Makes a one-time appropriation of $10 million to the division of housing and community renewal to assist municipalities in the demolition and removal of abandoned or dangerous housing; authorizes the distribution of grants in amounts not to exceed $750,000 for any one municipality in any one year.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2052
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 18, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT making an appropriation to the division of housing and community
renewal for housing demolition assistance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much
2 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the division of
3 housing and community renewal from any moneys in the state treasury in
4 the general fund to the credit of the local assistance account not
5 otherwise appropriated for services and expenses of establishing and
6 administering, including the provisions of grants to municipalities in
7 amounts not to exceed $750,000 for any one municipality in any one year,
8 to assist in the demolition and removal of abandoned or dangerous hous-
9 ing. Such sum shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state
10 comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of
11 such division, or his duly designated representative in the manner
12 provided by law. No expenditure shall be made from this appropriation
13 until a certificate of approval of availability shall have been issued
14 by the director of the budget and filed with the state comptroller and a
15 copy filed with the chairman of the senate finance committee and the
16 chairman of the assembly ways and means committee. Such certificate may
17 be amended from time to time by the director of the budget and a copy of
18 each amendment shall be filed with the state comptroller, the chairman
19 of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways
20 and means committee.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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