STATE OF NEW YORK
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3831
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 19, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT providing funding in cities having populations of one million or
more for combating legionnaires' disease; appropriation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), or so much
2 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the New York City
3 department of health and mental hygiene and the department of environ-
4 mental protection, respectively, out of any moneys in the state treasury
5 in the general fund to the credit of the local assistance account, not
6 otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available, for the purpose
7 of enforcing all laws, rules and regulations designed to combat legion-
8 naires' disease. Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and warrant
9 of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner
10 of the department of health and mental hygiene and the commissioner of
11 environmental conservation in the manner prescribed by law.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00166-02-9
