Assembly Bill A2205

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting the costs associated with emergency services from the real property tax levy limit

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2017-A2205 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L; amd §2023-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8739
2015-2016: A2184
2019-2020: A1875

2017-A2205 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exempting the costs associated with emergency services from the real property tax levy limit.

2017-A2205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2205
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law and the education law, in
   relation to exempting the costs  associated  with  emergency  services
   from the real property tax levy limit

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 3-c of the gener-
 al municipal law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 97  of  the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (g) "Tax levy limit" means the amount of taxes authorized to be levied
 by  or  on  behalf  of  a  local  government  pursuant  to this section,
 provided, however, that the tax levy limit shall not include the follow-
 ing:
   (i) a tax levy necessary for expenditures resulting from court  orders
 or  judgments  against  the local government arising out of tort actions
 for any amount that exceeds five percent of the total tax levied in  the
 prior fiscal year;
   (ii)  in years in which the system average actuarial contribution rate
 of the New York state and local employees' retirement system, as defined
 by paragraph ten of subdivision a of section nineteen-a of  the  retire-
 ment  and  social  security  law,  increases by more than two percentage
 points from the previous year, a tax levy necessary for expenditures for
 the coming fiscal year for local government  employer  contributions  to
 the  New  York  state  and  local employees' retirement system caused by
 growth in the system  average  actuarial  contribution  rate  minus  two
 percentage points;
   (iii) in years in which the system average actuarial contribution rate
 of  the  New  York state and local police and fire retirement system, as
 defined by paragraph eleven of subdivision a of  section  three  hundred
 nineteen-a  of the retirement and social security law, increases by more

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

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.