NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6878

Senate Bill S6878

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to excluding expenditures for school resource officers employed by a municipality and assigned to a school district from tax levy limitations

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Delivered to Governor
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2015-S6878 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9502
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2 & 2023-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S1025, A846
2019-2020: S4472, A3186
2021-2022: A104
2023-2024: A1527

2015-S6878 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes expenditures for school resource officers employed by a municipality and assigned to a school district from tax levy limitations.

2015-S6878 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6878

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the education law, in relation to excluding
expenditures for school resource officers employed by a municipality
and assigned to a school district from tax levy limitations

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To provide increased flexibility to school districts within the
property tax cap to utilize a municipally employed school resource
officer.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Sections 1 and 2 of this bill amend section 2023-a of the education
law by adding a provision relating to expenditures that are exempt
from the school district "tax cap". The new provision exempts the
portion of the tax levy necessary for expenditures to pay for a school
resource officer, provided that the officer is employed by a
municipality and that the school district is assigned in compliance
with section 1318 of the real property tax law.

Section 3 defines the term "School Resource Officer".

Section 4 of the bill is the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Safety and security are vital necessities when it comes to our school
districts. Recent events around the country have shown us that it is
imperative to have adequate measures of protection at our schools, in
order to ensure the safety of children, staff and any individual who
steps into the school. Allowing this expenditure to be exempt from the
tax cap will assist school districts in providing for increased safety
and security.

While providing safety and security for various communities across the
state, this legislation will also provide incentive for school
districts to comply with section 1318 of the real property tax law
which states that school districts must not have any operating funds
in excess of four percent of the current school year budget.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to state.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately provided that the amendments
made to section 2023-a of the education law by sections one and two of
this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
deemed repealed therewith.

2015-S6878 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6878

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 2, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to excluding expenditures
  for school resource officers employed by a municipality  and  assigned
  to a school district from tax levy limitations

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

  Section 1. Paragraph i of subdivision  2  of  section  2023-a  of  the
education  law  is  amended  by adding a new subparagraph (v) to read as
follows:
  (V) A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR EXPENDITURES TO PAY FOR A SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICER THAT IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY A MUNICIPALITY AND ASSIGNED TO THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN COMPLIANCE  WITH
SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
  S 2. Paragraph (a) 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,
is amended to read as follows:
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the
event 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 corre-
sponding school year, not including any levy necessary  to  support  the
expenditures  pursuant  to subparagraphs (i) through [(iv)] (V) of para-
graph i of subdivision two of this section, then such  budget  shall  be
approved  if sixty percent of the votes cast thereon are in the affirma-
tive.
  S 3. Section 2 of the education law is amended by adding a new  subdi-
vision 25 to read as follows:
  25.  "SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER" SHALL BE DEFINED AS A POLICE OFFICER OR
PEACE OFFICER WHO SERVES IN A ROLE AS SECURITY PERSONNEL  FOR  A  SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
  S  4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments made to section 2023-a of the education law by  sections  one  and
two 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.
                                                           LBD14125-01-6

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