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History
- Signed chap.546
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.440
- Substituted for A5310
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.879
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- Referred to local government
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1045
- Referred to local government
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Provides for a charge-back of refunds of taxes levied by a school district on behalf of a school district public library
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Sandy Galef
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S2003
Title of bill
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to school districts which levy taxes on behalf of a school district and public library
Purpose or general idea of bill
To assign appropriate responsibility for court ordered refunds of school district public library taxes.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one amends Real Property Tax Law section 726(1)(c) to authorize school districts which levy taxes on behalf of school district public libraries to charge back to such public library the portion of any court ordered refund attributable to library purposes.
Section two is the effective date.
Justification
Existing law is silent on whether a school district may charge back court ordered refunds. Opinions of the State Comptroller (95-15, 79-103, 75-1210) have consistently held that school districts are lacking in the necessary statutory authority. This legislation corrects an apparent oversight in Real Property Tax Law. It was never the intent of the Legislature to prohibit school districts which levy taxes on behalf of a school district public library from apportioning the library portion of certiorari and small claims assessment review refunds to such libraries. The inequity of requiring a school district to refund a library's share of tax certiorari debt from the school district's own resources is clear.
Prior legislative history
S.7250 - 2012 - Referred to Local Government S.1079- 2004 - Referred to Local Government S.2454- 2002- Referred to Local Government
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
January 1 succeeding enactment.
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