Removes that portion of the town of Chester in the service area of the Albert Wisner memorial public library from such library service area to end the double taxation of certain town residents.

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S4676-2011 Actions

• Mar 6, 2012: referred to libraries and education technology
• Mar 6, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Mar 6, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 5, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 1, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Feb 29, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.216
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 16, 2011: referred to libraries and education technology
• Jun 16, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 16, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 6, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 2, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 1, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.889
• Apr 14, 2011: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S4676-2011 Meetings

Local Government: Feb 29, 2012, Local Government: Jun 1, 2011

S4676-2011 Calendars

Active List: Mar 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 1, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 5, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 16, 2011

S4676-2011 Votes

S4676-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4676

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to remove from
the Albert Wisner memorial public library service area that
portion of the town of Chester, in the county of Orange, which is located
within such district

PURPOSE:
This bill removes that portion of the Town of Chester that is
currently located in the Albert Wisner Memorial Public Library
District. That portion of the Town of Chester would still remain in
the Town of Chester Public Library.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: This bill removes that portion of the Town of Chester that
is currently in the Albert Wisner Memorial Public Library District.
The boundaries for the Albeit Wisner Memorial Public Library District
are currently the same boundaries as the Warwick Valley Central
School District which includes a portion of the Town of Chester.
Under this bill, properties located roughly in the hamlet of Sugar
Loaf would no longer pay taxes to support the Albert Wisner Library
and would no longer be in its service area. Residents of Sugar Loaf
would still remain in the boundaries of the Town of Chester municipal
library, pay real property taxes to support such library, and obtain
their library services from that library district.

EXISTING LAW:
See above.

JUSTIFICATION:
Under current law, the residents of the hamlet of Sugar Loaf (in the
Town of Chester) pay library taxes to support both the Town of
Chester municipal library and the Albert Wisner Library. This bill
would end the double taxation issue for those residents that are now
obligated to support two different libraries.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2006: A.9215-B Held for consideration in Libraries and Education
Technology
S.8033 Passed Senate

2007-2008: A.3714-A Referred to Libraries and Education Technology
S.1356 Passed Senate

2009-2010: A.2071-A Held for consideration in Libraries and Education
Technology
S.547-A Passed Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.


EFFECTIVE DATE:
On the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have
become law.

S4676-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    4676

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               April 14, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

  AN ACT to remove from the Albert Wisner memorial public library  service
    area  that  portion  of  the town of Chester, in the county of Orange,
    which is located within such district

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Notwithstanding the terms of the resolution, enacted pursu-
  ant  to section 255 of the education law, establishing the Albert Wisner
  memorial public library in 1973 or the charter issued in 1979  for  such
  library  by  the board of regents, pursuant to section 216 of the educa-
  tion law, no real property in the town of  Chester,  in  the  county  of
  Orange,  shall  be  deemed  to be within the service area of such public
  library. Under no circumstance shall the Warwick Valley  central  school
  district  impose  any  library  tax for the support of the Albert Wisner
  memorial public library upon any parcel of real property in the town  of
  Chester.  For  all  purposes, any real property removed from the service
  area of the Albert Wisner memorial public library pursuant to  this  act
  shall  be  deemed  to  be  within the service area of the Chester public
  library and shall be subject to taxation for the support of the  Chester
  public library.
    S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
  the date on which it shall have become a law.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD02872-01-1