Bill Text: NY A00294 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to limits upon real property tax levies for expenditures resulting from court orders against a school district or local government.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-07 - held for consideration in local governments [A00294 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00294-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           294
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JAFFEE, CAHILL, GOTTFRIED, LAWRENCE, MURRAY,
          HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH, PERRY,  RIVERA,
          SALADINO,  SIMON,  STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Local Governments
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  limits  upon
          real  property tax levies for expenditures resulting from court orders
          against a school district or local government
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of
     2  section 3-c of the general municipal law, as added by section 1 of  part
     3  A  of  chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new subparagraph
     4  (v) is added to read as follows:
     5    (iv) in years in which the normal contribution rate of  the  New  York
     6  state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
     7  sion  two  of  section  five  hundred  seventeen  of  the education law,
     8  increases by more than two percentage points from the previous  year,  a
     9  tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for local
    10  government  employer  contributions  to  the  New  York  state teachers'
    11  retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus
    12  two percentage points[.];
    13    (v) a tax levy necessary for expenditures, including  the  payment  of
    14  interest  and  principal  for bonds to fund such expenditures, resulting
    15  from court orders against a school district or local government  arising
    16  out  of  tax  certiorari  proceedings brought under article seven of the
    17  real property tax law.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
    19  the  amendments  to  section  3-c  of  the general municipal law made by
    20  section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and
    21  shall be deemed repealed therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01768-01-7