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Assembly Bill A7152

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes competitive paperwork reduction project grants

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2015-A7152 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4950
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง54, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7962, S2883
2019-2020: A6140, S359
2021-2022: A6657, S169
2023-2024: S102
2025-2026: S1207

2015-A7152 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes competitive paperwork reduction project grants; provides that such grants may be included for calculations of government efficiency plans.

2015-A7152 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7152

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the state finance  law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the
  "digital  home  act" to assist municipalities with paperwork reduction
  initiatives

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known as the "digital home act".
  S  2.  Subparagraphs  (vi),  (vii),  (viii) and (ix) of paragraph o of
subdivision 10 of section 54 of the state  finance  law  are  renumbered
subparagraphs (vii), (viii), (ix) and (x) and a new subparagraph (vi) is
added to read as follows:
  (VI) PAPERWORK REDUCTION PROJECT GRANTS. (1) WITHIN THE ANNUAL AMOUNTS
APPROPRIATED  THEREFOR,  THE  SECRETARY  OF  STATE MAY AWARD COMPETITIVE
GRANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES TO COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCING  PAPER-
WORK USAGE AND IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL ALTERNATIVES TO PAPER.
  (2) THE MAXIMUM PAPERWORK REDUCTION PROJECT GRANT SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MUNICIPALITY.
  (3)  LOCAL  MATCHING  FUNDS  EQUAL TO TEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COST OF
ACTIVITIES UNDER THE GRANT WORK PLAN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SHALL BE REQUIRED.
  (4) GRANTS AWARDED TO MUNICIPALITIES PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH MAY
BE INCLUDED IN CALCULATIONS TO DEMONSTRATE THREE YEAR COST  SAVINGS  AND
EFFICIENCIES  FOR  GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR
OF THE BUDGET PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND FOUR OF SECTION THREE-D
OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03922-01-5

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