Bill Text: NY A04447 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides reimbursement of fifty percent of certain costs associated with the development and implementation of shared municipal services.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 17-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to local governments [A04447 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04447-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4447
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BARCLAY, GIGLIO, THIELE, McDONOUGH, OAKS, KOLB,
         CORWIN, BLANKENBUSH, TENNEY, PALMESANO -- read once  and  referred  to
         the Committee on Local Governments
       AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to reimbursement of
         certain costs associated with shared municipal services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
    2  54-m to read as follows:
    3    S 54-M. STATE AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  SHARED
    4  MUNICIPAL  SERVICES. 1. BEGINNING APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND
    5  ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, A MUNICIPALITY UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  RECEIVE
    6  MONEYS  APPROPRIATED  BY  THE  STATE IN SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES RELATED TO
    7  QUALIFIED SHARED MUNICIPAL SERVICES AS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
    8    2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MUNICIPALITIES" SHALL MEAN COUN-
    9  TIES, CITIES,  TOWNS,  VILLAGES,  SPECIAL  IMPROVEMENT  DISTRICTS,  FIRE
   10  DISTRICTS, AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT FOR PURPOSES OF
   11  THIS  DEFINITION,  A SCHOOL DISTRICT  SHALL BE CONSIDERED A MUNICIPALITY
   12  ONLY IN INSTANCES WHERE SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT ADVANCES AN APPLICATION FOR
   13  AID TO COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED  WITH  COOPERATIVE  AGREEMENTS  OR  SHARED
   14  SERVICES.
   15    3.  SHARED MUNICIPAL SERVICES SHALL QUALIFY FOR AID UNDER THIS SECTION
   16  IF SUCH SERVICES ARE OTHERWISE QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF
   17  PARAGRAPHS  M  AND  N  OF  SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THIS
   18  ARTICLE. QUALIFYING SHARED MUNICIPAL SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE
   19  LIMITED  TO,  PUBLIC  SAFETY, PURCHASING, PAYROLL, HEALTH PLAN BENEFITS,
   20  HIGHWAY SERVICES AND REAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT. AID SHALL NOT BE USED
   21  BY THE APPLICANT FOR RECURRING EXPENSES SUCH AS SALARIES.
   22    4. AID UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL  REIMBURSE  MUNICIPALITIES  FOR  FIFTY
   23  PERCENT  OF  COSTS,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LEGAL AND CONSULTANT
   24  SERVICES, FEASIBILITY STUDIES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND OTHER NECESSARY
   25  EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  SHARED
   26  MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
   27    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04662-01-3