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Assembly Bill A7962A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to grants to local governments for the reduction of paperwork

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2017-A7962 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2883
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 7 §171, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7152, S4950
2019-2020: A6140, S359
2021-2022: A6657, S169
2023-2024: S102
2025-2026: S1207

2017-A7962 - Summary

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

2017-A7962 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7962
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
   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".
   §  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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD06488-01-7

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2017-A7962A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2883
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 7 §171, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7152, S4950
2019-2020: A6140, S359
2021-2022: A6657, S169
2023-2024: S102
2025-2026: S1207

2017-A7962A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A7962A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7962--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to grants to assist local
   governments with reducing paper

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 7 of the executive law is amended by adding  a  new
 section 171 to read as follows:
   §  171. GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE REDUCTION OF PAPER USE. 1.
 WITHIN THE ANNUAL AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, THE SECRETARY OF  STATE
 MAY AWARD GRANTS ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN ORDER TO
 REDUCE  PAPER  USAGE AND TO IMPLEMENT DIGITAL ALTERNATIVES TO PAPER. THE
 SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL  BY  REGULATION  ESTABLISH  CRITERIA  FOR  SUCH
 COMPETITIVE GRANTS, WHICH SHALL AT A MINIMUM:
   (A)  PROVIDE  THAT THE MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN THOU-
 SAND DOLLARS PER LOCAL GOVERNMENT;
   (B) REQUIRE LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS EQUAL TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT  OF  THE
 TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUCH GRANT; AND
   (C)  ESTABLISH  AN APPLICATION, EVALUATION, AND AWARD PROCESS FOR SUCH
 GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL BE COMPETITIVE AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
   2. GRANTS AWARDED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 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.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "LOCAL GOVERNMENT" SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION THREE-C  OF  THE  GENERAL  MUNICIPAL
 LAW.
   §  2.  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.

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