STATE OF NEW YORK
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3368
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 6, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
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 and thereafter, shall
8 be paid from an appropriation made for the enhanced aid and incentives
9 for municipalities program pursuant to the aid to localities budget for
10 such state fiscal years in a manner consistent with this subdivision.
11 Enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities will be apportioned to
12 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.
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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, 2020, subject to appropri-
11 ation for the enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities in the
12 2020-2021 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 2020-2021 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.
