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- Held for consideration in libraries and education technology
- Print number 680a
- Amend and recommit to libraries and education technology
- Referred to libraries and education technology
- Referred to libraries and education technology
Companion bill
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Relates to school district libraries and certain tax levies
In Senate Committee · Local Government · Sponsor Dale M. Volker
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A680A
Title of bill
An act to amend the real property tax law and the educa- tion law, in relation to school district libraries
Purpose or general idea of bill
This legislation seeks to eliminate the issue of double-taxation between school district and municipal public libraries.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 provides that school district library boundaries need not be coterminous with the boundaries of the school district.
Section 2 directs the Regents to reject any new library charters which will create an issue of double-taxation between a school district and a municipal library.
Section 3 requires every school district library in the state to review their charters on or before January 31, 2011, to determine if any part of its library service area includes parcels of land which are already served by a chartered library. If such a situation exists, the library must file a charter amendment with the board of Regents, amending the service area of the library to exclude any such parcels of land from the school district library.
Section 4 directs the commissioner to hold harmless, for a period of five years, any school district libraries which may lose revenue over the prior year solely because of these sections. These payments would decrease by one- fifth of the amount each succeeding year, and would cease after the fifth year.
Section 5 is the effective date.
Justification
Most New Yorkers pay taxes in support of their local library, which might serve a village, town, city or school district. However, approximately 65,000 New York residents are taxed twice-once to support a municipal library, and once to support an overlapping school district's library. Legislation is needed to end this unnecessary and unfair burden to taxpayers who typically only utilize one library. A breakdown of double-taxed residents by county follows:
Double-Taxed County Residents
ALBANY Total 5,868 CATTARAUGUS Total 21 CLINTON Total 1,155 COLUMBIA Total 115 DELAWARE Total 127 DUTCHESS Total 2,314 ESSEX Total 1,986 GENESEE Total 51
GREENE Total 1,069 LIVINGSTON Total 2 MADISON Total 327 NASSAU Total 10,923 NIAGARA Total 89 ONONDAGA Total 137 ONTARIO Total 405 ORANGE Total 3,267 OTSEGO Total 141 PUTNAM Total 26,485 ROCKLAND Total 4,384 SARATOGA Total 37 SCHUYLER Total 146 ST LAWRENCE Total 2 STEUBEN Total 425 ULSTER Total 1,330 WAYNE Total 226 WESTCHESTER Total 3,214 WYOMING Total 1,337 Grand Total 65,583
Prior legislative history
2006: a.9509 Held for consideration in Libraries and Education Technology 2007-08; A3816 - Held for consideration in Libraries & Education Technology
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None to local governments. State would hold school district libraries harmless from loss of revenue due to a smaller tax base.
Effective date
This act shall take effect in ninety days.
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