2022 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 19-A - Business Improvement Districts
980-I - Amendments to the District Plan.

§  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  establishment  or
extension was based,  may,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  district
management  association,  be  amended  by  the  legislative  body  after
compliance with the procedures set forth in this section.
  (b) Amendments to the  district  plan  which  provide  for  additional
improvements  or services or any change in the method of assessment upon
which the district charge is based, or an increase only in the amount to
be  expended  annually  for  improvements,  services,  maintenance   and
operation  may be adopted by local law of the legislative body, provided
that the legislative body shall, after a public hearing, determine  that
it  is  in the public interest to authorize the additional improvements,
services or increase in the maximum annual amount and that the  tax  and
debt  limits prescribed in section nine hundred eighty-k of this article
will not be exceeded. The legislative body  shall  give  notice  of  the
hearing  by  publication  of  a  notice in at least one newspaper having
general circulation in the district specifying the  time  when  and  the
place  where  the hearing will be held and stating the increase proposed
in the maximum amount to be  expended  annually.  The  notice  shall  be
published  once  at  least  ten days prior to the date specified for the
hearing.
  (c) Amendments to the district plan which provide for the district  to
incur  indebtedness  in  order to provide for additional improvements or
which provide for an increase in the total maximum amount to be expended
for improvements in the district, may be adopted by  local  law  of  the
legislative  body,  provided  that  the  legislative body shall, after a
public hearing, determine that it is in the public interest to authorize
the  district  to  incur  indebtedness   to   provide   for   additional
improvements  or to increase the maximum total amount to be expended for
improvements in the district and that the tax and debt limits prescribed
in section nine hundred eighty-k of this article will not  be  exceeded.
Notice  of  the  hearing  shall  be  published  and mailed in the manner
provided in section nine hundred eighty-e of this article. The local law
adopted pursuant to  this  subdivision  shall  not  be  effective  until
reviewed  by  the  state  comptroller  in  accordance  with section nine
hundred eighty-g of this article.