New York A 3794: Establishes a temporary moratorium on unfunded mandates and makes permanent the tax cap

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A03794 Summary:

BILL NOA03794 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDurso

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COSPNSRBologna, Blankenbush, McDonough, Jensen, DeStefano, Chang, Gandolfo

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §51-a, Leg L; add §50-a, Exec L

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Prohibits the enactment of unfunded mandates for a period of three years; instructs the state comptroller to conduct a report on the annual fiscal impact enacted state legislation has on the revenues and expenses of local municipalities.

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BILL NOA03794 

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01/30/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3794

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the executive law, in relation
 to establishing a temporary moratorium on unfunded mandates

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Mandate
 2 Relief Act".
 3 § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 51-a to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 51-a. Temporary moratorium on unfunded mandates. 1. Definitions. As
 6 used in this section, the following terms shall have the following mean-
 7 ings:
 8 (a) "Local government" means a county, city, town, village, school
 9 district, or special district.
 10 (b) "Net additional cost" means the cost or costs incurred or antic-
 11 ipated to be incurred within a one year period by a local government in
 12 performing or administering any program, project, or activity after
 13 subtracting therefrom any revenues received or receivable by such local
 14 government in relation to such program, project, or activity, including
 15 but not limited to:
 16 (i) fees charged to the recipients of such program, project, or activ-
 17 ity;
 18 (ii) state or federal funds received for such program, project, or
 19 activity; and
 20 (iii) an offsetting savings resulting from the diminution or elimi-
 21 nation of any other program, project, or activity that state law
 22 requires such local government to provide or undertake.
 23 (c) "Unfunded mandate" means:
 24 (i) any state law that requires a local government to provide or
 25 undertake any new program, project or activity that results in an annual

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02473-01-5

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 1 net additional cost to any local government in excess of ten thousand
 2 dollars or an aggregate annual net additional cost to all local govern-
 3 ments within the state in excess of one million dollars; or
 4 (ii) any state law that requires a local government to provide a high-
 5 er level of service or funding for an existing program, project or
 6 activity that results in an annual net additional cost to any local
 7 government in excess of ten thousand dollars or an aggregate annual net
 8 additional cost to all local governments within the state in excess of
 9 one million dollars; or
 10 (iii) any state law that requires a local government to grant any new
 11 property tax exemption or that broadens the eligibility or increases the
 12 dollar amount of any existing property tax exemption, on property that
 13 otherwise would have generated revenue under the current property tax
 14 rate of such local government in excess of ten thousand dollars in any
 15 local government or in excess of one million dollars statewide; or
 16 (iv) any state law with a legal requirement that would otherwise like-
 17 ly have the effect of raising property taxes in excess of ten thousand
 18 dollars in any local government or in excess of one million dollars
 19 statewide.
 20 2. Moratorium on unfunded mandates. For a three year period beginning
 21 the January next succeeding the effective date of this section, and
 22 notwithstanding any other provision of law, unfunded mandates shall not
 23 be enacted.