Assembly Bill A2079

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases the requisite vote required by a local government to adopt a budget that includes a tax levy

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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-A2079 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7164
2017-2018: A1510
2019-2020: A3418

2015-A2079 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the requisite vote required by a local government to adopt a budget that includes a tax levy.

2015-A2079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2079

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to increasing the
  requisite vote required by a local government to adopt a  budget  that
  includes a tax levy

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 3-c of the general municipal  law,
as  added  by  section 1 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
  5. A local government may adopt a budget that requires a tax levy that
is greater than the tax levy limit  for  the  coming  fiscal  year,  not
including  any  levy  necessary  to support the expenditures pursuant to
subparagraphs (i) through (iv) of paragraph [g] (G) of  subdivision  two
of  this  section,  only  if the governing body of such local government
first enacts, by a vote of sixty percent of the total  voting  power  of
such  body  EXCEPT WHEN THE VOTE OF SIXTY PERCENT IS EQUAL TO A MAJORITY
OF SUCH BODY IN WHICH CASE IT SHALL REQUIRE A VOTE OF  A  MAJORITY  PLUS
ONE  OF  ALL  THE VOTING MEMBERS, a local law to override such limit for
such coming fiscal year only, or in the  case  of  a  district  or  fire
district, a resolution, approved by a vote of sixty percent of the total
voting power of such body, to override such limit for such coming fiscal
year only.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to subdivision 5 of section 3-c of the general  municipal
law  made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02935-01-5

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