Amd §6, add Art 5 §100 & §212-a, Mil L; amd §§2, 3 & 18, UDC Act; add Art 17 §250, St Fin L
 
Provides that on request of the sheriff, county legislature, county board of supervisors, mayor of any city or village, or supervisor of a town, the governor may order into active service of the state, all or any part of the organized militia, in accordance with the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River flood prevention, response and recovery program; establishes such program; and relates to the financing of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River flood prevention, response and recovery program.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8181
IN SENATE
April 16, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to the Lake Ontario-St.
Lawrence River flood prevention, response and recovery program; and to
amend the New York state urban development corporation act and the
state finance law, in relation to financing the Lake Ontario-St.
Lawrence River flood prevention, response and recovery program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6 of the military law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. Upon the request of the sheriff of an impacted county, or upon the
4 request of any county legislature or county board of supervisors in any
5 impacted county, or upon the request of a mayor of any city or village
6 in any impacted county, or upon the request of a supervisor of any town
7 in any impacted county, the governor may order into the active service
8 of the state, for such period, to such extent and in such manner as he
9 may deem necessary, all or any part of the organized militia, in accord-
10 ance with the provisions and purposes of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence
11 River Flood Prevention, Response and Recovery Program as set forth in
12 article five of this chapter. The compensation of all officers and
13 enlisted men, while on duty or assembled pursuant to this subdivision,
14 and all expenses incurred in connection with such duty or as a result
15 thereof shall be paid in the manner prescribed by section two hundred
16 twelve-a of this chapter. For purposes of this section, the term
17 "impacted county" shall mean Niagara County, Orleans County, Monroe
18 County, Wayne County, Cayuga County, Onondaga County, Oswego County,
19 Jefferson County, St. Lawrence County, and/or Franklin County, if and
20 when such county or counties have sustained an impact due to flooding
21 caused at least in part by the rising levels of Lake Ontario or the St.
22 Lawrence River, or their adjoining waterways.
23 § 2. The military law is amended by adding a new article 5 to read as
24 follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ARTICLE V
2 LAKE ONTARIO-ST. LAWRENCE RIVER FLOOD PREVENTION, RESPONSE
3 AND RECOVERY PROGRAM
4 Section 100. Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Flood Prevention, Response
5 and Recovery Program
6 § 100. Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Flood Prevention, Response and
7 Recovery Program. There is hereby established within the division, under
8 the command, control and direction of the adjutant general, a Lake
9 Ontario-St. Lawrence River Flood Prevention, Response and Recovery
10 Program. It shall be the purpose of this program to provide flood
11 prevention, response and recovery services to the persons, homeowners,
12 business owners, employees and localities of an impacted county, in the
13 event of flooding caused at least in part by the rising levels or Lake
14 Ontario or the St. Lawrence River, or their adjoining waterways. For
15 purposes of this section, the term "impacted county" shall mean Niagara
16 County, Orleans County, Monroe County, Wayne County, Cayuga County,
17 Onondaga County, Oswego County, Jefferson County, St. Lawrence County,
18 and/or Franklin County, if and when such county or counties have
19 sustained an impact due to flooding caused at least in part by the
20 rising levels of Lake Ontario or the St. Lawrence River, or their
21 adjoining waterways.
22 1. In accordance with a call by the governor pursuant to subdivision
23 three of section six of this chapter, the adjutant general shall respond
24 to a request for, and shall provide, flood prevention, response and
25 recovery services in any impacted county. Such services shall include:
26 a. Prevention services. The adjutant general shall direct the perform-
27 ance of any services that would assist in the prevention or mitigation
28 of the impact of flooding caused at least in part by the rising levels
29 of Lake Ontario or the St. Lawrence River, or their adjoining waterways.
