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                                   6052
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LAWRENCE, NORRIS, MORINELLO -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the public  safety  communi-
   cations  surcharge and repealing certain provisions of such law relat-
   ing thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 6 of section 186-f of the tax law is REPEALED
 and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
   6. DISTRIBUTION. THE MONIES COLLECTED FROM THE  SURCHARGE  IMPOSED  BY
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
   (A)  FIFTY-EIGHT  AND  THREE-TENTHS  PERCENT  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR THE
 PROVISION OF GRANTS OR REIMBURSEMENTS TO COUNTIES FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT,
 CONSOLIDATION,  OR  OPERATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS OR
 NETWORKS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS  FOR
 FIRST  RESPONDERS,  INCLUDING  NEXT  GENERATION  911,  TO BE DISTRIBUTED
 PURSUANT TO STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ISSUED BY THE STATE. ANNUAL  GRANTS
 MAY  CONSIDER  COSTS  BORNE BY A MUNICIPALITY RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF
 LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS BONDS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, WHEN THE  MUNICIPALITY
 HAS  QUALIFIED  AS  AN APPROVED PARTICIPANT IN A STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE
 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UNDER THE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ISSUED  BY  THE
 STATE,  AND MAINTAINS COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES. THE
 GRANT AMOUNT WILL BE PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE  MUNI-
 CIPALITY,  AND MAY NOT EXCEED THIRTY PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL COST BORNE BY
 THE MUNICIPALITY IN RELATION TO SUCH BONDS; AND
   (B) FORTY-ONE AND SEVEN-TENTHS PERCENT SHALL BE  JOINTLY  APPORTIONED,
 PURSUANT  TO  RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, TO:
 (I) THE STATE POLICE, (II) THE NEW YORK STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES REVOLV-
 ING LOAN FUND, (III) PROVIDE FOR THE COSTS OF DEBT SERVICE FOR BONDS AND
 NOTES ISSUED TO FINANCE EXPEDITED DEPLOYMENT  FUNDING  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD07107-01-9

 A. 6052                             2
 
 PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE OF THE COUNTY LAW AND
 SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-H OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, AND
 (IV) PROVIDE FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES THAT SUPPORT THE  OPERATIONS  AND
 MISSION  OF  THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AS
 APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.