New York General Municipal Law Article 19-A - BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

• 980 - Definitions.
  As used in this article: (a) "Average full valuation of taxable real property" means the valuation obtained by taking the assessed valuation of taxable real...
• 980-a - Contents of the District Plan.
  The district plan shall contain the following: (a) a map of the district; (b) the written report or reports of the legislative body containing: (1)...
• 980-b - Local Adoption of Article.
  Every municipality shall be authorized to adopt a local law, subject to permissive referendum, providing that the provisions of this article shall be applicable to...
• 980-c - Local Legislative Powers.
  Upon establishment of a district pursuant to the provisions of this article, the legislative body shall have authority to exercise the following powers with respect...
• 980-d - District Plan.
  (a) The legislative body of any municipality other than a municipality having a population of one million or more may provide by resolution for the...
• 980-e - Notice and Hearing.
  (a) After the filing of the district plan in the office of the municipal clerk, the legislative body may adopt a resolution and shall enter...
• 980-f - Establishment or Extension of the District.
  (a) Not earlier than thirty days after the conclusion of the last day of the public hearing held pursuant to section nine hundred eighty-e of...
• 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...
• 980-h - Publication; Filing; Judicial Review.
  (a) The municipal clerk shall cause a certified copy of the local law of the legislative body adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article...
• 980-i - Amendments to the District Plan.
  (a) At any time after the establishment or extension of a district pursuant to the provisions of this article, the district plan upon which the...
• 980-j - Expense of the District.
  (a) The expense incurred in the construction or operation of any improvement or provision of additional services in a district pursuant to this article shall...
• 980-k - Tax and Debt Limitations.
  (a) The aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds for capital improvements pursuant to this article shall be chargeable against the...
• 980-l - Expenditure of District Funds.
  (a) The proceeds of any charge imposed pursuant to this article shall be held by the chief fiscal officer and shall be separately accounted for...
• 980-m - District Management Association.
  (a) There shall be a district management association for each district established pursuant to the provisions of this article (which shall pursuant to the not-for-profit...
• 980-n - Cooperative Operation and Management of Business Improvement Districts.
  (a) Whenever two or more municipalities have each created a business improvement district pursuant to this article, the municipalities may enter into, amend, and terminate...
• 980-o - Dissolution.
  (a) Any district established or extended pursuant to the provisions of this article, where there is no indebtedness, outstanding and unpaid, incurred to accomplish any...
• 980-p - Existing Districts.
  Any special improvement or assessment districts, or any business improvement districts established pursuant to article two-B of the general city law, or any districts having...
• 980-q - Severability.
  If any provision of any section of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be adjudged invalid by any court...

Last modified: February 3, 2019