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A10082 Summary:

BILL NOA10082
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORByrne
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §171-bb, Tax L
 
Directs the department of taxation and finance to display on its website a list of municipalities which have instituted a taxpayers' bill of rights.
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A10082 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10082
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 29, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means
 
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to directing the department  of
          taxation  and  finance  to  display  on  its website a list of munici-
          palities which have instituted a taxpayers' bill of rights
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  tax law is amended by adding a new section 171-bb to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 171-bb. Local taxpayers' bill of rights. The department shall estab-
     4  lish and post prominently on the website of the department,  a  list  of
     5  all  municipalities in the state which have instituted a taxpayers' bill
     6  of rights which includes, at a minimum, the following:
     7    1. For any proposed local law which involves an increase of any  local
     8  tax,  a  public  hearing  where  the  public is accorded the right to be
     9  heard.  Each person wishing to comment at such public hearing  shall  be
    10  provided no fewer than five minutes to speak.
    11    2.  Availability  of  audio and video streaming for public viewing and
    12  participation in budget hearings of the municipality.
    13    3. A requirement that any local law which involves an increase of  any
    14  local tax, shall be required to pass by a two-thirds majority vote.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15441-02-2
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