Bill Text: NY S06704 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts BOCES capital expenditures from limitations upon local school district tax levies.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S06704 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06704-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6704
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 12, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to exempting BOCES  capi-
         tal  expenditures  from  limitations  upon  local  school district tax
         levies
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision  2 of section 2023-a of the
    2  education law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws
    3  of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    c. "Capital local expenditures" means the taxes associated with  budg-
    5  eted  expenditures  resulting  from the financing, refinancing, acquisi-
    6  tion, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,
    7  furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for school  district
    8  capital  facilities  or school district capital equipment AND THE SCHOOL
    9  DISTRICT'S SHARE OF SUCH EXPENDITURES FOR BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCA-
   10  TIONAL  SERVICES (BOCES) CAPITAL FACILITIES AND BOCES CAPITAL EQUIPMENT,
   11  including debt service and lease expenditures, and transportation  capi-
   12  tal  debt service, subject to the approval of the qualified voters where
   13  required by law.
   14    S 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section  2023  of  the  education
   15  law,  as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011,
   16  is amended to read as follows:
   17    b. The resolution of the trustee,  board  of  trustees,  or  board  of
   18  education adopting a contingency budget shall incorporate by reference a
   19  statement  specifying  the  projected percentage increase or decrease in
   20  total spending for the school  year,  and  explaining  the  reasons  for
   21  disregarding  any  portion of an increase in spending in formulating the
   22  contingency budget; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  CAPITAL  EXPENDITURES  AND
   23  CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENT  PROJECTS  BY  THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
   24  SERVICES (BOCES) SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN TOTAL SPENDING.
   25    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
   26  ments to paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2023-a of the education
   27  law  made  by  section one of this act shall be subject to the repeal of
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  such section and shall be deemed to be repealed therewith; and  provided
    2  further,  that the amendments to paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section
    3  2023 of the education law made by section  two  of  this  act  shall  be
    4  subject  to the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire
    5  therewith.