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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8633
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 10, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
          mental Disabilities
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene  law,  in  relation  to  the  use  of
          proceeds  from  the sale of property previously used by the office for
          people with developmental disabilities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
     2  13.44 to read as follows:
     3  § 13.44  Use of property sale proceeds.
     4    Notwithstanding any  law  to  the  contrary,  eighty-five  percent  of
     5  proceeds  from  the sale of any property that was previously used, oper-
     6  ated or maintained by the office shall be used exclusively for state-op-
     7  erated residential services or state-operated  community-based  services
     8  provided  by  the  office.  Such  proceeds shall be used to increase the
     9  level of funds that would otherwise be made available for such  purposes
    10  and shall not supplant the amount to be provided to the office.
    11    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
    12  sale of property on and after April 1, 2018.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15733-02-8