Bill Text: NY S06445 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the county-wide shared services initiative and enhances the flexibility within.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-16 - SIGNED CHAP.294 [S06445 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6445

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 29, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  enhancing
          flexibility  within the county-wide shared services initiative; and to
          repeal certain provisions of the general municipal law relating there-
          to

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

     1    Section  1. Subdivision   2 of section 239-bb of the general municipal
     2  law, as added by section 1 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    2. County-wide shared services panels. a. There shall be a county-wide
     5  shared services panel in each county consisting of the county  CEO,  and
     6  one  representative  from  each  city,  town  [and],  village and school
     7  district in the county. The chief executive officer of each  town,  city
     8  and  village  shall  be  the  representative to a panel and shall be the
     9  mayor, if a city or a village, or shall be the supervisor,  if  a  town.
    10  In  the  case of a school district, a representative shall be elected by
    11  majority vote of the school board to serve as the representative of such
    12  school district. The county CEO shall serve as chair. All panels  estab-
    13  lished  in each county pursuant to part BBB of chapter fifty-nine of the
    14  laws of two thousand seventeen, and prior to the enactment of this arti-
    15  cle, shall continue in satisfaction of this section in such form as they
    16  were established, provided that the county CEO may alter the  membership
    17  of the panel consistent with paragraph b of this subdivision.
    18    b.  The  county CEO may invite any [school district,] board of cooper-
    19  ative educational services, fire district, fire protection district,  or
    20  special  improvement  district  in the county to join a panel. Upon such
    21  invitation, the governing body of such [school district,] board of coop-
    22  erative educational services, fire district, fire  protection  district,
    23  or  other  special  district  may  accept such invitation by selecting a

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10944-01-1
        S. 6445                             2

     1  representative of such governing body, by majority vote, to serve  as  a
     2  member of the panel. Such [school district,] board of cooperative educa-
     3  tional  services,  fire  district,  fire  protection  district  or other
     4  special  district  shall  maintain  such  representation until the panel
     5  either approves a plan or transmits a  statement  to  the  secretary  of
     6  state  on the reason the panel did not approve a plan, pursuant to para-
     7  graph d of subdivision seven of this section. Upon approval of a plan or
     8  a transmission of a statement to the secretary of state that a panel did
     9  not approve a plan in any calendar year, the county CEO  may,  but  need
    10  not,  invite  any  [school  district,]  board of cooperative educational
    11  services, fire district, fire protection district or special improvement
    12  district in the county to join a panel thereafter convened.
    13    § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 239-bb of the general municipal law,  as
    14  added  by  section  1  of  part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018, is
    15  amended to read as follows:
    16    8. For each county, new shared services actions [not included]  in  [a
    17  previously]  an  approved and submitted plan pursuant to this section or
    18  part BBB of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of  two  thousand  seventeen,
    19  may  be  eligible for funding to match savings from such action, subject
    20  to available appropriation. Savings that are actually  and  demonstrably
    21  realized  by the participating local governments are eligible for match-
    22  ing funding. For actions that are part of an approved  plan  transmitted
    23  to  the secretary of state in accordance with paragraph b of subdivision
    24  seven of this section, savings achieved [from] during either: (i)  Janu-
    25  ary  first through December thirty-first from new actions implemented on
    26  or after January first through December thirty-first of the  year  imme-
    27  diately following an approved [and transmitted] plan, or (ii) July first
    28  of  the year immediately following an approved plan through June thirti-
    29  eth of the subsequent year from new actions implemented  July  first  of
    30  the  year  immediately following an approved plan through June thirtieth
    31  of the subsequent year may be eligible for matching  funding.  Only  net
    32  savings  between local governments for each action would be eligible for
    33  matching funding. Savings from internal efficiencies or any other action
    34  taken by a local government without the participation of  another  local
    35  government are not eligible for matching funding. Each county and all of
    36  the  local  governments within the county that are part of any action to
    37  be implemented as part of an approved plan must collectively  apply  for
    38  the matching funding and agree on the distribution and use of any match-
    39  ing funding in order to qualify for matching funding.  Each county shall
    40  be  authorized to submit one consolidated application for matching funds
    41  for each approved and transmitted plan. All  actions  from  a  plan  for
    42  which  matching funds will be requested shall adhere to the same twelve-
    43  month period beginning either January first or July first. The secretary
    44  of state shall develop the application with any  necessary  requirements
    45  for receipt of state matching funds.
    46    §  3. Subdivision 11 of section 239-bb of the general municipal law is
    47  REPEALED.
    48    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.