Removes the specification of counties in the capital district region for eligibility to apply for a grant through the capital district regional planning commission for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones and foreign trade subzones.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6458
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 22, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend chapter 138 of the laws of 1984 authorizing the capital
district regional planning commission to apply for and accept a grant
for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade
zones and foreign trade subzones, in relation to removing the specifi-
cation of counties in the capital district region
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 138 of the laws of 1984, relating to
2 authorizing the capital district regional planning commission to apply
3 for and accept a grant for the establishment, operation and maintenance
4 of foreign trade zones and foreign trade subzones, as amended by chapter
5 484 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
6 Section 1. The capital district regional planning commission, hereaft-
7 er referred to as the commission, may make application to the foreign
8 trade zone board established by the act of congress, approved June 18,
9 1934, entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment, operation and
10 maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of the United
11 States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other
12 purposes" for a grant [to the capital district region covering counties
13 of Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga,
14 Schenectady, Warren and Washington] for the privilege to have estab-
15 lished, operated and maintained a foreign trade zone or zones and
16 foreign trade subzones [within such counties] pursuant to the provisions
17 of such act, and if such application be granted, to have established,
18 operated and maintained such zone and subzones in accordance with law.
19 The capital district regional planning commission may enter into such
20 contracts and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper,
21 subject to the provisions of this act, towards the promotion and estab-
22 lishment of such zones and subzones but such commission shall not impose
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 or incur any financial liability on behalf of [the] participating coun-
2 ties [comprising the capital district region] without the prior approval
3 of the legislative body of each participating county [of the district].
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
