Bill Text: NY A07441 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the department of education to study the frequency of residents who are being assessed library taxes for more than one library district and to make recommendations to address the double taxation of residents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-11-25 - VETOED MEMO.166 [A07441 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07441-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7441--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 3, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education -- reference changed to the Committee  on  Libraries  and
          Education Technology -- 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 to direct the department of education to study the  frequency  of
          residents  who  are  being  assessed  library  taxes for more than one
          library district and to make recommendations  to  prevent  the  double
          taxation of residents; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
          upon expiration thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The commissioner of education,  in  consultation  with  the
     2  commissioner  of  taxation and finance, the public libraries and associ-
     3  ation libraries, shall study the frequency of residents  who  are  being
     4  assessed library taxes for more than one library district, provided that
     5  such  study exclude any library district that is wholly contained within
     6  another library district, and shall make recommendations to address  the
     7  double  taxation  of  residents.  Such  study  shall include, but not be
     8  limited to, the following:
     9    (a) the estimated number of residents who are being  assessed  library
    10  taxes  for  more  than one library district and the amount of money such
    11  residents are paying in library taxes to each library;
    12    (b) the estimated economic impact  on  library  districts  that  would
    13  result  from prohibiting residents from being assessed library taxes for
    14  more than one library district; and
    15    (c) minimizing the economic impact on  library  districts  of  reduced
    16  revenue  resulting from the prohibition of residents from being assessed
    17  library taxes for more than one library district.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00566-03-9
        A. 7441--A                          2

     1    § 2. The commissioner of education shall submit a report to the gover-
     2  nor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assem-
     3  bly on or before December 31, 2020.
     4    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     5  deemed repealed January 31, 2021.