Bill Text: NY S02875 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the sustainable communities fund; authorizes grants to municipal corporations who meet certain requirements for eligible projects that incorporate smart growth principles or utilize climate resilient and environmentally friendly construction techniques.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S02875 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02875-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2875
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 30, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  establishing  the
          sustainable communities fund
          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  99-ff to read as follows:
     3    §  99-ff. Sustainable communities fund. 1. There is hereby established
     4  in the joint custody of the state comptroller and  the  commissioner  of
     5  environmental conservation a fund to be known as the "sustainable commu-
     6  nities fund".
     7    2. Such fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its purpose,
     8  all  other  monies credited or transferred to such fund pursuant to law,
     9  and all monies required by this section or any other provisions  of  law
    10  to be paid into or credited to such fund.
    11    3.  Moneys of such fund shall be made available to the commissioner of
    12  environmental conservation and shall be used  for  grants  to  municipal
    13  corporations,  as  that  term  is  defined in section two of the general
    14  municipal law, for eligible projects pursuant to this section. To quali-
    15  fy for such grants, municipal corporations shall (a)  incorporate  smart
    16  growth  principles,  as  enumerated  in article six of the environmental
    17  conservation law, into their  comprehensive  plans  in  accordance  with
    18  sections two hundred seventy-two-a of the town law, 7-722 of the village
    19  law,  and  twenty-eight-a  of the general city law, (b) demonstrate that
    20  eligible projects conform to the comprehensive  plans,  and  (c)  demon-
    21  strate  the  ability  to leverage one dollar in matching funds for every
    22  dollar of state financial assistance.
    23    4. Following appropriation by the  legislature,  monies  of  the  fund
    24  shall  be  available  only  for  distribution to eligible projects. Such
    25  eligible projects shall incorporate smart growth principles  or  utilize
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00660-01-9
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     1  climate  resilient  and environmentally friendly construction techniques
     2  and shall include, but not be limited to, creating walkable  communities
     3  including the widening of sidewalks and bike lanes, waterfront revitali-
     4  zation  projects  including dredging, beautification projects, combating
     5  urban sprawl, and developing mixed use communities.
     6    5. The commissioner of environmental conservation shall promulgate any
     7  necessary rules and regulations for the application and distribution  of
     8  any funds pursuant to this section.
     9    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
    10  the  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  is  authorized   and
    11  directed  to  promulgate, amend, and/or repeal any rules and regulations
    12  necessary to implement the provisions of  this  act  on  or  before  its
    13  effective date.