S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9366
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 25, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to the authorized
reimbursement rate paid to governmental entities for local navigation
enforcement expenditures
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 79-b of the navigation law, as
amended by section 1 of part D of chapter 109 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
3. The amount of state aid to be allocated to eligible governmental
entities pursuant to this article shall be determined by the commission-
er as hereinafter provided. The commissioner shall determine the
percentage proportion which the authorized expenditures of each individ-
ual entity, not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars for each county
including municipalities therein, shall bear to the total authorized
expenditures of all entities. Such percentage proportion shall then be
applied against an amount equal to one-half of the total of the amount
received by the state in each preceding program year in vessel registra-
tion fees as provided in section twenty-two hundred fifty-one of the
vehicle and traffic law, less no more than thirty percent, subject to
appropriation, which may be used by the commissioner and the commission-
er of motor vehicles for administrative costs of the program, including
training and equipment, and by the department of environmental conserva-
tion, the division of state police and other state agencies, subject to
the approval of the commissioner, for the purposes of this article, plus
the entire amount received pursuant to subdivision nine of section
forty-four of this chapter. The amount thus determined shall constitute
the maximum amount of state aid to which each such entity shall be enti-
tled; provided, however, that no entity shall receive state aid in an
amount in excess of [fifty] SEVENTY-FIVE percent of its authorized
expenditures as approved by the commissioner for such program year. The
commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount thus determined
for each eligible local governmental entity as the amount of state aid
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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to be apportioned to such eligible local governmental entity. The allo-
cation of state aid to any county, town or village within the Lake
George park shall not be reduced because of the allocation of state aid
to the Lake George park commission. Of the remaining funds received by
the state for the registration of vessels as provided in section twen-
ty-two hundred fifty-one of the vehicle and traffic law, no less than
six percent shall be made available to the commissioner for the expenses
of the office in providing navigation law enforcement training and
administering the provisions of this section.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2016.