§ 1717 — Corporate authorities must raise tax certified by board of education

New York § 1717

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law EDN: Education
• Title 2: School District Organization
• Art. 35: Union Free School Districts

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§ 1717. Corporate authorities must raise tax certified by board of\neducation. 1. The corporate authorities of any incorporated village in\nwhich any such union free school district shall be established, shall\nhave power, and it shall be their duty, to raise, from time to time, by\ntax, to be levied upon all the real property in said village, as by law\nprovided for the defraying of the expenses of its municipal government,\nsuch sum as the board of education established therein shall declare\nnecessary for teachers' salaries and the ordinary contingent expenses of\nsupporting the schools of said district.\n 2. The sums so declared necessary shall be set forth in a detailed\nstatement in writing, addressed to the corporate authorities by the\nboard of education, giving the various purposes of anticipated\nexpenditure, and the amount necessary for each; and the said corporate\nauthorities shall have no power to withhold the sums so declared to be\nnecessary; and such corporate authorities as aforesaid shall have power\nand it shall be their duty to raise, from time to time, by tax as\naforesaid, any such further sum to be set forth in a detailed statement\nin writing, addressed to the corporate authorities by the board of\neducation, giving the various purposes of the proposed expenditure, and\nthe amount necessary for each which may have been or which may hereafter\nbe authorized by a majority of the voters of such union free school\ndistrict present and voting at any special district meeting duly\nconvened for any of the purposes stated in section four hundred sixteen\nof this chapter.\n