---
type: "Bill"
title: "Validates, ratifies and confirms certain bonds and notes issued by the town of Knox, in the county of Albany"
description: "Validates, ratifies and confirms certain bonds and notes issued by the town of Knox, in the county of Albany which were not issued in compliance with the local finance law; authorizes such town to issue bonds and bond anticipation renewal notes to refinance the noncompliant bonds and notes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 4251"
citation: "New York S 4251 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMEDORE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00dfc8ce-998d-4155-aa07-429783a43c36"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S4251"
source_hash: "b3db6bdc3c7746659b7f46fa648430584a086fc35f8b3af2797eda827a129b59"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 4251 (2017-2018) — Validates, ratifies and confirms certain bonds and notes issued by the town of Knox, in the county of Albany

Validates, ratifies and confirms certain bonds and notes issued by the town of Knox, in the county of Albany which were not issued in compliance with the local finance law; authorizes such town to issue bonds and bond anticipation renewal notes to refinance the noncompliant bonds and notes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S4251 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4251&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S4251 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S4251)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **132–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AMEDORE — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-07** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.336
- **2017-03-08** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-03-27** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-03-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-03-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-03-27** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5687
- **2017-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.346
- **2017-05-17** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-23** SIGNED CHAP.39 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00dfc8ce-998d-4155-aa07-429783a43c36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).