N.Y. General Municipal Law Section 8
Application of revenues of a public improvement or part thereof, or service

For the purpose of determining the amount of taxes which may be raised on real estate pursuant to section ten of article eight of the constitution the revenues received in each fiscal year by any county, city or village from that portion of a public improvement or part thereof, or service, owned or rendered by such municipal corporation for which bonds or capital notes are issued after January first, nineteen hundred fifty, shall be applied first to the payment of all costs of operation, maintenance and repairs thereof incurred during such fiscal year, and then to the payment of the amounts required in such fiscal year to pay the interest on and the amortization of, or payment of, such indebtedness contracted for such public improvement or part thereof, or service, or such revenues may be deposited in a special fund to be used solely for such payments. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the use of excess revenues for any lawful county, city or village purpose. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a public improvement or part thereof constructed to provide for the supply of water or to a joint sewage or drainage project described in section 15.00 of the local finance law.

Source: Section 8 — Application of revenues of a public improvement or part thereof, or service, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GMU/8 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

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Compensation for property of a municipal corporation, school district or district corporation taken by eminent domain 3‑A
Rate of interest on judgments and accrued claims against municipal corporations 3‑B
Limitation on real estate tax in New York city 3‑C
Limit upon real property tax levies by local governments 4
Investigation of expenditures of towns and villages 5
Payment of fines, civil penalties, rent, rates, taxes, fees, charges and other amounts by credit card 5‑A
Electronic or wire transfers 5‑B
Collection of fines, civil penalties, rent, rates, taxes, fees, charges and other amounts via the internet 6‑C
Capital reserve funds for counties, cities, villages, towns and sewer and water improvement districts 6‑D
Repair reserve funds for municipal corporations, school districts, district corporations and improvement districts 6‑E
Contingency and tax stabilization reserve fund for municipal corporations 6‑F
Snow and ice removal and road repair reserve funds for municipal corporations 6‑G
Capital reserve funds for fire districts 6‑H
Reserve fund for payment of bonded indebtedness in counties, cities, villages, towns and fire districts 6‑I
Airport development and amortization funds 6‑J
Workmen’s compensation reserve fund 6‑K
Electric utility depreciation reserve funds 6‑L
Mandatory reserve fund for municipal corporations, fire districts and school districts 6‑M
Unemployment insurance payment reserve fund 6‑N
Insurance reserve fund 6‑O
Solid waste management facility reserve funds 6‑P
Employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund 6‑Q
Intermunicipal agreement for a joint capital reserve fund in the county of Tompkins 6‑R
Retirement contribution reserve funds 1 6‑S
Community preservation funds 6‑T
Charitable gifts reserve fund 6‑U
Charitable gifts reserve fund 6‑V
Asset forfeiture escrow fund 7
Payment of municipal bonds 8
Application of revenues of a public improvement or part thereof, or service 9
Use of tax moneys raised outside constitutional tax limit 9‑A
Inter-fund advances 10
Deposits of public money 11
Temporary investments 12
Deposits of public authorities, public benefit corporations and other corporations 20
Special population census: population data 21
Cancellation of unpaid checks or drafts 22
Claims against fire insurance proceeds 23
Flexible benefits program 24
Corporation for the benefit of the city of New York 25
Treatment of capital costs and certain fund balances of the city of New York
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Accessed:
Apr. 27, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 8’s source at nysenate​.gov

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