Bill Text: NY S03548 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Adds rent, building expenses and the cost of utilities to the items for which the state will provide 50% reimbursement to soil and water conservation districts.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-20 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S03548 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3548
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 12, 2015
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       Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- (at request of the Legislative Commission on
         Rural  Resources)  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
         to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  soil  and  water  conservation  districts  law,  in
         relation  to  designating  rent,  building  expenses  and utilities as
         expenses which are reimbursable by the state
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 11-a of the soil
    2  and water conservation districts law, as amended by chapter 316  of  the
    3  laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (a)  Reimburse each soil and water conservation district to the extent
    5  of fifty percent of the amount expended by the district  for  the  items
    6  specified  in  this paragraph, up to sixty thousand dollars per district
    7  in any fiscal year. Reimbursement pursuant to this  paragraph  shall  be
    8  limited  to: expenditures for the employment of conservation field tech-
    9  nicians or district managers[,]; RENT, BUILDING EXPENSES AND THE COST OF
   10  UTILITIES; and the purchase of supplies and equipment related to [these]
   11  SUCH positions, for the purpose of supervising  or  providing  technical
   12  assistance  for  the  establishment and implementation of soil and water
   13  conservation practices in accordance with  programs  undertaken  by  the
   14  district. At the end of each calendar year, verified and detailed claims
   15  for  such  reimbursement  shall be submitted to the state soil and water
   16  conservation committee in such  form  and  manner  and  containing  such
   17  information  as  the  state  soil  and water conservation committee, the
   18  commissioner of agriculture and markets and the  state  comptroller  may
   19  require.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this chapter, the soil
   20  and water conservation district of New York city shall be considered the
   21  equivalent of five districts when  reimbursed  in  accordance  with  the
   22  provisions of this paragraph.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09211-01-5
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