A02953 Summary:

BILL NOA02953
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORMcDonald (MS)
 
COSPNSRGottfried, Buchwald, Montesano, Paulin, Bichotte, Fahy, Murray, Raia, Otis, Abinanti, Palmesano, Jean-Pierre, Morinello
 
MLTSPNSRFriend, Galef, Hyndman, McDonough
 
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
 
Establishes limits upon local government tax levies.
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A02953 Actions:

BILL NOA02953
 
01/23/2017referred to local governments
01/03/2018referred to local governments
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A02953 Committee Votes:

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A02953 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A02953 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2953
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 23, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GOTTFRIED, BUCHWALD, MONTESANO, PAULIN,
          BICHOTTE,  FAHY,  MURRAY, RAIA, OTIS, ABINANTI, PALMESANO, JEAN-PIERRE
          -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, HYNDMAN, McLAUGHLIN  --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing
          limits upon local government tax levies
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraphs (e) and (h) of subdivision 2 of section 3-c of
     2  the general municipal law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 97
     3  of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (e) "Local government" means  a  county,  city,  town,  village,  fire
     5  district,  or  special  district including but not limited to a district
     6  created pursuant to article twelve or twelve-A, or governed  by  article
     7  thirteen  of the town law, or created pursuant to article five-A, five-B
     8  or five-D of the county law, [chapter five hundred sixteen of  the  laws
     9  of  nineteen hundred twenty-eight,] or chapter two hundred seventy-three
    10  of the laws of nineteen hundred  thirty-nine,  and  shall  include  town
    11  improvements  provided  pursuant to articles three-A and twelve-C of the
    12  town law but shall not include the city of  New  York  or  the  counties
    13  contained  therein  or special districts established pursuant to article
    14  nineteen-A of this chapter.
    15    (h) "Tax" or "taxes" shall include (i)  a  charge  imposed  upon  real
    16  property  by  or  on  behalf  of a county, city, town, village or school
    17  district for municipal or school district purposes, and (ii) special  ad
    18  valorem  levies and special assessments as defined in subdivisions four-
    19  teen and fifteen of section one hundred two of the real property tax law
    20  but not including ad valorem levies and special  assessments  authorized
    21  to  be established and imposed pursuant to section nine hundred eighty-j
    22  of this chapter.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07646-01-7

        A. 2953                             2
 
     1    § 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (g) of subdivision  2  of  section
     2  3-c  of  the  general  municipal law, as added by section 1 of part A of
     3  chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new  paragraph  (v)  is
     4  added to read as follows:
     5    (iv)  in  years  in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
     6  state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
     7  sion two of  section  five  hundred  seventeen  of  the  education  law,
     8  increases  by  more than two percentage points from the previous year, a
     9  tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for local
    10  government employer  contributions  to  the  New  York  state  teachers'
    11  retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus
    12  two percentage points[.];
    13    (v)  ad valorem levies and special assessments authorized to be estab-
    14  lished and imposed pursuant to section nine  hundred  eighty-j  of  this
    15  chapter.
    16    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    17  the amendments to section 3-c of  the  general  municipal  law  made  by
    18  sections  one  and  two  of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
    19  section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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