Bill Text: NY A08052 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes veterans organizations eligible for monies appropriated to the state and municipal facilities program for the payment of capital costs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A08052 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08052-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8052 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT relating to making veterans organizations eligible for funding under the state and municipal facilities program; and to amend chapter 54 of the laws of 2017, enacting the Capital Projects budget, in relation to including veterans organizations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. For the state fiscal year 2017-18 and thereafter, veterans 2 organizations shall be eligible for any monies appropriated to the state 3 and municipal facilities program for the payment of capital costs. 4 § 2. That part, entitled "MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND 5 AGENCIES", of section 1 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2017, enacting the 6 "Capital Projects Budget", is amended by adding thereto the items here- 7 inbelow set forth in italic and is amended by deleting therefrom the 8 items hereinbelow set forth in brackets as follows: 9 STATE AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PROGRAM 10 CAPITAL PROJECTS 2017-18 11 APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS 12 Capital Projects Funds - Other ..... 385,000,000 1,253,250,000 13 ---------------- ---------------- 14 All Funds ........................ 385,000,000 1,253,250,000 15 ================ ================ 16 STATE AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PROGRAM (CCP) ............... 385,000,000 17 -------------- 18 Capital Projects Funds - Other EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11461-01-7A. 8052 2 1 Capital Projects Fund 2 State and Municipal Facilities Purpose 3 For payment of the capital costs of 4 construction, improvement, rehabilitation 5 or reconstruction of facilities owned by 6 eligible entities; the acquisition of 7 capital facilities and assets by eligible 8 entities, including fixed capital assets; 9 the acquisition by eligible entities of 10 equipment and other capital assets, 11 including vehicles, in support of health, 12 safety, technology, or innovation; the 13 acquisition by an eligible entity of capi- 14 tal assets with a useful life of not less 15 than ten years purchased for the sole 16 purpose of preserving and protecting 17 infrastructure that is owned, controlled 18 or appurtenant to an eligible entity, 19 including but not limited to heavy duty 20 road maintenance and construction vehi- 21 cles, pavers, snow plows, street sweepers 22 and heavy duty fire, emergency response 23 and law enforcement vehicles; economic 24 development projects sponsored by the 25 state or municipal corporations, as 26 defined in section 2 of the general munic- 27 ipal law, that will create or retain jobs 28 in New York state as certified by the 29 commissioner of the department of economic 30 development; or environmental projects 31 sponsored by the state or municipal corpo- 32 rations as defined in section 2 of the 33 general municipal law. Eligible entities 34 shall consist of the state; municipal 35 corporations as defined in section 2 of 36 the general municipal law; water and sewer 37 districts; the Metropolitan Transportation 38 Authority; a college or university estab- 39 lished pursuant to section 352 of the 40 education law, section 6203 of the educa- 41 tion law or section 6302 of the education 42 law; an independent not-for-profit insti- 43 tution of higher education as defined in 44 subdivision 2 of section 6401 of the 45 education law; public school districts; 46 public housing authorities; public 47 libraries and library systems chartered by 48 the regents of the state of New York or 49 established by an act of the legislature; 50 public park conservancies or not for 51 profit corporations organized for the 52 purpose of investing in parks owned by the 53 state or municipal corporations, as 54 defined in section 2 of the general munic- 55 ipal law; not for profit fire districts,A. 8052 3 1 fire commissions, fire companies, fire 2 departments, volunteer rescue and ambu- 3 lance squads; veterans organizations; and 4 special act school districts, schools for 5 the blind and deaf and other students with 6 disabilities subject to article 85 of the 7 education law, and private schools for 8 students with disabilities authorized 9 pursuant to chapter 853 of the laws of 10 1976. 11 Costs may include, but shall not be limited 12 to engineering services, construction, 13 project management, right-of-way acquisi- 14 tion, and work appurtenant and ancillary 15 thereto. No funds from this appropriation 16 may be used as a required match or be 17 considered a local share to other state 18 programs or to leverage state aid or 19 grants including but not limited to the 20 apportionment of aid under the education 21 law. Notwithstanding any provision of law 22 to the contrary, funds appropriated herein 23 may, subject to the approval of the direc- 24 tor of the budget, be (i) interchanged, 25 (ii) transferred from this appropriation 26 to any other appropriation of any state 27 department, agency or public benefit 28 corporation, or (iii) suballocated to any 29 other state department, agency or public 30 benefit corporation, to achieve this 31 purpose (SM0117SM) ......................... 385,000,000 32 -------------- 33 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; and shall be deemed to 34 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2017.
