Bill Text: NY S03780 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides a $500,000 supplemental valuation impact grant to the West Valley central school district for the 2014 - 2015 school year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-29 - PRINT NUMBER 3780A [S03780 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03780-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3780--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 15, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --  recommitted
         to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
         --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
         and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  providing  a  supple-
         mental  valuation  impact  grant  to  the  West  Valley central school
         district
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Subdivision  3 of section 3641 of the education law, as
    2  added by section 29-a of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, para-
    3  graph a as amended by section 31 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws  of
    4  2009, is amended to read as follows:
    5    3. Supplemental valuation impact grants.  a. In addition to apportion-
    6  ments otherwise provided by section thirty-six hundred two of this arti-
    7  cle,  for aid payable in the two thousand [eight] FOURTEEN--two thousand
    8  [nine and two thousand nine--two thousand ten]  FIFTEEN  school  [years]
    9  YEAR, the [amounts] AMOUNT specified in [paragraphs] PARAGRAPH c [and d]
   10  of  this  subdivision  shall  be paid for the purpose of providing addi-
   11  tional funding for A school [districts] DISTRICT which [have experienced
   12  a significant financial hardship caused by an  extraordinary  change  in
   13  the taxable property valuation or extraordinary judgments resulting from
   14  tax  certiorari  proceedings]  HAS MORE THAN EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF ITS
   15  REAL PROPERTY CLASSIFIED AS TAX EXEMPT.
   16    b. The purpose of this subdivision is to provide financial  assistance
   17  to  A  school [districts] DISTRICT which [have experienced a significant
   18  reduction in the taxable full value of the school district  or  extraor-
   19  dinary  tax  certiorari judgments] HAS MORE THAN EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF
   20  ITS REAL PROPERTY CLASSIFIED AS TAX EXEMPT.  The legislature finds  that
   21  A  school  [districts for which a judgment was made resulting from a tax
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06900-03-4
       S. 3780--A                          2
    1  certiorari proceeding which is larger  than  the  total  budget  of  the
    2  school  district  for school year two thousand seven--two thousand eight
    3  or for school districts] DISTRICT which [have observed  a  reduction  of
    4  taxable  real  property of more than seventy-five percent between school
    5  year two thousand five--two thousand six and school  year  two  thousand
    6  eight--two thousand nine] HAS MORE THAN EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF ITS REAL
    7  PROPERTY  CLASSIFIED AS TAX EXEMPT DURING SCHOOL YEAR TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
    8  TEEN--TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN may benefit from temporary additional assist-
    9  ance.
   10    c. To the [Barker central school district, there  shall  be  paid  one
   11  million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000). Such grant shall be
   12  payable  to  the  Barker  central school district in accordance with the
   13  payment schedules contained in section thirty-six hundred nine-a of this
   14  article, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.
   15    d. To the Haverstraw-Stony Point central school district, there  shall
   16  be  paid  two  million  five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000). Such
   17  grant shall be payable to  the  Haverstraw-Stony  Point  central  school
   18  district  in  accordance with the payment schedules contained in section
   19  thirty-six hundred nine-a of this article, notwithstanding any provision
   20  of law to the contrary] WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE SHALL
   21  BE PAID FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000). SUCH  GRANT  SHALL  BE
   22  PAYABLE  TO  THE  WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
   23  THE PAYMENT SCHEDULES CONTAINED IN SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED NINE-A  OF
   24  THIS ARTICLE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY.
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.