2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts › 980-G - Review by the State Comptroller.

§  980-g.  Review  by the state comptroller. (a) The state comptroller
shall review as provided in  this  section:  (1)  the  establishment  or
extension  of  a  district;  and  (2)  the  amendment of a district plan
pursuant to subdivision (c) of section nine  hundred  eighty-i  of  this
article.
(b)  Within  twenty  days  after  the  adoption  of  a  local law by a
legislative  body  pursuant  to  section  nine   hundred   eighty-f   or
subdivision  (c)  of  section nine hundred eighty-i of this article, the
chief  executive  officer,  or,  except  in  a  municipality  having   a
population   of   one  million  or  more,  other  such  officer  of  the
municipality as the legislative body shall determine, shall forward  the
following information to the state comptroller at Albany, New York:
(1)  an itemized statement of the then outstanding indebtedness of the
municipality for all purposes, as evidenced by bonds, bond  anticipation
notes,  capital  notes,  deferred  payment  notes  and budget notes; the
amount of budgetary appropriations for the payment  of  any  outstanding
indebtedness,  whether or not appropriations have been realized as cash;
the  amount  of  indebtedness  proposed  to  be   contracted   for   the
improvement,  and the amounts, purposes and probable date of issuance of
any bonds, bond anticipation notes,  capital  notes,  deferred  payments
notes  and  budget  notes  which  the  municipality has authorized to be
issued but which in fact have not been issued to date;
(2) a statement of the total assessed valuation of  the  taxable  real
property  situated  in the proposed district or extension of a district,
as shown on the latest completed and four preceding assessment rolls  of
the  municipality  and  of  the  amount of municipal real property taxes
levied against such property in the preceding fiscal year;
(3) a statement of the average full  valuation  of  the  taxable  real
property   of   the  municipality  determined  in  accordance  with  the
provisions of paragraph seven-a of section 2.00  of  the  local  finance
law; and
(4)  a  statement,  the  form  of  which  shall  be  determined by the
comptroller, attesting that the provisions of  this  article  have  been
met, signed and verified by the chief executive officer.
(c)  The state comptroller shall then review the information submitted
pursuant to paragraphs one, two and three of subdivision  (b)  above  to
determine  that  the  tax  and debt limitations provided in section nine
hundred  eighty-k  of  this  article  will  not  be  exceeded   by   the
establishment or extension of the district.
(d)  The state comptroller shall notify the municipality of his or her
determination within sixty days of the receipt of the items specified in
subdivision (b) of this section. Unless the state comptroller determines
that the tax and debt  limitations  provided  in  section  nine  hundred
eighty-k  of  this  article  will  be  exceeded  by the establishment or
extension of the district or that the statement  required  by  paragraph
four  of  subdivision  (b)  of  this  section  does  not comply with the
provisions of such paragraph, the  municipality  may  proceed  with  the
establishment  or  extension  of the district upon receipt of the notice
from the state comptroller of his or her determination.
(e) Upon the municipality's compliance  with  any  other  requirements
established  by  law,  the  local  law  enacted pursuant to section nine
hundred eighty-f of this article shall become effective.