Bill Text: NY A05741 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "Niagara parks reinvestment act"; requires fifty percent of parking revenue generated at state parks in the county of Niagara to be deposited in the Niagara parks reinvestment fund; establishes the Niagara parks reinvestment fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A05741 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05741-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5741
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 4, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. CERETTO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDO-
         NOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Tourism,  Parks,
         Arts and Sports Development
       AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and
         the state finance law, in relation  to  enacting  the  "Niagara  parks
         reinvestment act"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    2  the "Niagara parks reinvestment act".
    3    S  2.  Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation
    4  law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-i to read as follows:
    5    2-I. BE EMPOWERED TO REQUIRE FIFTY PERCENT OF VEHICLE USE  FEE  GENER-
    6  ATED  FROM  ANY  STATE PARK WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF
    7  NIAGARA TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE NIAGARA PARKS  REINVESTMENT  FUND  ESTAB-
    8  LISHED  IN  SECTION  NINETY-TWO-GG  OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. THE OFFICE
    9  SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL  REPORT  ON  THE  AMOUNT  OF  VEHICLE  USE  FEES
   10  COLLECTED AT ANY STATE PARK WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF
   11  NIAGARA.  SUCH REPORT SHALL CONTAIN A DETAILED SUMMARY OF PROJECTS BEING
   12  FUNDED  AND  THE  AMOUNT  EACH  PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED FOR. SUCH REPORT
   13  SHALL BE DISSEMINATED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  CHAIRPERSON  OF  THE  SENATE
   14  TOURISM, RECREATION AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THE CHAIRPERSON OF
   15  THE  ASSEMBLY  TOURISM, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND TO ANY
   16  MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY REPRESENTING  A  PORTION  OF  THE
   17  COUNTY OF NIAGARA.
   18    S 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 92-gg to
   19  read as follows:
   20    S  92-GG.  NIAGARA  PARKS REINVESTMENT FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
   21  LISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
   22  TAXATION  AND  FINANCE  A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NIAGARA PARKS
   23  REINVESTMENT FUND".
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01741-01-5
       A. 5741                             2
    1    2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF FIFTY PERCENT  OF  THE  BALANCE  OF  THE
    2  VEHICLE  USE  FEE  GENERATED  FROM  ANY  STATE  PARK WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY
    3  LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NIAGARA AS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
    4  TWO-I OF SECTION 3.09 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
    5  LAW.
    6    3.  THE  MONEYS  APPROPRIATED  OR  TRANSFERRED  TO  THIS FUND SHALL BE
    7  DISBURSED TO FINANCE CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENTS  IN  STATE  PARKS  WHOLLY  OR
    8  PARTIALLY  LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NIAGARA AND/OR TO CREATE A TRANSPOR-
    9  TATION SYSTEM LINKING THE STATE PARKS  WITH  OTHER  TOURIST  ATTRACTIONS
   10  WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NIAGARA.
   11    4.  ALL PAYMENTS FROM THIS FUND SHALL BE MADE ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT
   12  OF THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE
   13  NIAGARA  FRONTIER  STATE  PARK,  RECREATION  AND  HISTORIC  PRESERVATION
   14  COMMISSION.
   15    S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
   16  the date on which it shall have become a law.