Bill Text: NY S03029 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes the disaster-related latent damage recovery grant program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-08 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S03029 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S03029-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3029--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 19, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs 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 executive law, in relation to establishing the disaster-related latent damage recovery grant program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 719. Disaster-related latent damage recovery grant program. 1. 4 There is hereby established the disaster-related latent damage recovery 5 grant program to be administered by the division of homeland security 6 and emergency services. 7 2. Projects eligible for program grants shall be limited to projects 8 to repair latent damage to public infrastructure, including publicly- 9 owned roads, bridges, drainage and flood mitigation systems, electrical 10 and mechanical systems and communication systems, and any ancillary 11 infrastructure necessary for the safe operation of the components there- 12 of, where such damage was the result of a natural disaster for which the 13 governor of the state of New York made a declaration of a state of emer- 14 gency. For purposes of this section, "latent damage" shall be defined as 15 damage that was not reasonably apparent during any initial damage 16 assessments. In no event shall grants be awarded for, nor shall grant 17 money be used for, infrastructure repairs that are required due to 18 normal use and wear and tear. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05227-04-8S. 3029--B 2 1 3. The commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency 2 services shall establish procedures for receipt of applications from 3 municipalities and for the issuance of grants authorized by this section 4 within available appropriations. Application for such grants shall be 5 submitted no more than seven years, but no less than one year, after the 6 governor's declaration of the state of emergency that renders a munici- 7 pality eligible for grants authorized by this section. In no event shall 8 grants exceed ten percent of the sum of any state or federal disaster 9 assistance monies granted to a municipality as a result of a natural 10 disaster that were awarded prior to an application for a grant stemming 11 from the same natural disaster. In no event shall a municipality receive 12 a grant in excess of ten million dollars in a given calendar year. 13 4. Funding for such program shall consist of all revenue received 14 pursuant to an appropriation thereto, and all other monies appropriated, 15 credited or transferred from any other source pursuant to law. Nothing 16 in this section shall be deemed to prevent the state from receiving 17 grants, gifts or bequests for the purpose of the program. Grants shall 18 only be awarded based upon the availability of funds. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 20 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that 21 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule 22 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec- 23 tive date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or 24 before such effective date.
