Adds rent, building expenses and the cost of utilities to the items for which the state will provide 50% reimbursement to soil and water conservation districts.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3548
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 12, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- (at request of the Legislative Commission on
Rural Resources) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the soil and water conservation districts law, in
relation to designating rent, building expenses and utilities as
expenses which are reimbursable by the state
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 1 of section 11-a of the soil
2 and water conservation districts law, as amended by chapter 316 of the
3 laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) Reimburse each soil and water conservation district to the extent
5 of fifty percent of the amount expended by the district for the items
6 specified in this paragraph, up to sixty thousand dollars per district
7 in any fiscal year. Reimbursement pursuant to this paragraph shall be
8 limited to: expenditures for the employment of conservation field tech-
9 nicians or district managers[,]; rent, building expenses and the cost of
10 utilities; and the purchase of supplies and equipment related to [these]
11 such positions, for the purpose of supervising or providing technical
12 assistance for the establishment and implementation of soil and water
13 conservation practices in accordance with programs undertaken by the
14 district. At the end of each calendar year, verified and detailed claims
15 for such reimbursement shall be submitted to the state soil and water
16 conservation committee in such form and manner and containing such
17 information as the state soil and water conservation committee, the
18 commissioner of agriculture and markets and the state comptroller may
19 require. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the soil
20 and water conservation district of New York city shall be considered the
21 equivalent of five districts when reimbursed in accordance with the
22 provisions of this paragraph.
23 § 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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