30 Such services shall include, but not be limited to:
31 (i) Providing personnel, material and logistical support in deploying
32 measures to prevent or mitigate any effects of flooding, including but
33 not limited to, the procurement, filing and placement of sand bags;
34 procurement and deployment of flood booms; and the construction and
35 placement of levies, seawalls, flood barriers, water diversion channels,
36 or other emergency or permanent flood arresting, controlling or
37 protection measures;
38 (ii) The development, in consultation with the state department of
39 environmental conservation, the state division of homeland security and
40 emergency services, the division of state police, and all the local
41 governments of Niagara County, Orleans County, Monroe County, Wayne
42 County, Cayuga County, Onondaga County, Oswego County, Jefferson County,
43 St. Lawrence County, and Franklin County, of a Lake/River Flooding
44 Prevention Action Plan, that identifies potential flooding hazards and
45 conditions and makes recommendations concerning actions that will
46 prevent and/or mitigate such hazards and effectively execute such
47 prevention plan; and
48 (iii) Such other and further prevention services as the adjutant
49 general, in consultation with the local governments of Niagara, Orleans,
50 Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and
51 Franklin Counties may deem necessary, effective, prudent and/or expedi-
52 ent to effectively accomplish the purposes of this program and provide
53 meaningful prevention services.
54 b. Response services. The adjutant general shall direct the perform-
55 ance of any services that would assist in the response to flooding
56 caused at least in part by the rising levels of Lake Ontario or the St.
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1 Lawrence River, or their adjoining waterways. Such services shall
2 include, but not be limited to:
3 (i) Providing personnel, material and logistical support in deploying
4 measures to immediately respond to any effects of flooding, including
5 but not limited to, the procurement, filing and placement of sand bags;
6 procurement and deployment of flood booms; the construction and place-
7 ment of levies, seawalls, flood barriers, water diversion channels, or
8 other emergency flood arresting or controlling measures; and the
9 provision of rescue, support and emergency relief services for those
10 persons in an impacted county whose home, business, life or property are
11 endangered by flooding;
12 (ii) The development, in consultation with the state department of
13 environmental conservation, the state division of homeland security and
14 emergency services, the division of state police, and all the local
15 governments of Niagara County, Orleans County, Monroe County, Wayne
16 County, Cayuga County, Onondaga County, Oswego County, Jefferson County,
17 St. Lawrence County, and Franklin County, of a Lake/River Flooding
18 Response Action Plan, that identifies potential required responses and
19 makes recommendations concerning action steps to effectively execute
20 such response plan; and
21 (iii) Such other and further response services as the adjutant gener-
22 al, in consultation with the local governments of Niagara, Orleans,
23 Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and
24 Franklin Counties may deem necessary, effective, prudent and/or expedi-
25 ent to effectively accomplish the purposes of this program and provide
26 meaningful response services.
27 c. Recovery services. The adjutant general shall direct the perform-
28 ance of any services that would assist in the recovery from the impact
29 of flooding caused at least in part by the rising levels of Lake Ontario
30 or the St. Lawrence River, or their adjoining waterways. Such services
31 shall include, but not be limited to:
32 (i) Providing personnel, material and logistical support in deploying
33 measures to immediately assist persons, businesses and localities to
34 recover from any adverse effects of flooding, including but not limited
35 to, the construction or reconstruction of infrastructure, transportation
36 systems, levies, seawalls, flood barriers, water diversion channels, or
37 other flood arresting or controlling measures; and the provision of
38 recovery, support and relief services for those persons in an impacted
39 county whose home, business, life or property are endangered by flood-
40 ing, and the stabilization and mitigation of damage caused by such
41 flooding;
42 (ii) The development, in consultation with the state department of
43 environmental conservation, the state division of homeland security and
44 emergency services, the division of state police, and all the local
45 governments of Niagara County, Orleans County, Monroe County, Wayne
46 County, Cayuga County, Onondaga County, Oswego County, Jefferson County,
47 St. Lawrence County, and Franklin County, of a Lake/River Flooding
48 Recovery Action Plan, that identifies potential required recovery meas-
49 ures and makes recommendations concerning actions to effectively execute
50 such recovery plan; and
51 (iii) Such other and further recovery services as the adjutant gener-
52 al, in consultation with the local governments of Niagara, Orleans,
53 Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and
54 Franklin Counties may deem necessary, effective, prudent and/or expedi-
55 ent to effectively accomplish the purposes of this program and provide
56 meaningful recovery services.
