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S 5717: Relates to the enforcement of taxes in certain school districts.
What S 5717 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve the enforcement of taxes in certain school districts. The county treasurer is required to pay 50% of the amount of returned unpaid school taxes to the officer in charge of school district moneys, and the state comptroller is responsible for paying the other 50%. The county treasurer must make these payments by April 1st following the receipt of the statement and certificate. Additionally, the county treasurer must make monthly payments to the state comptroller for the next eleven months to ensure the state is fully repaid by March 1st of the following year. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5717
- What is the current status of S 5717?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5717 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT".
- Did S 5717 pass?
- Not yet. S 5717 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5717, and where is it now?
- S 5717 was authored by Sen. James Skoufis. Its committee of record is Senate Local Government.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
| Feb. 28, 2025 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 28, 2025 · 318 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5717 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the enforce- ment of taxes in certain school districts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1330 of the real property tax law, 2 as amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. (a) The county treasurer shall, on or before the first day of April 5 following the receipt of the statement and certificate as provided in 6 subdivision two of this section, pay to the officer charged by law with 7 the custody of school district moneys, fifty percent of the amount of 8 returned unpaid school taxes, not including the amount of taxes paid 9 pursuant to section thirteen hundred forty-two of this [chapter] 10 article. The state comptroller shall at the same time pay the other 11 fifty percent of the amount of returned unpaid school taxes, not includ- 12 ing the amount of taxes paid pursuant to section thirteen hundred 13 forty-two of this article. 14 (b) The county treasurer shall, on the first day of each and every 15 month thereafter for the next eleven months, pay to the state comp- 16 troller an amount equal to one-eleventh of the amount paid by the state 17 so that the state is fully repaid by March first of the following year. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09619-01-5
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