Creates the Orangetown public library districts; repealer

BILL NUMBER:S6751A

Title of bill

An act to create the Orangetown public library districts and to repeal chapter 349 of the laws of 1973, relating to creating a library district in the town of Orangetown in the county of Rockland

Purpose or general idea of bill

To create the Orange town public library district and to repeal chapter 349 of the laws of 1973, relating to creating a library district in the town of Orangetown in the County of Rockland.

Summary of specific provisions

Sections 1-6 create the Orange town public library district and to repeal chapter 349 of the laws of 1973, relating to creating a library district in the town of Orangetown in the County of Rockland. The Town Board of the Town of Orangetown shall not exceed the two-percent tax cap, as required by New York State General Municipal Law § 3-c for the rate of taxes levied for library purposes in the district created by this act unless the town board shall override the tax limit by first passing a local law that allows the tax levy to limit to be exceeded by a 60% override vote of the town board. The town board of the town of Orangetown shall not exceed the two percent tax cap, as required by section 3-c of the general municipal law, for the rate of taxes levied for library purposes in the district create by this act unless the town board shall override the tax limit by first passing a local law that allows the tax levy limit to be exceeded, which override vote requires a sixty percent vote of the total voting power of the town board to pass.

Section 7 effective date.

Justification

The Town of Orangetown has determined that the existing law pertaining to the Orangetown Library District provides too little flexibility with respect to various library budgets for library districts within the Town of Orangetown. Accordingly, as the existing law provides that appropriations for each calendar year be equal for all said library districts, the library budget process is constrained in that the Town of Orangetown is not permitted by law to address the specific appropriations of its libraries on an individual basis. This proposed law, therefore, remedies this problem by mandating that the Orangetown Town Board examine and adopt appropriations for each affected library on an individual needs basis in an effort to encourage local consolidation savings efforts while providing quality services.

Prior legislative history

S.3605 - 2011 - Passed Both Houses; Vetoed Memo 31 S.5306A - 2010 - Died on Third Reading Calendar S.5218A - 2008 - Passed the Senate S.8337 - 2006 - Referred to the Rules Committee

Fiscal implications

None to the state.

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately.