Bill Text: NY S04643 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides state aid to municipalities to offset the costs and expenses of providing public safety services that are necessary as a result of the presence of a residential institution located in such municipality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04643 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04643-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4643
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 1, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- 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  providing  state
         aid  to  municipalities  to offset the costs and expenses of providing
         public safety services that are necessary as a result of the  presence
         of a residential institution located in such municipality
         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-m to read as follows:
    3    S 54-M. STATE AID TO OFFSET COSTS AND EXPENSES OF CERTAIN PUBLIC SAFE-
    4  TY  SERVICES. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
    5  HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    6    A. "HOST MUNICIPALITY" SHALL MEAN A MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH  A  RESIDEN-
    7  TIAL INSTITUTION IS LOCATED, EITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART.
    8    B.  "RESIDENTIAL  INSTITUTION"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY FOUR YEAR RESIDENTIAL
    9  SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.
   10    C. "MUNICIPALITY" SHALL MEAN A COUNTY, TOWN, CITY OR  VILLAGE  LOCATED
   11  IN THIS STATE.
   12    2.  WITHIN  THE  AMOUNT  APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, EACH HOST MUNICIPALITY
   13  SHALL RECEIVE AID ACCORDING TO THE  FORMULA  SET  FORTH  IN  SUBDIVISION
   14  THREE OF THIS SECTION. AID RECEIVED BY A HOST MUNICIPALITY SHALL BE USED
   15  BY SUCH HOST MUNICIPALITY AS FOLLOWS:
   16    A.  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  SUCH  AID RECEIVED SHALL BE USED TO OFFSET THE
   17  COSTS AND EXPENSES OF PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES THAT  ARE  NECES-
   18  SARY AS A RESULT OF THE PRESENCE OF A RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION LOCATED IN
   19  SUCH HOST MUNICIPALITY; AND
   20    B. FIFTY PERCENT OF SUCH AID RECEIVED SHALL BE USED TO REDUCE THE REAL
   21  PROPERTY TAX LEVIED BY SUCH HOST MUNICIPALITY.
   22    3.  THE  AMOUNT OF AID MADE AVAILABLE TO A HOST MUNICIPALITY TO OFFSET
   23  THE COSTS AND EXPENSES OF PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES SHALL BE  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09767-01-5
       S. 4643                             2
    1  DIFFERENCE IN THE COST BETWEEN THE PER STUDENT COST FOR THE PROVISION OF
    2  PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES BY THE HOST MUNICIPALITY LESS ANY PER STUDENT AID
    3  AND  INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES FUNDING RECEIVED BY SUCH HOST MUNICI-
    4  PALITY  FROM  THE STATE, MULTIPLIED BY THE STUDENT POPULATION IN ATTEND-
    5  ANCE AT THE RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION LOCATED IN SUCH  HOST  MUNICIPALITY.
    6  IF  A  RESIDENTIAL  INSTITUTION  IS  LOCATED IN TWO OR MORE HOST MUNICI-
    7  PALITIES, THE AMOUNT OF AID MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDIVISION
    8  SHALL  BE  DISTRIBUTED  AMONG  SUCH  HOST  MUNICIPALITIES PURSUANT TO AN
    9  INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT SETTING FORTH A DISTRIBUTION FORMULA THAT SHALL
   10  BE APPROVED BY EACH OF THE  LEGISLATIVE  BODIES  OF  SUCH  HOST  MUNICI-
   11  PALITIES.
   12    4.  PAYMENTS  MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE ON OR BEFORE
   13  JULY FIRST OF EACH YEAR.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.