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A02785 Summary:

BILL NO	A02785
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Englebright
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add Art 44 S2150, Ed L
Authorizes boards of trustees and boards of education to establish a tax stabilization reserve fund from monies identified as excess or surplus and allows such funds to be appropriated to stabilize the property tax rate.

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A02785 Actions:

BILL NO	A02785
01/20/2015	referred to real property taxation
01/06/2016	referred to real property taxation

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A02785 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2785
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 20, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing establish-
          ment of tax stabilization reserve funds
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 44 to
     2  read as follows:
     3                                  ARTICLE 44
     4                       TAX STABILIZATION RESERVE FUNDS
 
     5  Section 2150. Tax stabilization reserve funds.
     6    § 2150. Tax stabilization reserve funds.  Notwithstanding  any  incon-
     7  sistent provision of law, the board of trustees or board of education of
     8  each  school district shall be authorized to transfer any monies identi-
     9  fied as an unappropriated fund balance in excess of two percent  of  the
    10  current  budget permitted to be retained for meeting contingent expenses
    11  to a special fund which shall be known as a  tax  stabilization  reserve
    12  fund.    Monies  in  such  fund shall be deposited in one or more of the
    13  banks or trust companies designated in the manner  provided  by  law  as
    14  depositories  of  the  funds  for any given district. The monies in such
    15  fund so deposited shall be kept in a separate bank  account.  Boards  of
    16  trustees  and  education may invest the monies in such funds in a manner
    17  provided by section eleven of the general municipal  law.  Any  interest
    18  earned on the monies so deposited or invested shall accrue to and become
    19  part  of  such fund.  Monies in such fund may be appropriated in accord-
    20  ance with a plan to stabilize the school district's property tax rate by
    21  making use of such funds to offset tax levy needs.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07353-01-5

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