Bill Text: NY A02470 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to aid and incentives for municipalities with populations of greater than two hundred thousand.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - enacting clause stricken [A02470 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02470-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2470
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means
        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to aid and incentives
          for municipalities with populations of greater than two hundred  thou-
          sand
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (vi) of  paragraph  e  of  subdivision  10  of
     2  section  54 of the state finance law, as amended by section 2 of part GG
     3  of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, is renumbered subparagraph (vii)  and
     4  amended and a new subparagraph (vi) is added to read as follows:
     5    (vi)  A  municipality  with  a  population of greater than two hundred
     6  thousand that receives a per capita base level grant less  than  another
     7  municipality  with  a  population  of  greater than two hundred thousand
     8  shall be eligible to receive for the state  fiscal  year  commencing  on
     9  April  first,  two  thousand  nineteen  and thereafter additional aid of
    10  thirteen percent of such municipality's  base  level  grant.  Commencing
    11  with the state fiscal year commencing on April first, two thousand twen-
    12  ty-one  and  thereafter, all municipalities with a population of greater
    13  than two hundred thousand shall receive equal per  capita  aid  provided
    14  pursuant  to this subdivision. Per capita aid shall be increased for all
    15  municipalities with a population of greater than two hundred thousand to
    16  the highest per capita aid calculated pursuant to this subdivision for a
    17  municipality with  a  population  greater  than  two  hundred  thousand.
    18  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary, the addi-
    19  tional funds  provided  pursuant  to  this  subparagraph  shall  not  be
    20  included  as part of per capita state aid used for the purpose of calcu-
    21  lations made pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.
    22    (vii) If sufficient funds are not available for additional aid in  the
    23  amount authorized pursuant to subparagraphs (ii), (iii), (iv) [and], (v)
    24  and  (vi) of this paragraph, additional aid shall be apportioned to each
    25  municipality eligible for such aid based on the municipality's pro  rata
    26  share of available funds.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00730-01-9
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