Bill Text: NY S06960 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring the commissioner of the department of taxation and finance to establish segment special equalization rates for certain school districts in the town of Guilderland; specifically the Rotterdam-Mohonasen School District, Schalmont School District and Voorheesville School District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-07-10 - SIGNED CHAP.116 [S06960 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06960-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6960--A
            Cal. No. 282
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    November 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
          sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
          second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv-
          ered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored  to  third
          reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
          order of third reading
        AN ACT to require the commissioner of taxation and finance to  establish
          segment special equalization rates for certain school districts in the
          town of Guilderland
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or procedure to the contrary,
     2  the commissioner of taxation and finance shall establish segment special
     3  equalization rates for fiscal  year  2018  for  the  Rotterdam-Mohonasen
     4  School  District,  Schalmont  School  District  and Voorheesville School
     5  District for the segments of the districts in the town of Guilderland. A
     6  segment special equalization rate shall not be established  pursuant  to
     7  this  act  if  there  would  not be at least a two percent change in the
     8  share of the levy of at least one segment of the taxing jurisdiction  as
     9  the  result  of  the  use  of the indicated special equalization rate in
    10  place of the  equalization  rate  which  would  otherwise  be  used  for
    11  purposes  of this apportionment.  The segment special equalization rates
    12  calculated pursuant to this act shall be used solely for the  apportion-
    13  ment of school taxes.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13810-02-8