STATE OF NEW YORK
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8958
IN SENATE
April 3, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
regional planning council's eligibility to apply for federal and/or
state grants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 239-h of the
2 general municipal law, as added by chapter 451 of the laws of 1997, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) Creation. Any municipal legislative body may collaborate with the
5 legislative body of a contiguous municipal legislative body to create a
6 regional planning council under this article. The legislative bodies of
7 the municipalities participating in the regional planning council shall
8 adopt by resolution an agreement setting forth the terms and conditions
9 of such collaboration. The regional planning council shall be considered
10 an agency of a political subdivision or municipality for purposes of
11 sections one hundred three, one hundred four and article eighteen of
12 this chapter [and], articles six and seven of the public officers law,
13 and for the purposes of eligibility for federal and/or state grants.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
15 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13715-01-3
