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A05371 Summary:

BILL NO	A05371
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Fitzpatrick (MS)
COSPNSR	Montesano, Giglio
MLTSPNSR	Manktelow
Amd §3604, Ed L
Provides that no school district shall be eligible to receive the full apportionment of state aid to which it is entitled if evidence is found by the state comptroller when an audit is conducted and such audit finds that a district has inappropriate excess of their unexpended surplus funds and such school district did not reduce the school tax levy in a proportion equal to the excess of four percent of the current year school budget.

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A05371 Actions:

BILL NO	A05371
02/11/2019	referred to education
01/08/2020	referred to education
07/14/2020	held for consideration in education

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A05371 Committee Votes:

Committee:EDUCATION   Chair:Benedetto      
DATE:07/14/2020AYE/NAY:23/6  Action: Held for Consideration         
Benedetto
Aye
Walsh
Nay
Englebright
Aye
McDonough
Excused
Arroyo
Aye
Lawrence
Nay
Magnarelli
Aye
Miller
Nay
Paulin
Aye
Mikulin
Nay
Ramos
Aye
Malliotakis
Nay
O'Donnell
Aye
DiPietro
Excused
Lifton
Aye
Kolb
Nay
Kim
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Otis
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Simon
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
D'Urso
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Bichotte
Aye

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A05371 Floor Votes:

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A05371 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5371
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 11, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, MONTESANO, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Education
 
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school district state
          aid eligibility
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  3604 of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
     3    8-a. No school district shall be eligible to receive the  full  appor-
     4  tionment  of state aid to which it is entitled under other provisions of
     5  this chapter if evidence is found by the state comptroller when an audit
     6  is conducted and such audit finds  that  a  district  has  inappropriate
     7  excess  of  their  unexpended surplus funds and such school district did
     8  not reduce the school tax levy in a proportion equal to  the  excess  of
     9  four percent of the current year school budget as required under section
    10  thirteen  hundred eighteen of the real property tax law, commencing with
    11  the two thousand eighteen-two thousand nineteen school year. The commis-
    12  sioner shall withhold from the full apportionment of such state  aid  an
    13  amount  equal  to  the excess of four percent in such unexpended surplus
    14  funds of the current year school budget.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05719-01-9

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