Requires that the village of Lakeview, Nassau county, approve any taxes for library purposes by a majority vote in a general village election or meeting at which taxes may be voted before any such tax may be levied.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6167
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Libraries and Education Technology
AN ACT in relation to taxes levied for library purposes by the village
of Lakeview, Nassau county
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or
2 local law to the contrary, no tax shall be levied for library purposes
3 or services by the village of Lakeview, Nassau county, until such tax is
4 approved by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters voting in a
5 general village election or meeting at which taxes may be voted,
6 provided that due public notice of the proposed action shall have been
7 given. After such vote is complete, the election spectators, ballot
8 clerks or appropriate designated official shall immediately canvas
9 publicly the ballots cast and the chairperson of the election or appro-
10 priate designated official shall publicly announce the result. Within
11 seventy-two hours of such announcement, the chairperson, the election
12 inspectors and ballot clerks, or appropriate designated official, shall
13 execute and file a certificate of the result of the canvas with the
14 appropriate library officials and the village clerk of the village of
15 Lakeview. Upon receiving such certification, the village clerk shall
16 notify the local assessor of such certified results. No voting results
17 affecting tax levies pursuant to this act shall apply to more than one
18 taxable year per general village election or meeting at which taxes may
19 be voted.
20 Except as otherwise provided by this act, the provisions of the educa-
21 tion law relating to public libraries shall remain applicable to the
22 village of Lakeview.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
24 taxes, levied for library purposes or services by the village of Lake-
25 view, Nassau county, and taxable years commencing on and after such
26 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08743-01-9
