Bill Text: NY A08040 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-14 - held for consideration in ways and means [A08040 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08040-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8040--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, JAFFEE, RAIA, BUTLER, CROUCH, LAWRENCE, NORRIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 54 of the state finance law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. a. Enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities. Notwithstand- 4 ing any inconsistent provision of this section or of any other provision 5 of law to the contrary, the payment of enhanced aid and incentives for 6 municipalities for the support of local government for state fiscal 7 years commencing April first, two thousand nineteen and thereafter, 8 shall be paid from an appropriation made for the enhanced aid and incen- 9 tives for municipalities program pursuant to the aid to localities budg- 10 et for such state fiscal years in a manner consistent with this subdivi- 11 sion. Enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities will be apportioned 12 to eligible municipalities by the director of the budget on a per-capita 13 basis, based on population. Municipalities in Tier 1 would receive 14 eighty percent of the appropriation provided annually and municipalities 15 in Tier 2 would receive twenty percent of the appropriation provided 16 annually. 17 b. Definitions. As used in this subdivision, unless otherwise express- 18 ly stated: 19 (i) "Municipalities" means a city with a population less than one 20 million, town or village. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11901-03-8A. 8040--A 2 1 (ii) "Enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities" means aid in 2 addition to the total of all aid payable to municipalities pursuant to 3 this subdivision. 4 (iii) "Population" means population data based upon the most recent 5 federal decennial census. 6 (iv) "Per capita basis" means the amount of the appropriation provided 7 annually divided by the population of the eligible municipality. 8 (v) "Tier 1" means a town with a population equal to fifteen thousand 9 or less or a village with a population equal to ten thousand or less or 10 a city with a population equal to twenty thousand or less. 11 (vi) "Tier 2" means a town with a population greater than fifteen 12 thousand or a village with a population greater than ten thousand or a 13 city with a population greater than twenty thousand and less than one 14 million. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2019, subject to appropri- 16 ation for the enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities in the 17 2019-2020 enacted state budget; provided that the director of the budget 18 shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occur- 19 rence of such an appropriation for the enhanced aid and incentives for 20 municipalities in the 2019-2020 enacted state budget in order that the 21 commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of 22 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of 23 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and 24 section 70-b of the public officers law.
