Assembly Bill A1985

2023-2024 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
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2023-A1985 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6908
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
2021-2022: A5918, S6343

2023-A1985 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities; provides that 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.

2023-A1985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1985
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. HAWLEY, SMULLEN, ANGELINO, GALLAHAN, LEMONDES,
   DeSTEFANO -- 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-FOUR  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.
                                                            LBD05215-01-3
              

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