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Senate Bill S5888

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the state to pay local municipalities' share of the costs not covered by municipal public assistance from the federal government

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2011-S5888 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8654
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง29-i, Exec L

2011-S5888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state to pay local municipalities' share of the costs not covered by municipal public assistance from the federal government where the President has issued a disaster declaration in the state for weather related conditions between 8/26/2011-9/12/2011.

2011-S5888 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5888

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                           September 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the state to
  pay local municipalities' share of the costs not covered by  municipal
  public assistance from the federal government

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

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  29-i
to read as follows:
  S  29-I.  STATE CONTRIBUTION OF AID.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF
LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS ISSUED
A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR ONE OR MORE COUNTIES OR OTHER  MUNICIPALITIES
IN  THE STATE FOR WEATHER RELATED CONDITIONS ON AND BETWEEN AUGUST TWEN-
TY-SIXTH, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN AND SEPTEMBER TWELFTH, TWO THOUSAND  ELEV-
EN,  AND  WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHALL PAY SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
THE COSTS, THE STATE IS AUTHORIZED AND  SHALL  PAY  ALL  AUTHORIZED  AND
ELIGIBLE  COSTS OF SUCH COUNTIES OR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES RELATED TO SUCH
DISASTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13424-02-1

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