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A05918 Summary:

BILL NOA05918
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06343
 
SPONSORHawley
 
COSPNSRSmullen, Angelino, Gallahan, Lemondes, DeStefano
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §54, St Fin L
 
Relates to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities.
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A05918 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5918
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 2, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to enhanced aid and
          incentives for municipalities
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 54 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
     3    12. a. Enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities.   Notwithstand-
     4  ing any inconsistent provision of this section or of any other provision
     5  of  law  to the contrary, the payment of enhanced aid and incentives for
     6  municipalities for the support of  local  government  for  state  fiscal
     7  years  commencing  April  first, two thousand twenty-two and thereafter,
     8  shall be paid from an appropriation made for the enhanced aid and incen-
     9  tives for municipalities program pursuant to the aid to localities budg-
    10  et for such state fiscal years in a manner consistent with this subdivi-
    11  sion. Enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities will be apportioned
    12  to eligible municipalities by the director of the budget on a per-capita
    13  basis, based on population.  Municipalities  in  Tier  1  would  receive
    14  eighty percent of the appropriation provided annually and municipalities
    15  in  Tier  2  would  receive twenty percent of the appropriation provided
    16  annually.
    17    b. Definitions. As used in this subdivision, unless otherwise express-
    18  ly stated:
    19    (i) "Municipalities" means a city with  a  population  less  than  one
    20  million, town or village.
    21    (ii)  "Enhanced  aid  and  incentives for municipalities" means aid in
    22  addition to the total of all aid payable to municipalities  pursuant  to
    23  this subdivision.
    24    (iii)  "Population"  means  population data based upon the most recent
    25  federal decennial census.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01996-01-1

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     1    (iv) "Per capita basis" means the amount of the appropriation provided
     2  annually divided by the population of the eligible municipality.
     3    (v)  "Tier 1" means a town with a population equal to fifteen thousand
     4  or less or a village with a population equal to ten thousand or less  or
     5  a city with a population equal to twenty thousand or less.
     6    (vi)  "Tier  2"  means  a  town with a population greater than fifteen
     7  thousand or a village with a population greater than ten thousand  or  a
     8  city  with  a  population greater than twenty thousand and less than one
     9  million.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2022,  subject  to  appropri-
    11  ation  for  the  enhanced  aid  and incentives for municipalities in the
    12  2022-2023 enacted state budget; provided that the director of the budget
    13  shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission  upon  the  occur-
    14  rence  of  such an appropriation for the enhanced aid and incentives for
    15  municipalities in the 2022-2023 enacted state budget in order  that  the
    16  commission  may  maintain  an accurate and timely effective data base of
    17  the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
    18  effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the  legislative  law  and
    19  section 70-b of the public officers law.
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