Bill Text: NY S02567 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides state assistance to the counties of Cayuga and Seneca in which an Indian nation is located.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S02567 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02567-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2567--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to state assistance to certain counties in which an Indian nation is located 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-n to read as follows: 3 § 54-n. State assistance to eligible counties in which an Indian 4 nation is located. 1. Definitions. When used in this section, unless 5 otherwise expressly stated, "eligible county" shall mean Cayuga and 6 Seneca counties. 7 2. Within the amount appropriated therefor, an eligible county shall 8 receive an amount equal to its prior year payments made to munici- 9 palities and school districts for property taxes levied upon an Indian 10 nation but unpaid by such Indian nation. 11 3. State aid payments made to an eligible county pursuant to this 12 section shall be used to make an eligible county whole for payment of 13 uncollected taxes to municipalities and school districts therein and may 14 be deposited into an eligible county's fund without restrictions. 15 4. Payments of state aid pursuant to this section shall be made on or 16 before June thirtieth of each state fiscal year to the chief fiscal 17 officer of each eligible county and on audit and warrant of the state 18 comptroller out of moneys appropriated by the legislature for such 19 purpose to the credit of the local assistance fund in the general fund 20 of the state treasury. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03334-03-8