Permits municipal corporations, fire districts, volunteer fire companies, police departments and school districts to sell and display symbols of hope in support of law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, the military, border patrol, firefighters, conservation officers and others.
Establishes the electronic open auction public bond sale pilot program for counties, cities, towns, villages and school districts; provides such provisions shall remain in effect for 3 years.
Authorizes school districts to establish an insurance reserve fund in an amount and manner determined by a qualified and independent actuary certified by the American Academy of Actuaries to be reasonable and necessary.
Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the authority of the village of Plandome Manor to enter into contracts to sell delinquent tax liens or to pledge such liens as collateral for a loan.
Authorizes municipalities to treat unpaid fines for building code and fire code violations as unpaid real property taxes and to impose a tax lien therefor.
Allows industrial development agencies to make grants to municipalities for open space preservation, parkland improvements and conservation easements where the municipal governing body finds that the grant encourages tourism or otherwise improves quality of life.
Relates to raising the tax abatement rate and extending certain deadlines for purposes of the green roof tax abatement for certain properties in a city of one million or more persons.