STATE OF NEW YORK
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5120--B
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 20, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE, BRINDISI, SKOUFIS -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the New York State
emergency services revolving loan account
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 97-pp of the
2 state finance law, as amended by section 30 of part B of chapter 56 of
3 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) The commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergen-
5 cy services, on recommendation of the state fire administrator, may
6 make, upon application duly made, up to the amounts available by appro-
7 priation, loans for:
8 (i) Purchasing fire fighting apparatus. A loan for purchasing fire
9 fighting apparatus shall not exceed the lesser of [two hundred twenty-
10 five thousand] three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars or seventy-
11 five percent of the cost of the fire fighting apparatus; provided,
12 however, that loans issued in response to a joint application shall not
13 exceed the lesser of [four hundred] five hundred fifty thousand dollars
14 or seventy-five percent of the cost of the fire fighting apparatus.
15 (ii) Purchasing ambulances or rescue vehicles. A loan for purchasing
16 an ambulance or a rescue vehicle shall not exceed the lesser of [one
17 hundred fifty] two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars or seventy-five
18 percent of the cost of the ambulance or rescue vehicle; provided, howev-
19 er, that loans issued in response to a joint application shall not
20 exceed the lesser of [two hundred sixty-five] three hundred fifty thou-
21 sand dollars or seventy-five percent of the cost of the ambulance or
22 rescue vehicle.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (iii) Purchasing protective equipment or communication equipment. A
2 loan for purchasing protective equipment or communication equipment or
3 both shall not exceed [one hundred] two hundred thousand dollars. Commu-
4 nication equipment purchased with such loan shall, to the maximum extent
5 practicable, be compatible with the communication equipment of adjacent
6 services and jurisdictions; provided, however, that loans issued in
7 response to a joint application shall not exceed [one hundred sixty-
8 five] two hundred sixty-five thousand dollars.
9 (iv) Repairing or rehabilitating fire fighting apparatus, ambulances,
10 or rescue vehicles. A loan for repairing or rehabilitating fire fighting
11 apparatus, ambulances, or rescue vehicles shall not exceed the lesser of
12 [seventy-five] two hundred thousand dollars or one hundred percent of
13 the cost of the repair or rehabilitation; provided, however, that loans
14 issued in response to a joint application shall not exceed the lesser of
15 [one hundred thirty-five] four hundred thousand dollars or one hundred
16 percent of the cost of the repair or rehabilitation.
17 (v) Purchasing accessory equipment. A loan for purchasing accessory
18 equipment shall not exceed [seventy-five] one hundred twenty-five thou-
19 sand dollars; provided, however, that loans issued in response to a
20 joint application shall not exceed [one hundred thirty-five] one hundred
21 seventy-five thousand dollars.
22 (vi) Renovating, rehabilitating or repairing facilities that house
23 firefighting equipment, ambulances, rescue vehicles and related equip-
24 ment. A loan for this purpose shall not exceed the lesser of [one
25 hundred fifty] two hundred fifty thousand dollars or seventy-five
26 percent of the cost of the project; provided, however, that loans issued
27 in response to a joint application shall not exceed the lesser of [two
28 hundred sixty-five] five hundred thousand dollars or seventy-five
29 percent of the cost of the project.
30 (vii) Construction costs associated with the establishment of facili-
31 ties that house firefighting equipment, ambulances, rescue vehicles and
32 related equipment. A loan for this purpose shall not exceed the lesser
33 of [three hundred] five hundred thousand dollars or seventy-five percent
34 of the cost of the construction, or be used for the payment of fees for
35 design, planning, preparation of applications or other costs not direct-
36 ly attributable to land acquisitions or construction; provided, however,
37 that loans issued in response to a joint application shall not exceed
38 the lesser of [five hundred twenty-five] seven hundred fifty thousand
39 dollars or seventy-five percent of the cost of the construction, or be
40 used for the payment of fees for design, planning, preparation of appli-
41 cations or other costs not directly attributable to land acquisitions or
42 construction.
43 (viii) Construction costs associated with the establishment of facili-
44 ties for the purpose of live fire training. A loan for this purpose
45 shall not be granted if another live fire training facility is located
46 within the boundaries of the county or within twenty-five miles. A loan
47 for this purpose shall not exceed the lesser of [one hundred fifty] two
48 hundred fifty thousand dollars or seventy-five percent of the cost of
49 construction, provided, however, joint applications shall not exceed the
50 lesser of [two hundred sixty-five] four hundred thousand dollars or
51 seventy-five percent of the cost of construction or be used for the
52 payment of fees for design, planning, preparation of applications or
53 other costs not directly attributable to land acquisitions or
54 construction.
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1 § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of section
2 97-pp of the state finance law, as amended by section 30 of part B of
3 chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
4 (ii) In making determinations on loan applications, the commissioner
5 of the division of homeland security and emergency services shall assure
6 that loan fund moneys are equitably distributed among all sectors of the
7 emergency services community and all geographical areas of the state.
8 Loans for the purpose of personal protective firefighting equipment
9 shall be given preference for a period of two years from the date the
10 first loan is made. Not less than fifty percent of the loans annually
11 made shall be made to applicants whose fire protection or ambulance
12 service is provided by a fire department or ambulance service whose
13 membership is comprised exclusively of volunteers [and whose budget for
14 the fiscal year immediately preceding did not exceed one hundred thou-
15 sand dollars].
16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
