Permits municipalities within certain counties to apply for reimbursement from the state for law enforcement activities on waterways within their jurisdiction.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6161
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT in relation to permitting certain municipalities to receive
reimbursement from the state for law enforcement activities on water-
ways within their jurisdiction
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 79-b of the navi-
2 gation law, any municipality in a county whose population is between
3 390,000 and 425,000 inhabitants, and whose police department patrols a
4 waterway within the jurisdiction of such municipality, shall be eligible
5 to apply for reimbursement for expenses incurred in the enforcement of
6 the applicable provisions of the navigation law regardless of whether
7 the county has filed an application for reimbursement; provided that the
8 total amount reimbursed to the municipality and the county shall not
9 exceed the maximum reimbursement as set forth in such section 79-b, as
10 determined by the department of parks, recreation and historic preserva-
11 tion.
12 § 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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