Assembly Bill A1239

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to school boards approving a budget that exceeds the tax levy limit by a sixty percent vote; subsequently it must be approved by a majority of the qualified voters

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A1239 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2023-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8502
2017-2018: A2699
2019-2020: A368
2021-2022: A3175
2023-2024: A4248
2025-2026: A568

2015-A1239 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to school boards approving a budget that exceeds the tax levy limit by a sixty percent vote; subsequently it must be approved by a majority of the qualified voters.

2015-A1239 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1239

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school boards

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 6 of section 2023-a
of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter  97  of
the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law to the contrary, [in
the event] WHERE the trustee, trustees or board of education of a school
district that is subject to the provisions of this  section  proposes  a
budget  that will require a tax levy that exceeds the tax levy limit for
the corresponding school year,  not  including  any  levy  necessary  to
support  the  expenditures pursuant to subparagraphs (i) through (iv) of
paragraph i of subdivision two of this  section,  SUCH  PROPOSED  BUDGET
SHALL BE APPROVED BY SIXTY PERCENT OF THE VOTES OF THE TRUSTEE, TRUSTEES
OR  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,  then  such budget shall be approved if [sixty
percent] A MAJORITY of the votes cast [thereon] BY QUALIFIED VOTERS  are
in the affirmative.
  (b) Where the trustee, trustees or board of education proposes a budg-
et subject to the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the
ballot for such budget shall include the following statement in substan-
tially  the  same  form:  "Adoption  of  this budget requires a tax levy
increase of         which exceeds the statutory tax levy increase  limit
of       for this school fiscal year and therefore exceeds the state tax
cap and must be approved by [sixty percent] A MAJORITY of the  qualified
voters present and voting."
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
the amendments to paragraphs (a) and (b) of  subdivision  6  of  section
2023-a  of  the  education law made by section one of this act shall not
affect the repeal of such section and shall be  deemed  repealed  there-
with.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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