Requires the state to pay local municipalities' share of the costs not covered by municipal public assistance from the federal government where the President has issued a disaster declaration in the state for weather related conditions between 8/26/2011-9/12/2011.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5888
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
September 14, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the state to
pay local municipalities' share of the costs not covered by municipal
public assistance from the federal government
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 29-i
2 to read as follows:
3 § 29-i. State contribution of aid. Notwithstanding any provision of
4 law to the contrary, where the president of the United States has issued
5 a disaster declaration for one or more counties or other municipalities
6 in the state for weather related conditions on and between August twen-
7 ty-sixth, two thousand eleven and September twelfth, two thousand elev-
8 en, and where the federal government shall pay seventy-five percent of
9 the costs, the state is authorized and shall pay all authorized and
10 eligible costs of such counties or other municipalities related to such
11 disaster.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13424-02-1