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1 2. In executing the provision of flood prevention, response and recov-
2 ery services under this program, the adjutant general may call upon
3 assistance from any department, agency, division, office, commission or
4 public authority in the state government, and shall further coordinate
5 such services with all local governments within the impacted county
6 receiving such services. The adjutant, in his discretion and judgment,
7 may also invite the participation of federal or out of state entities to
8 assist him in accomplishing the purposes of this program, including but
9 not limited to, the army corps of engineers, the United States depart-
10 ment of homeland security, the United States department of state, the
11 United States department of defense, or any of its component commands
12 thereof, and any such other federal or out of state entities as he or
13 she may deem necessary, effective, prudent and/or expedient.
14 3. The adjutant general may make requests for financing support for
15 any of the construction projects performed in accordance with the
16 program established by this section from the New York state urban devel-
17 opment corporation. The principal and interest for any bonds or notes
18 issued for such financing by the New York state urban development corpo-
19 ration shall be paid from the state operations special emergency appro-
20 priation through a transfer by the governor to the general, special
21 revenue, capital projects, proprietary or fiduciary funds to meet unan-
22 ticipated emergencies pursuant to section fifty-three of the state
23 finance law.
24 § 3. The military law is amended by adding a new section 212-a to read
25 as follows:
26 § 212-a. Pay of troops when used for the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence
27 River Flood Prevention, Response and Recovery Program. All officers and
28 enlisted men while on duty, or assembled therefor, by order of the
29 governor, upon a request made in accordance with subdivision three of
30 section six of this chapter, shall receive the pay set forth in subdivi-
31 sion one of section two hundred ten of this article. One hundred percent
32 of such compensation and expenses incurred in connection with such duty
33 or as a result thereof including quartering, caring for, transporting
34 and subsisting the troops, and other expenses including the expense
35 incurred for pay, care, and subsistence of officers and enlisted men
36 temporarily disabled in the line of duty, while on such duty, as set
37 forth in section two hundred sixteen of this article, shall be paid by
38 the state.
39 § 4. Section 2 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968,
40 constituting the New York state urban development corporation act is
41 amended by adding a new fifth undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
42 It is further found and declared that there continues to exist an
43 ongoing and repeated threat of flooding and flood related damage along
44 the shoreline of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. This condition
45 is contrary to the public interest and threatens the safety, security,
46 health, welfare, well-being and repose of the people of the localities
47 adjoining the shoreline as well as the people of the entire state. The
48 ordinary operations of public and private funding, as well as the
49 support of private enterprise, has proven inadequate to provide suffi-
50 cient prevention against, response to and recovery from this flooding,
51 and cannot support and provide the infrastructure projects that are
52 necessary to achieve the level of prevention, response and recovery that
53 the state's residents deserve, need and expect, and that the state
54 requires. It is further declared to be the policy of the state to
55 provide a means and mechanism to support and provide the adequate
56 infrastructure that is necessary to achieve this level of prevention,
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1 response and recovery that the state's residents deserve, need and
2 expect, and that the state requires.
3 § 5. The opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 3 of section 1
4 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the New York state
5 urban development corporation act, as amended by chapter 603 of the laws
6 of 2003, is amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
7 PROJECT: A specific work or improvement including lands, buildings,
8 improvements, real and personal properties or any interest therein,
9 acquired, owned, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved
10 by the corporation or any subsidiary thereof, whether or not still owned
11 or financed by the corporation or any subsidiary thereof, including a
12 residential project, an industrial project, a land use improvement
13 project, a civic project, an industrial effectiveness project, a small
14 and medium-sized business assistance project, a fruit growing, fruit
15 processing, or winery business project, a school safety infrastructure
16 project or an economic development project, all as defined herein, or
17 any combination thereof, which combination shall hereinafter be called
18 and known as a "multi-purpose project". The term "project" as used here-
19 in shall include projects, or any portion of a project.
20 (i) "flooding prevention, response and recovery infrastructure
21 project". A project or that portion of a multi-purpose project designed
22 and intended for the purpose of bolstering and improving infrastructure,
23 in order to provide sufficient prevention against, response to and
24 recovery from flooding events, or effects therefrom, and such other and
25 further infrastructure and facilities as may be incidental or appurten-
26 ant thereto.
