STATE OF NEW YORK
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 30, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the date of public hearings
by improvement district commissioners in the year 2013
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 215 of the town law, as added by
2 chapter 421 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
3 9-a. Shall annually prepare an estimate of proposed expenditures for
4 and revenues of such district for the year beginning with the next
5 succeeding January [fist] first. Such estimate shall specify by item
6 all proposed expenditures for general purposes, including expert and
7 professional services, and for debt service. Such estimate may contain
8 for contingent purposes, an amount not to exceed ten per centum of the
9 amount estimated as necessary to meet the expense of maintaining the
10 improvement exclusive of the amount necessary to pay debt service and
11 judgments. The board of commissioners shall conduct a public hearing on
12 such estimate on the first Thursday following the first Tuesday of
13 September, for the calendar year two thousand thirteen on the second
14 Thursday following the first Tuesday of September or, in Westchester and
15 Monroe counties, the first Thursday following the first Tuesday of Octo-
16 ber. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least once in the
17 official newspaper of the town wherein such district is located, or if
18 no official newspaper has been designated by the town, in any newspaper
19 having general circulation in the district. The notice may be published
20 in such other newspapers as the board of commissioners may direct. The
21 notice of hearing shall be published not more than twenty nor less than
22 five days prior to the day specified for the hearing. The notice of
23 hearing shall state the time when and the place where the public hearing
24 will be held, the purpose thereof, and that a copy of the estimate of
25 proposed expenditures for and revenues of such district for the year
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 beginning with the succeeding first day of January is available for
2 public inspection at specified times and at a specified public place.
3 After the public hearing, the board of commissioners of an improvement
4 district may change, alter and revise such estimate prior to filing with
5 the budget officer. Notice of such public hearing shall also be posted
6 on the websites of the district and the town in which the district is
7 located, provided such websites are maintained, on the signboard of the
8 town and conspicuously posted in three or more designated public
9 locations within the district, on or about the day on which such notice
10 is published.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
