N.Y. Education Law § 3609-g: Moneys apportioned to school districts for reimbursement of article twenty-three of the tax law payments commencing in the 2009-2010 scho...

§ 3609-g. Moneys apportioned to school districts for reimbursement of

article twenty-three of the tax law payments commencing in the 2009-2010

school year. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,

school districts shall be reimbursed for payments made pursuant to

article twenty-three of the tax law pursuant to this section.

1. Definition. As used in this section the following term shall be

defined as follows: "School district" shall mean a public school

district and shall not include a special act school district as defined

in section four thousand one of this chapter.

2. Prescribed payments. On or after the first business day of June of

each school year, commencing June first, two thousand ten, a school

district shall be paid an amount equal to one hundred percent of the

payments made by a school district on or after May first of the prior

school year and before May first of the current school year to the

commissioner of taxation and finance pursuant to article twenty-three of

the tax law. No payment may be made pursuant to this subdivision until

such amount for each school district is certified by the commissioner of

taxation and finance and transmitted to the commissioner. Such

certification shall be made on or before May thirty-first so as to

facilitate payments to be made pursuant to this section.

3. (a) Moneys paid pursuant to this section shall be payable to the

treasurer of each city school district, and the treasurer of each union

free school district and of each central school district and of each

other school district, if there be a treasurer, otherwise to the

collector or other disbursing officer of such district, who shall apply

for and receive the same as soon as payable.

(b) In the case of city school districts of the cities with one

hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more, any payment which

pursuant to this section is required to be made to the treasurer of the

city school district, shall be made to the city treasurer or

chamberlain.

4. Any payment to a school district pursuant to this section shall be

general receipts of the district and may be used for any lawful purpose

of the district.

5. It is the intent of the governor to submit and the legislature to

enact for each fiscal year after the two thousand nine--two thousand ten

fiscal year in an annual budget bill an appropriation in the amount to

be paid to school districts pursuant to this section.