27 § 6. The opening paragraph of section 18 of section 1 of chapter 174
28 of the laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development
29 corporation act, as amended by chapter 839 of the laws of 1987, is
30 amended to read as follows:
31 The corporation shall not issue bonds and notes in an aggregate prin-
32 cipal amount exceeding one billion two hundred ninety-five million
33 dollars, excluding (1) bonds and notes issued to refund or otherwise
34 repay outstanding bonds and notes of the corporation or of the New York
35 state project finance agency, (2) notes issued by the corporation to
36 evidence eligible loans made to the corporation pursuant to the New York
37 state project finance agency act, [and] (3) bonds and notes issued by
38 the corporation to perform a flooding prevention, response and recovery
39 infrastructure project in accordance with paragraph (i) of subdivision
40 (6) of section three of this act, and (4) bonds and notes issued with
41 the approval of the state director of the budget and the New York state
42 public authorities control board which are secured by and payable solely
43 out of a specific project, other than a residential project, undertaken
44 by the corporation subsequent to June first, nineteen hundred seventy-
45 seven, and the revenues and receipts derived therefrom, without recourse
46 against other assets of the corporation or against a debt service
47 reserve fund to which state funds are apportionable pursuant to subdivi-
48 sion three of section twenty of this act, provided that the corporation
49 shall not issue bonds or notes pursuant to this clause [(3)] if (a) (i)
50 the arrangements under which the project is undertaken do not provide
51 for annual real property taxes, or payments in lieu of real property
52 taxes, on the real property included in the project securing such bonds
53 or notes which together at least equal the average annual real property
54 taxes which were paid with respect to such real property for three years
55 prior to the acquisition of such project or any portion thereof by the
56 corporation or a subsidiary thereof, and (ii) after a public hearing,
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1 the local legislative body of the city, town or village in which such
2 project is to be located has not consented to such arrangements,
3 provided, however, that in a city having a population of one million or
4 more such consent shall be given by the board of estimate of such city,
5 or (b) the aggregate principal amount of any such bonds and notes is
6 less than twice the amount of any moneys appropriated by the state and
7 made available by the corporation to the project securing such bonds and
8 notes, or (c) the aggregate principal amount of the bonds and notes
9 issued pursuant to this clause [(3)] will thereby exceed three hundred
10 seventy-nine million dollars, excluding bonds and notes issued to refund
11 or otherwise repay outstanding bonds and notes issued pursuant to this
12 clause [(3)], provided, however, that the corporation may provide for a
13 pooled financing arrangement with regard to bonds issued for the
14 purposes of financing the construction of the Center for Computers,
15 Microelectronics and Telecommunications at Columbia University, the
16 Center for Science and Technology at Syracuse University, the Cornell
17 Super Computer Center at Cornell University, the Onondaga County Conven-
18 tion Center Complex, the Center for Advanced Materials Processing at
19 Clarkson University, the Center for Electro-Optic Imaging at University
20 of Rochester, the Center for Neural Science at New York University, the
21 Alfred University Incubator Facilities in Allegany County and Steuben
22 County, the Broadway Redevelopment Project, and the Sematech Semiconduc-
23 tor facility, and, that the aggregate amount of bonds which may be
24 issued pursuant to this clause [(3)] shall be increased above the
25 amounts in the following schedule for the purposes of providing for the
26 costs of issuance including any debt service reserve requirements that
27 may be necessary in accordance with the following schedule:
28 § 7. The state finance law is amended by adding a new article 17 to
29 read as follows:
30 ARTICLE 17
31 FINANCING OF SPECIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS RELATED TO
32 FLOODING
33 Section 250. Infrastructure projects financed by the urban development
34 corporation in accordance with the Lake Ontario-St.
35 Lawrence River flood prevention, response and recovery
36 program.
37 § 250. Infrastructure projects financed by the urban development
38 corporation in accordance with the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River
39 flood prevention, response and recovery program. Principal and interest
40 debt service on bonds or notes issued by the urban development corpo-
41 ration in accordance with a flooding prevention, response and recovery
42 infrastructure project performed pursuant to with paragraph (i) of
43 subdivision six of section three of the New York state urban development
44 corporation act, shall be paid from the state operations special emer-
45 gency appropriation through a transfer by the governor to the general,
46 special revenue, capital projects, proprietary or fiduciary funds to
47 meet unanticipated emergencies pursuant to section fifty-three of this
48 chapter.
49 § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.