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                                  5609

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 24, 2013
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Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the date of public hearings
  by improvement district commissioners in the year 2013

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 215 of the town law, as added by
chapter 421 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  9-a.  Shall  annually prepare an estimate of proposed expenditures for
and revenues of such district for  the  year  beginning  with  the  next
succeeding  January  [fist] FIRST.   Such estimate shall specify by item
all proposed expenditures for general  purposes,  including  expert  and
professional  services,  and for debt service. Such estimate may contain
for contingent purposes, an amount not to exceed ten per centum  of  the
amount  estimated  as  necessary  to meet the expense of maintaining the
improvement exclusive of the amount necessary to pay  debt  service  and
judgments.  The board of commissioners shall conduct a public hearing on
such estimate on the first  Thursday  following  the  first  Tuesday  of
September,  FOR  THE  CALENDAR  YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN ON THE SECOND
THURSDAY FOLLOWING THE FIRST TUESDAY OF SEPTEMBER or, in Westchester and
Monroe counties, the first Thursday following the first Tuesday of Octo-
ber. Notice of such hearing shall be published  at  least  once  in  the
official  newspaper  of the town wherein such district is located, or if
no official newspaper has been designated by the town, in any  newspaper
having  general circulation in the district. The notice may be published
in such other newspapers as the board of commissioners may  direct.  The
notice  of hearing shall be published not more than twenty nor less than
five days prior to the day specified for  the  hearing.  The  notice  of
hearing shall state the time when and the place where the public hearing
will  be  held,  the purpose thereof, and that a copy of the estimate of
proposed expenditures for and revenues of such  district  for  the  year

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11268-01-3
              

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beginning  with  the  succeeding  first  day of January is available for
public inspection at specified times and at a  specified  public  place.
After  the  public hearing, the board of commissioners of an improvement
district may change, alter and revise such estimate prior to filing with
the  budget  officer. Notice of such public hearing shall also be posted
on the websites of the district and the town in which  the  district  is
located,  provided such websites are maintained, on the signboard of the
town and  conspicuously  posted  in  three  or  more  designated  public
locations  within the district, on or about the day on which such notice
is published.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.