Assembly Bill A1612

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes NYS disaster recovery program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A1612 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §53, St Fin L; amd §29-e, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8318
2017-2018: A4196

2015-A1612 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a supplemental state disaster aid program within the NYS emergency assistance program to aid municipalities, residents and businesses that have been otherwise denied assistance from the federal government.

2015-A1612 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1612

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the executive law,  establish-
  ing and administering a supplemental state disaster aid program

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 53 of the  state  finance  law  is
renumbered  subdivision  10  and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as
follows:
  9. IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION,  FUNDS  SHALL  BE
EXPENDED BY THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR
NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTER PREVENTION, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE-E OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  S 2. Section 29-e of the executive law, as added by chapter 603 of the
laws  of  1993,  paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 as amended by section 8,
paragraphs (a), (f) and (g) of subdivision 3 as amended by section 9 and
paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 as amended by section 10 of part
B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  S 29-e. New York state emergency assistance program. 1.  For  purposes
of this section the following terms shall have the following meanings:
  (a)  "Infrastructure"  shall mean and include publicly owned storm and
sanitary sewers, water supply systems, drainage systems,  transportation
systems, roads and bridges.
  (b)  "Municipality"  shall  mean any county, city, village, or town of
the state.
  (c) "Public facilities" shall mean and include publicly  owned  build-
ings,  including  traditional government buildings, such as courthouses,
firehouses, police stations, parks, recreational facilities, and correc-
tional facilities.
  (d) "Fund" shall mean the state's contingency reserve fund established
by law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05621-01-5
              

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