Assembly Bill A9283

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Exempts BOCES capital expenditures from limitations upon local school district tax levies

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A9283 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6704
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2023-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A3137, S2800
2015-2016: A4366

2011-A9283 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2011-A9283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9283

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. GALEF, PAULIN -- read once and referred 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:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision  2 of section 2023-a of the
education law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  c. "Capital local expenditures" means the taxes associated with  budg-
eted  expenditures  resulting  from the financing, refinancing, acquisi-
tion, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,
furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for school  district
capital  facilities  or school district capital equipment AND THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT'S SHARE OF SUCH EXPENDITURES FOR BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCA-
TIONAL  SERVICES (BOCES) CAPITAL FACILITIES AND BOCES CAPITAL EQUIPMENT,
including debt service and lease expenditures, and transportation  capi-
tal  debt service, subject to the approval of the qualified voters where
required by law.
  S 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section  2023  of  the  education
law,  as added by section 3 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011,
is amended to read as follows:
  b. The resolution of the trustee,  board  of  trustees,  or  board  of
education adopting a contingency budget shall incorporate by reference a
statement  specifying  the  projected percentage increase or decrease in
total spending for the school  year,  and  explaining  the  reasons  for
disregarding  any  portion of an increase in spending in formulating the
contingency budget; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  CAPITAL  EXPENDITURES  AND
CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENT  PROJECTS  BY  THE BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES (BOCES) SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN TOTAL SPENDING.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
ments to paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2023-a of the education
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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