thirty-five  of
    11  this part; provided however, except in the case of a proposition submit-
    12  ted  for any expenditure contained within subparagraphs (i) through (iv)
    13  of paragraph i of subdivision two of this section, if  any  proposition,
    14  or  propositions  collectively  that  are  subject to a vote on the same
    15  date, would require an expenditure of money that  would  require  a  tax
    16  levy  and  would  result  in  the  tax levy limit being exceeded for the
    17  corresponding school year then such proposition  shall  be  approved  if
    18  [sixty percent] a majority of the votes cast thereon are in the affirma-
    19  tive.
    20    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    21  the amendments to section 2023-a of the education law made  by  sections
    22  one  and two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
    23  shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.