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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Senate Bill S970
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
2021-S970 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1391
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2019-2020:
S5854, A2227
2023-2024: S5231
2021-S970 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that the tax levy limit shall not include a tax levy necessary for expenditures resulting from a local government meeting its obligation to provide enhanced cancer disability benefits to volunteer firefighters as required under section two hundred five-cc of the general municipal law.
2021-S970 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S970 SPONSOR: GAUGHRAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing enhanced cancer disability benefits to volunteer firefighters SUMMARY: Section 1 would amend paragraph (g)of subdivision 2 of section 3-c of the general municipal law by adding a new subparagraph (v) that would exempt tax levies implemented to fund enhanced cancer disability insur- ance benefits for volunteer firefighters from the definition of "Tax Levy Limit." Section 2 would make a technical amendment to subdivision 5 of section 3-c of the general municipal law to include a reference to the new subparagraph (v) created in section one of this act. Section 3 provides for the effective date.
2021-S970 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 970 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing enhanced cancer disability benefits to volunteer firefighters THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (g) 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, is amended and a new subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows: (iv) in years in which the normal contribution rate of the New York state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi- sion two of section five hundred seventeen of the education 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 teachers' retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus two percentage points[.]; (V) A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR EXPENDITURES RESULTING FROM A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING ITS OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ENHANCED CANCER DISABILITY BENEFITS TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIVE-CC OF THIS CHAPTER. § 2. 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)] (V) of paragraph g of subdivision two of this section, only if the governing body of such local government EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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