Assembly Bill A6023

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides that at the close of each fiscal year, five percent of any cash surplus in the general fund shall be transferred to the debt reduction reserve fund

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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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2013-A6023 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §97-rrr, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6518
2011-2012: A3681
2015-2016: A5430
2017-2018: A4741
2019-2020: A5826
2021-2022: A8303
2023-2024: A2490

2013-A6023 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that at the close of each fiscal year, five percent of any cash surplus in the general fund shall be transferred to the debt reduction reserve fund.

2013-A6023 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6023

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 13, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the debt reduction
  reserve fund

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

  Section 1. Section 97-rrr of the state  finance  law,  as  amended  by
section  45  of  part H of chapter 56 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 97-rrr. Debt reduction reserve fund. 1. There is hereby  established
in the joint custody of the comptroller and the commissioner of taxation
and  finance a fund to be known as the debt reduction reserve fund. Such
fund shall be established as a [capital  projects]  DEBT  SERVICE  fund,
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  ANY  BALANCE  OF  MONEYS  IN SUCH FUND SHALL NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  SECTION
SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.
  2.  [Such  fund  shall  consist  of all monies credited or transferred
thereto from the general fund or from any other fund or sources pursuant
to law.] AT THE CLOSE OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, A PORTION OF ANY CASH SURPLUS
REMAINING IN THE GENERAL FUND AFTER THE  TRANSFER  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE TRANSFERRED FROM OR RETAINED IN SUCH
FUND  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. THE PORTION TO BE TRANSFERRED TO
THE DEBT REDUCTION RESERVE FUND SHALL BE EQUAL TO FIVE PERCENT  OF  SUCH
SURPLUS  FOR  SUCH  FISCAL YEAR.   FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
CASH SURPLUS SHALL BE DEFINED  AS  THE  AMOUNT  BY  WHICH  GENERAL  FUND
RECEIPTS  IN  A  FISCAL  YEAR  EXCEED  GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES IN SUCH
FISCAL YEAR.
  3. The monies in such fund, following appropriation by the legislature
and allocation by the director of the budget, shall be available for the
[following purposes:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07817-01-3

              

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