Senate Bill S6121

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the recovery of certain building aid penalties by the state education department

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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

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2021-S6121 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2177
2017-2018: S619
2019-2020: S622

2021-S6121 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the recovery of certain building aid penalties by the state education department; authorizes SED to recover building aid in six equal annual installments beginning the later of June 2022 or June of the school year in which such district is notified of the penalty where such penalty exceeds $2,200,000 and also exceeds 2 percent of such district's total general fund expenditures for the 2013-14 school year.

2021-S6121 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6121 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6121
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT relating to the recovery of certain building aid penalties by the
   state education department
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, for a
 school  district  with  a  penalty  pursuant to a notice of building aid
 recovery where such  penalty  exceeds  $2,200,000  and  also  exceeds  2
 percent  of  such  district's  total  general  fund expenditures for the
 2013-14 school year, the commissioner of education  shall  recover  such
 penalty  in  six  equal annual installments beginning the later of June,
 2022 or June of the school year in which such district  is  notified  of
 the  penalty.  Provided  further that such district may elect to make an
 initial payment no later than thirty days in advance of the first annual
 installment which shall reduce the amount of each annual installment.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10627-01-1

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