Bill Text: NY A09610 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes limits upon local government tax levies.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-22 - referred to local governments [A09610 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09610-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          9610
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 22, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments
        AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing
          limits upon local government tax levies
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraphs (e) and (h) of subdivision 2 of section 3-c of
     2  the general municipal law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 97
     3  of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (e) "Local government" means  a  county,  city,  town,  village,  fire
     5  district,  or  special  district including but not limited to a district
     6  created pursuant to article twelve or twelve-A, or governed  by  article
     7  thirteen  of the town law, or created pursuant to article five-A, five-B
     8  or five-D of the county law, [chapter five hundred sixteen of  the  laws
     9  of  nineteen hundred twenty-eight,] or chapter two hundred seventy-three
    10  of the laws of nineteen hundred  thirty-nine,  and  shall  include  town
    11  improvements  provided  pursuant to articles three-A and twelve-C of the
    12  town law but shall not include the city of  New  York  or  the  counties
    13  contained  therein  or special districts established pursuant to article
    14  nineteen-A of this chapter.
    15    (h) "Tax" or "taxes" shall include (i)  a  charge  imposed  upon  real
    16  property  by  or  on  behalf  of a county, city, town, village or school
    17  district for municipal or school district purposes, and (ii) special  ad
    18  valorem  levies and special assessments as defined in subdivisions four-
    19  teen and fifteen of section one hundred two of the real property tax law
    20  but not including ad valorem levies and special  assessments  authorized
    21  to  be established and imposed pursuant to section nine hundred eighty-j
    22  of this chapter.
    23    § 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (g) of subdivision  2  of  section
    24  3-c  of  the  general  municipal law, as added by section 1 of part A of
    25  chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new  paragraph  (v)  is
    26  added to read as follows:
    27    (iv)  in  years  in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
    28  state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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