Assembly Bill A5918

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities

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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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2021-A5918 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6343
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §54, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8040, S6564
2019-2020: A4728, S3368
2023-2024: A1985, S6908

2021-A5918 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities.

2021-A5918 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5918
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to enhanced aid and
   incentives for municipalities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 54 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. A. ENHANCED AID AND INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES.   NOTWITHSTAND-
 ING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY, THE PAYMENT OF ENHANCED AID AND INCENTIVES FOR
 MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE SUPPORT OF  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  FOR  STATE  FISCAL
 YEARS  COMMENCING  APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND THEREAFTER,
 SHALL BE PAID FROM AN APPROPRIATION MADE FOR THE ENHANCED AID AND INCEN-
 TIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THE AID TO LOCALITIES BUDG-
 ET FOR SUCH STATE FISCAL YEARS IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION. ENHANCED AID AND INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES WILL BE APPORTIONED
 TO ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITIES BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET ON A PER-CAPITA
 BASIS, BASED ON POPULATION.  MUNICIPALITIES  IN  TIER  1  WOULD  RECEIVE
 EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE APPROPRIATION PROVIDED ANNUALLY AND MUNICIPALITIES
 IN  TIER  2  WOULD  RECEIVE TWENTY PERCENT OF THE APPROPRIATION PROVIDED
 ANNUALLY.
   B. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESS-
 LY STATED:
   (I) "MUNICIPALITIES" MEANS A CITY WITH  A  POPULATION  LESS  THAN  ONE
 MILLION, TOWN OR VILLAGE.
   (II)  "ENHANCED  AID  AND  INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES" MEANS AID IN
 ADDITION TO THE TOTAL OF ALL AID PAYABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (III)  "POPULATION"  MEANS  POPULATION DATA BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT
 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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