Assembly Bill A2953

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes limits upon local government tax levies

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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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2017-A2953 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9610
2019-2020: A6624
2021-2022: A3270
2023-2024: A1269

2017-A2953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes limits upon local government tax levies.

2017-A2953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2953
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GOTTFRIED, BUCHWALD, MONTESANO, PAULIN,
   BICHOTTE,  FAHY,  MURRAY, RAIA, OTIS, ABINANTI, PALMESANO, JEAN-PIERRE
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, HYNDMAN, McLAUGHLIN  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing
   limits upon local government tax levies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (e) and (h) of subdivision 2 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, are amended to read as follows:
   (e) "Local government" means  a  county,  city,  town,  village,  fire
 district,  or  special  district including but not limited to a district
 created pursuant to article twelve or twelve-A, or governed  by  article
 thirteen  of the town law, or created pursuant to article five-A, five-B
 or five-D of the county law, [chapter five hundred sixteen of  the  laws
 of  nineteen hundred twenty-eight,] or chapter two hundred seventy-three
 of the laws of nineteen hundred  thirty-nine,  and  shall  include  town
 improvements  provided  pursuant to articles three-A and twelve-C of the
 town law but shall not include the city of  New  York  or  the  counties
 contained  therein  OR SPECIAL DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 NINETEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (h) "Tax" or "taxes" shall include (i)  a  charge  imposed  upon  real
 property  by  or  on  behalf  of a county, city, town, village or school
 district for municipal or school district purposes, and (ii) special  ad
 valorem  levies and special assessments as defined in subdivisions four-
 teen and fifteen of section one hundred two of the real property tax law
 BUT NOT INCLUDING AD VALOREM LEVIES AND SPECIAL  ASSESSMENTS  AUTHORIZED
 TO  BE ESTABLISHED AND IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-J
 OF THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07646-01-7
              

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