What's happening
This bill directs the education department to study and recommend solutions to prevent residents from being double-taxed by multiple library districts.
Why it matters
The bill targets a specific and often overlooked financial issue. Some residents are currently required to pay library taxes to more than one library district, leading to double taxation. By studying its frequency and impact, the bill acknowledges a problem that could cause unnecessary financial burden for affected households.
It aims to balance taxpayer relief with library funding stability. The legislation not only considers how to stop double taxation but also requires analysis of how such changes might economically impact library districts, ensuring that solutions don’t inadvertently harm library services.
The study’s findings could influence future statewide tax and library district policies. By mandating a detailed report with recommendations, the bill sets the groundwork for potential legislative reforms that could standardize or clarify library district boundaries and taxation procedures across New York.
The involvement of multiple agencies increases the likelihood of a comprehensive solution. Requiring collaboration between the education department, taxation and finance officials, and library organizations suggests that the resulting recommendations will be well-informed and actionable, bridging gaps between fiscal policy and community services.
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Study Double Library Taxation
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Sponsors
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History
- Substituted by S5522A
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.458
- Rules report cal.458
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Print number 7441a
- Amend and recommit to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Reference changed to libraries and education technology
- Referred to education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Study Double Library Taxation
Vetoed · Sponsor James Skoufis
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7441--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 3, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- reference changed to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to direct the department of education to study the frequency of residents who are being assessed library taxes for more than one library district and to make recommendations to prevent the double taxation of residents; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of taxation and finance, the public libraries and association libraries, shall study the frequency of residents who are being assessed library taxes for more than one library district, provided that such study exclude any library district that is wholly contained within another library district, and shall make recommendations to address the double taxation of residents. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) the estimated number of residents who are being assessed library taxes for more than one library district and the amount of money such residents are paying in library taxes to each library;
(b) the estimated economic impact on library districts that would result from prohibiting residents from being assessed library taxes for more than one library district; and
(c) minimizing the economic impact on library districts of reduced revenue resulting from the prohibition of residents from being assessed library taxes for more than one library district.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00566-03-9
A. 7441--A 2
§ 2. The commissioner of education shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before December 31, 2020.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed January 31, 2021.
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