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                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JACOBS,  V. LOPEZ,  J. RIVERA, MARKEY, JOHN,
  ZEBROWSKI, COLTON, DINOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN,
  CAHILL, CHRISTENSEN, DESTITO, ESPAILLAT, FARRELL, GLICK, GORDON, GOTT-
  FRIED, JAFFEE, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, MILLMAN, NOLAN, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  extending  provisions
  providing  for  the  distribution  of  community  services block grant
  program funds by the department of state

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

  Section 1. Section 159-i of the executive law, as amended by section 1
of  part  R  of  chapter  59  of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  S 159-i. Distribution of funds. For federal fiscal year  two  thousand
[nine] TEN at least ninety percent of the community services block grant
funds  received by the state shall be distributed pursuant to a contract
by the secretary to grantees as defined in subdivision  one  of  section
one  hundred  fifty-nine-e  of  this  article.  Each  such grantee shall
receive the same proportion of community services block grant  funds  as
was  the  proportion  of  funds received in federal fiscal year nineteen
hundred eighty-one by such grantee under the federal community  services
administration program account numbers 01 and 05 pursuant to section two
hundred  twenty-one of title II and for migrant and seasonal farm worker
organizations pursuant to section two hundred twenty-two of title II  of
the  economic  opportunity  act  of 1964, as amended, as compared to the
total amount received by all grantees in the state,  under  the  federal
community  services  administration  program  account  numbers 01 and 05
pursuant to section two hundred twenty-one of title II and  for  migrant
and  seasonal  farm worker organizations pursuant to section two hundred

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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twenty-two of title II of such  act  in  federal  fiscal  year  nineteen
hundred eighty-one.
  For  federal fiscal year two thousand nine the secretary shall, pursu-
ant to section one hundred fifty-nine-h of this article, retain not more
than five percent of the community services block grant funds for admin-
istration at the state level.
  For federal fiscal year two thousand nine the remainder of the  commu-
nity  services block grant funds received by the state shall be distrib-
uted pursuant to a contract by the secretary in the following  order  of
preference:  a  sum  of  up  to one-half of one percent of the community
services block grant funds received by the state to  Indian  tribes  and
tribal  organizations  as defined in this article, on the basis of need;
community action agencies established in federal  fiscal  year  nineteen
hundred  eighty-three;  counties  which  do  not have a community action
agency in existence and seek  to  establish  an  organization  which  is
consistent  with  the  objectives of an eligible entity; limited purpose
agencies which had received funding during federal fiscal year  nineteen
hundred  eighty-one  under  section  two hundred twenty-one, section two
hundred twenty-two(a)(4) or section two hundred thirty-two of  title  II
of the economic opportunity act of 1964, as amended; and community based
organizations.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to section 159-i of the executive law made by section one
of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section as  provided
in section 5 of chapter 728 of the laws of 1982, as amended, and section
7 of chapter 710 of the laws of 1983, as amended, and shall be deemed to
expire therewith.