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A05142 Summary:

A05142 Actions:

A05142 Committee Votes:

Committee:EDUCATION   Chair:Benedetto      
DATE:05/24/2023AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Benedetto
Aye
Smith
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Paulin
Aye
McDonough
Excused
Ramos
Excused
Mikulin
Aye
O'Donnell
Excused
Reilly
Aye
Kim
Aye
Brown
Aye
Otis
Aye
Chang
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
McGowan
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Pirozzolo
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Excused
Sayegh
Aye
Buttenschon
Aye
Conrad
Aye
Jackson
Aye
Mitaynes
Aye
Septimo
Aye
De Los Santos
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Gibbs
Aye
Ardila
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/01/2023AYE/NAY:35/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Ramos
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:06/05/2023AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Excused
Glick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Excused
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A05142 Floor Votes:

A05142 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5142--B
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 2, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. E. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, K. BROWN -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Education -- committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  relating  to  establishing the Island Park LIPA power plant tax
          assessment reserve fund
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.    Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that
     2  the tax certiorari settlement between Nassau County and the Long  Island
     3  Power  Authority  regarding  the  Island  Park Power Plant may result in
     4  instability in the real property tax base and the budget of  the  Island
     5  Park  union  free  school district due to a decrease in revenue or taxes
     6  and/or a significant shift in tax liability to the taxpayers.
     7    § 2. Definitions. As used in this act:
     8    (a) "Board of education" or "board" shall mean the board of  education
     9  of the Island Park union free school district.
    10    (b) "Power plant tax assessment reserve fund" or "fund" shall mean the
    11  power plant tax assessment reserve fund  established  pursuant  to  this
    12  act.
    13    (c)   "School   district"   or  "district"  shall mean the Island Park
    14  union free school district.
    15    § 3.  Power plant tax assessment reserve fund. The board of  education
    16  is  hereby  authorized to establish a power plant tax assessment reserve
    17  fund to lessen or prevent increases in the school district's real  prop-
    18  erty  tax  levy  and/or  tax rate resulting from decreases in revenue or
    19  taxes or a significant shift in tax liability due to  a  tax  certiorari
    20  settlement  or  judgment  provided,  however, that no such fund shall be
    21  established unless approved by a majority vote of the voters present and
    22  voting on a separate ballot proposition therefor  at  either  a  special

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09707-03-3
        A. 5142--B                          2
 
     1  district  meeting which the board of education may call for such purpose
     2  or at the annual district  meeting  and  election,  to  be  noticed  and
     3  conducted  in either case in accordance with article 41 of the education
     4  law.  Such  separate  proposition  shall set forth the maximum allowable
     5  balance to be deposited and held  in  the  power  plant  tax  assessment
     6  reserve  fund. Moneys shall be paid into and withdrawn from the fund and
     7  the fund shall be administered as follows:
     8    (a) For any school district fiscal year commencing after the effective
     9  date of this act and after the establishment  of  the  power  plant  tax
    10  assessment  reserve  fund,  the  board of education may receive payments
    11  into its power plant tax assessment reserve fund  from  any  sources  of
    12  revenue  resulting from a settlement with the Long Island Power Authori-
    13  ty; provided that no payment into the fund shall cause  the  balance  of
    14  the  fund to exceed the amount approved in the ballot proposition pursu-
    15  ant to this subdivision.
    16    (b) Moneys may be  withdrawn  from  the  power  plant  tax  assessment
    17  reserve  fund  by  resolution  of  the  board for any fiscal year, to be
    18  expended for any lawful purpose, to lessen or prevent increases  in  the
    19  district's  tax levy and/or tax rate. Withdrawals from the fund shall be
    20  disclosed in a manner consistent with the required disclosures of  simi-
    21  lar  reserve  funds held by the district, including disclosures required
    22  by the property tax report card prepared by the district pursuant to the
    23  provisions of subdivision 7 of section 1716 of the  education  law;  and
    24  deposits  and  withdrawals  made in each fiscal year shall be subject to
    25  the district's annual budget approval process.
    26    (c) The moneys in the power plant tax assessment reserve fund shall be
    27  deposited, invested and accounted for in  the  manner  provided  for  in
    28  subdivisions  2  and 6 of section 3651 and section 3652 of the education
    29  law.
    30    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.