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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4557
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 10, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
Parks and Recreation
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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