Bill Text: NY S07622 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes school districts to increase school budgets by up to two percent without a supermajority vote.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-11 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S07622 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07622-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7622 IN SENATE May 11, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing school districts to increase school budgets by up to two percent without a supermajority vote The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 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 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the 5 event the trustee, trustees or board of education of a school district 6 that is subject to the provisions of this section proposes a budget that 7 will require a tax levy that exceeds the tax levy limit for the corre- 8 sponding school year by more than two percent, not including any levy 9 necessary to support the expenditures pursuant to subparagraphs (i) 10 through (iv) of paragraph i of subdivision two of this section, then 11 such budget shall be approved if sixty percent of the votes cast thereon 12 are in the affirmative. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 14 the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 2023-a of 15 the education law made by section one of this act shall not affect the 16 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06187-01-5
