Bill Text: NY S08958 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8958

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes regional planning council's eligibility to apply for federal and/or state grants.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8374 [S08958 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08958-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8958

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- 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  authorizing
          regional  planning  council's  eligibility to apply for federal and/or
          state grants

          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 3 of section 239-h of the
     2  general municipal law, as added by chapter 451 of the laws of  1997,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  Creation. Any municipal legislative body may collaborate with the
     5  legislative body of a contiguous municipal legislative body to create  a
     6  regional  planning council under this article. The legislative bodies of
     7  the municipalities participating in the regional planning council  shall
     8  adopt  by resolution an agreement setting forth the terms and conditions
     9  of such collaboration. The regional planning council shall be considered
    10  an agency of a political subdivision or  municipality  for  purposes  of
    11  sections  one  hundred  three,  one hundred four and article eighteen of
    12  this chapter [and], articles six and seven of the public  officers  law,
    13  and for the purposes of eligibility for federal and/or state grants.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    15  it shall have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13715-01-3