Bill Text: NY A06167 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act in relation to taxes levied for library purposes by the village of Lakeview, Nassau county

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to libraries and education technology [A06167 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06167-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6167
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 26, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Libraries and Education Technology
       AN  ACT  in relation to taxes levied for library purposes by the village
         of Lakeview, Nassau county
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or
    2  local law to the contrary, no tax shall be levied for  library  purposes
    3  or services by the village of Lakeview, Nassau county, until such tax is
    4  approved  by  a vote of the majority of the qualified voters voting in a
    5  general village election  or  meeting  at  which  taxes  may  be  voted,
    6  provided  that  due public notice of the proposed action shall have been
    7  given. After such vote is  complete,  the  election  spectators,  ballot
    8  clerks  or  appropriate  designated  official  shall  immediately canvas
    9  publicly the ballots cast and the chairperson of the election or  appro-
   10  priate  designated  official shall publicly announce the result.  Within
   11  seventy-two hours of such announcement, the  chairperson,  the  election
   12  inspectors  and ballot clerks, or appropriate designated official, shall
   13  execute and file a certificate of the result  of  the  canvas  with  the
   14  appropriate  library  officials  and the village clerk of the village of
   15  Lakeview. Upon receiving such certification,  the  village  clerk  shall
   16  notify  the  local assessor of such certified results. No voting results
   17  affecting tax levies pursuant to this act shall apply to more  than  one
   18  taxable  year per general village election or meeting at which taxes may
   19  be voted.
   20    Except as otherwise provided by this act, the provisions of the educa-
   21  tion law relating to public libraries shall  remain  applicable  to  the
   22  village of Lakeview.
   23    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
   24  taxes, levied for library purposes or services by the village  of  Lake-
   25  view,  Nassau  county,  and  taxable  years commencing on and after such
   26  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08743-01-9