Bill Text: NY A01182 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts certain expenditures relating to school safety from tax levy limits.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A01182 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01182-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1182
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 8, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, BRINDISI, ROBINSON, JAFFEE, BUCHWALD,
         SKOUFIS, ROBERTS, OTIS, STIRPE, BARRETT, HAWLEY, RAIA, GRAF,  MONTESA-
         NO,  CROUCH,  LUPINACCI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, PERRY,
         SKARTADOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  tax  levy  limits  of
         school districts
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph i of subdivision  2  of  section  2023-a  of  the
    2  education  law  is  amended  by adding a new subparagraph (v) to read as
    3  follows:
    4    (V) A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR EXPENDITURES TO  ENSURE  ADEQUATE  SAFETY
    5  AND  PROTECTION FROM A SERIOUS VIOLENT INCIDENT OR SIMILAR EMERGENCY, AS
    6  SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN PART 155.17 OF THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  BY
    7  THE  COMMISSIONER,  WHICH  MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, EXPENDI-
    8  TURES FOR SECURITY PERSONNEL, SAFETY TRAINING  OR  INSTRUCTION,  INFRAS-
    9  TRUCTURE  IMPROVEMENTS  TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND THE ACQUISI-
   10  TION OF SECURITY DEVICES OR OTHER SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
   11    S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 2023-a of the education
   12  law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of  2011,
   13  is amended to read as follows:
   14    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the
   15  event  the  trustee, trustees or board of education of a school district
   16  that is subject to the provisions of this section proposes a budget that
   17  will require a tax levy that exceeds the tax levy limit for  the  corre-
   18  sponding  school  year,  not including any levy necessary to support the
   19  expenditures pursuant to subparagraphs (i) through [(iv)] (V)  of  para-
   20  graph  i  of  subdivision two of this section, then such budget shall be
   21  approved if sixty percent of the votes cast thereon are in the  affirma-
   22  tive.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 1182                             2
    1    S  3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
    2  ments made to section 2023-a of the education law by  sections  one  and
    3  two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
    4  deemed repealed therewith.