Bill Text: NY A10951 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10951 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires that 85% of proceeds from the sale of any property that was previously used, operated or maintained by the office for people with developmental disabilities shall be used exclusively for state-operated residential services or state-operated community-based services provided by such office.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - substituted by s8633 [A10951 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10951-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10951
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 29, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. LENTOL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
          BARRON, HIKIND, PERRY, SIMON, WILLIAMS -- read once  and  referred  to
          the Committee on Mental Health
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  mental  hygiene  law, in relation to the use of
          proceeds from the sale of property previously used by the  office  for
          people with developmental disabilities
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  13.44 to read as follows:
     3  § 13.44  Use of property sale proceeds.
     4    Notwithstanding  any  law  to  the  contrary,  eighty-five  percent of
     5  proceeds from the sale of any property that was previously  used,  oper-
     6  ated or maintained by the office shall be used exclusively for state-op-
     7  erated  residential  services or state-operated community-based services
     8  provided by the office. Such proceeds shall  be  used  to  increase  the
     9  level  of funds that would otherwise be made available for such purposes
    10  and shall not supplant the amount to be provided to the office.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  the
    12  sale of property on and after April 1, 2018.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15733-02-8