Bill Text: NY A03545 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 3545 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to making technical changes relating to authorizing the town of Riga to establish the Host Benefit Agreement reserve fund.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-01 - substituted by s1694a [A03545 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03545-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3545--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Local Governments -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
         and  Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend chapter 439 of the laws of 2008 relating to  authorizing
         the town of Riga to establish the Host Benefit Agreement reserve fund,
         in relation to making technical changes thereto
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 1 of chapter 439 of  the  laws  of
    2  2008  relating  to  authorizing  the  town of Riga to establish the Host
    3  Benefit Agreement reserve fund, as amended by chapter 414 of the laws of
    4  2014, is amended to read as follows:
    5    6. An expenditure may be made from such fund only by a  resolution  of
    6  the  town  board  for  (a)  capital improvements or equipment for water,
    7  drainage or fire protection improvements that would benefit  the  entire
    8  town,  the  area of the town outside the village or the area of the town
    9  served by a water, drainage or fire protection district or  an  area  of
   10  the town located in a water or drainage improvement benefit area, (b) to
   11  pay debt service on obligations issued for capital purposes related to a
   12  water  improvement benefit area or water district, OR (C) FOR THE REPAIR
   13  AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING  SLUICES,  CULVERTS  AND  BRIDGES
   14  HAVING  A  SPAN  OF FIVE FEET OR LESS, IN ANY AREA OF THE TOWN. Any such
   15  resolution shall set forth the estimated maximum cost thereof[,  or  (c)
   16  for  the repair and improvement of highways, including sluices, culverts
   17  and bridges having a span of five feet or  less,  in  any  area  of  the
   18  town]. Any expenditure from the fund authorizing an expenditure for such
   19  capital improvement or equipment shall be subject to permissive referen-
   20  dum as governed by article 7 of the town law.  Nothing in this act shall
   21  be  construed to authorize the transfer to the credit of another reserve
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  fund; provided however, that transfers  may  be  made  to  the  townwide
    2  general fund without a permissive referendum.
    3    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
    4  have been in full force and effect on the same date as  chapter  414  of
    5  the laws of 2014, took effect.