Bill Text: NY A04721 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits state mandated expenditures on localities.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 17-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to ways and means [A04721 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A04721-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4721
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 5, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. McLAUGHLIN, BARCLAY, BORELLI, DUPREY, CROUCH,
PALMESANO, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH,
CURRAN, DiPIETRO, GARBARINO, GRAF, HAWLEY, KEARNS, LUPINACCI, McDO-
NOUGH, MONTESANO, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting state
mandated expenditures on localities
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. PROHIBITION OF MANDATED EXPENDITURES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
4 OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE STATE SHALL NOT MANDATE ANY
5 EXPENDITURES ON ANY LOCALITIES UNLESS SUCH EXPENDITURES ARE OTHERWISE
6 FUNDED THROUGH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, ARTICLE THREE OR ARTICLE
7 FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER. AS USED IN THIS SECTION THE TERM "LOCALITY" SHALL
8 MEAN ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE.
9 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05695-01-5
