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                                   8473
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. MORELLE, LUPARDO, SCHIMMINGER, HARRIS, JAFFEE,
   GOTTFRIED, THIELE, D'URSO -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT relating to making public television and radio stations eligible
   for funding under the state and municipal facilities program;  and  to
   amend  chapter  54  of the laws of 2017, enacting the Capital Projects
   budget, in relation to including public television and radio stations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  For  the state fiscal year 2017-18 and thereafter, public
 television and radio stations shall be eligible for any monies appropri-
 ated to the state and municipal facilities program for  the  payment  of
 capital costs.
   §  2.  That part, entitled "MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND
 AGENCIES", of section 1 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2017, enacting  the
 "Capital  Projects Budget", is amended by adding thereto the items here-
 inbelow set forth in italic and is amended  by  deleting  therefrom  the
 items hereinbelow set forth in brackets as follows:
                  STATE AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PROGRAM
 
                         CAPITAL PROJECTS 2017-18
 
                                         APPROPRIATIONS  REAPPROPRIATIONS
 
   Capital Projects Funds - Other .....     385,000,000     1,253,250,000
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     All Funds ........................     385,000,000     1,253,250,000
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 STATE AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PROGRAM (CCP) ............... 385,000,000
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  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   Capital Projects Funds - Other
   Capital Projects Fund
   State and Municipal Facilities Purpose
 
 For   payment   of   the  capital  costs  of
   construction, improvement,  rehabilitation
   or  reconstruction  of facilities owned by
   eligible  entities;  the  acquisition   of
   capital  facilities and assets by eligible
   entities, including fixed capital  assets;
   the  acquisition  by  eligible entities of
   equipment  and   other   capital   assets,
   including  vehicles, in support of health,
   safety,  technology,  or  innovation;  the
   acquisition by an eligible entity of capi-
   tal  assets with a useful life of not less
   than ten  years  purchased  for  the  sole
   purpose   of   preserving  and  protecting
   infrastructure that is  owned,  controlled
   or  appurtenant  to  an  eligible  entity,
   including but not limited  to  heavy  duty
   road  maintenance  and  construction vehi-
   cles, pavers, snow plows, street  sweepers
   and  heavy  duty  fire, emergency response
   and  law  enforcement  vehicles;  economic
   development   projects  sponsored  by  the
   state  or   municipal   corporations,   as
   defined in section 2 of the general munic-
   ipal  law, that will create or retain jobs
   in New York  state  as  certified  by  the
   commissioner of the department of economic
   development;   or  environmental  projects
   sponsored by the state or municipal corpo-
   rations as defined in  section  2  of  the
   general  municipal law.  Eligible entities
   shall  consist  of  the  state;  municipal
   corporations  as  defined  in section 2 of
   the general municipal law; water and sewer
   districts; the Metropolitan Transportation
   Authority; a college or university  estab-
   lished  pursuant  to  section  352  of the
   education law, section 6203 of the  educa-
   tion  law or section 6302 of the education
   law; an independent not-for-profit  insti-
   tution  of  higher education as defined in
   subdivision  2  of  section  6401  of  the
   education  law;  public  school districts;
   public   housing    authorities;    public
   libraries and library systems chartered by
   the  regents  of  the state of New York or
   established by an act of the  legislature;
   PUBLIC TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS CHAR-
   TERED  BY  THE REGENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
   YORK; public park conservancies or not for
   profit  corporations  organized  for   the
   purpose of investing in parks owned by the

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   state   or   municipal   corporations,  as
   defined in section 2 of the general munic-
   ipal law; not for profit  fire  districts,
   fire  commissions,  fire  companies,  fire
   departments, volunteer  rescue  and  ambu-
   lance   squads;  and  special  act  school
   districts, schools for the blind and  deaf
   and   other   students  with  disabilities
   subject to article  85  of  the  education
   law, and private schools for students with
   disabilities  authorized pursuant to chap-
   ter 853 of the laws of 1976.
 Costs may include, but shall not be  limited
   to   engineering  services,  construction,
   project management, right-of-way  acquisi-
   tion,  and  work appurtenant and ancillary
   thereto. No funds from this  appropriation
   may  be  used  as  a  required match or be
   considered a local share  to  other  state
   programs  or  to  leverage  state  aid  or
   grants including but not  limited  to  the
   apportionment  of  aid under the education
   law.  Notwithstanding any provision of law
   to the contrary, funds appropriated herein
   may, subject to the approval of the direc-
   tor of the budget,  be  (i)  interchanged,
   (ii)  transferred  from this appropriation
   to any other appropriation  of  any  state
   department,   agency   or  public  benefit
   corporation, or (iii) suballocated to  any
   other  state  department, agency or public
   benefit  corporation,  to   achieve   this
   purpose (SM0117SM) ......................... 385,000,000
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   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2017.