Bill Text: NY A04687 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the tax levy limit shall be equal to a zero percent increase over the prior year tax levy when the difference between the total amount of taxes levied for the prior year less the tax levy limit results in a negative number.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to education [A04687 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04687-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4687 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 22, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, RAMOS, HUNTER, SAYEGH, STIRPE, THIELE, JEAN-PIERRE, SIMON, JONES, WALSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, FRIEND, J. M. GIGLIO, HAWLEY, MILLER, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to limitations upon 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. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 2023-a of the 2 education law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws 3 of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 4 b. Provided, however, if the difference between the total amount of 5 taxes levied for the prior year less the tax levy limit results in a 6 negative number, the tax levy limit shall be equal to a zero percent 7 increase over the prior year tax levy. 8 c. On or before March first of each year, any school district subject 9 to the provisions of this section shall submit to the state comptroller, 10 the commissioner, and the commissioner of taxation and finance, in a 11 form and manner prescribed by the state comptroller, any information 12 necessary for the calculation of the tax levy limit; and the school 13 district's determination of the tax levy limit pursuant to this section 14 shall be subject to review by the commissioner and the commissioner of 15 taxation and finance. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03671-01-3