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