Bill Text: NY S05522 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of education to study the frequency of residents who are being assessed library taxes for more than one library district and to make recommendations to address the double taxation of residents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-11-25 - VETOED MEMO.166 [S05522 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5522
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 3, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to direct the department of education to study the  frequency  of
          residents  who  are  being  assessed  library  taxes for more than one
          library district and to make recommendations  to  prevent  the  double
          taxation of residents; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
          upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The commissioner of education,  in  consultation  with  the
     2  commissioner  of  taxation and finance, the public libraries and associ-
     3  ation libraries, shall study the frequency of residents  who  are  being
     4  assessed library taxes for more than one library district and shall make
     5  recommendations  to address the double taxation of residents. Such study
     6  shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
     7    (a) the estimated number of residents who are being  assessed  library
     8  taxes  for  more  than one library district and the amount of money such
     9  residents are paying in library taxes to each library;
    10    (b) the estimated economic impact  on  library  districts  that  would
    11  result  from prohibiting residents from being assessed library taxes for
    12  more than one library district; and
    13    (c) minimizing the economic impact on  library  districts  of  reduced
    14  revenue  resulting from the prohibition of residents from being assessed
    15  library taxes for more than one library district.
    16    § 2. The commissioner of education shall submit a report to the gover-
    17  nor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assem-
    18  bly on or before December 31, 2020.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    20  deemed repealed January 31, 2021.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00566-02-9