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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S4029
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
Current 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
2025-S4029 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5365
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L; amd §2023-a, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S8874
2025-S4029 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4029 SPONSOR: SALAZAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law and the education law, in relation to limits on school district and local government tax levies PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation changes the calculation of the allowable tax levy limit and changes the percentage of the total vote by which the governing body or votes cast shall be approved. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Sections 1 and 2 of the bill amend the general municipal law and the education law to make the allowable levy growth factor two percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is greater. Section 3 amends the general municipal law to allow fifty percent, rath- er than sixty percent, of the total governing body to override any
2025-S4029 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4029 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- 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 and the education law, in relation to limits on school district and local government tax levies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) 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: (a) "Allowable levy growth factor" shall be the [lesser] GREATER of: (i) one and two one-hundredths; or (ii) the sum of one plus the inflation factor[; provided, however, that in no case shall the levy growth factor be less than one]. § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 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. "Allowable levy growth factor" shall be the [lesser] GREATER of: (i) one and two one-hundredths; or (ii) the sum of one plus the inflation factor[; provided, however, that in no case shall the levy growth factor be less than one]. § 3. 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) of paragraph g of subdivision two of this section, only if the governing body of such local government first enacts, by a vote of [sixty] MORE THAN FIFTY percent of the total voting power of such body, a local law to override such limit for such coming fiscal year only, or in the case of a district or fire district, a EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08501-01-5
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