Bill Text: NY S05251 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5251 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Exempts certain distributions of revenues from the twelve-county/downstate portion of the metropolitan mass transportation operating assistance account from certain reductions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S05251 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05251-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5251

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 26, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 exempting  certain
          distributions  of revenues from the twelve-county/downstate portion of
          the metropolitan mass transportation operating assistance account from
          certain reductions

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  7 of section 23 of the state finance law, as
     2  added by section 24 of part JJ of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2020,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (d)  The  following  types of appropriations shall be exempt from such
     5  reduction pursuant to this subdivision: (i) public  assistance  payments
     6  for  families  and individuals and payments for eligible aged, blind and
     7  disabled persons related  to  supplemental  social  security;  (ii)  any
     8  reductions  that  would  violate  federal  law;  (iii)  payments of debt
     9  service and related expenses for which  the  state  is  constitutionally
    10  obligated  to pay debt service or is contractually obligated to pay debt
    11  service, subject to an appropriation, including where the  state  has  a
    12  contingent  contractual  obligation;  [and]  (iv)  payments the state is
    13  obligated to make  pursuant  to  court  orders  or  judgments;  and  (v)
    14  distributions  of  revenues  from the twelve-county/downstate portion of
    15  the metropolitan mass transportation  operating  assistance  account  as
    16  defined by subdivision seven of section eighty-eight-a of this chapter.
    17    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
    18  ments to subdivision 7 of section 23 of the state finance  law  made  by
    19  section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision
    20  and shall be deemed repealed therewith.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02774-01-1