§ 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\narticle twenty-three of the tax law payments commencing in the 2009-2010\nschool year. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,\nschool districts shall be reimbursed for payments made pursuant to\narticle twenty-three of the tax law pursuant to this section.\n 1. Definition. As used in this section the following term shall be\ndefined as follows: "School district" shall mean a public school\ndistrict and shall not include a special act school district as defined\nin section four thousand one of this chapter.\n 2. Prescribed payments. On or after the first business day of June of\neach school year, commencing June first, two thousand ten, a school\ndistrict shall be paid an amount equal to one hundred percent of the\npayments made by a school district on or after May first of the prior\nschool year and before May first of the current school year to the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance pursuant to article twenty-three of\nthe tax law. No payment may be made pursuant to this subdivision until\nsuch amount for each school district is certified by the commissioner of\ntaxation and finance and transmitted to the commissioner. Such\ncertification shall be made on or before May thirty-first so as to\nfacilitate payments to be made pursuant to this section.\n 3. (a) Moneys paid pursuant to this section shall be payable to the\ntreasurer of each city school district, and the treasurer of each union\nfree school district and of each central school district and of each\nother school district, if there be a treasurer, otherwise to the\ncollector or other disbursing officer of such district, who shall apply\nfor and receive the same as soon as payable.\n (b) In the case of city school districts of the cities with one\nhundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more, any payment which\npursuant to this section is required to be made to the treasurer of the\ncity school district, shall be made to the city treasurer or\nchamberlain.\n 4. Any payment to a school district pursuant to this section shall be\ngeneral receipts of the district and may be used for any lawful purpose\nof the district.\n 5. It is the intent of the governor to submit and the legislature to\nenact for each fiscal year after the two thousand nine--two thousand ten\nfiscal year in an annual budget bill an appropriation in the amount to\nbe paid to school districts pursuant to this section.\n