| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 17, 2018 | reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 03, 2018 | referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation returned to senate died in assembly |
| Jun 13, 2017 | referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Jun 12, 2017 | ordered to third reading cal.1533 |
| Jun 08, 2017 | reported and committed to rules |
| May 23, 2017 | reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 09, 2017 | referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation |
senate Bill S1470
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Patty Ritchie
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Pamela Helming
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
Kathleen A. Marchione
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S1470 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7397
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Parks
S1470 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1470
TITLE OF BILL : An act to direct the commissioner of the office of
parks, recreation and historic preservation to develop a plan for the
reimplementation of the barn grant program
PURPOSE :
To direct the Commissioner of the Office of Parks, Recreation, and
Historic Preservation ("Parks") to work with the Office of the State
Comptroller ("OSC") and the New York State Natural Heritage Trust
("NHT") to develop a plan for the reimplementation of the Barn Grant
program of 2000.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
The bill requires the Commissioner of Parks to take steps to ensure
that several proposed improvements to the original Barn Grant Program,
made by the OSC, the NHT, and Parks staff, can be utilized if it was
re-implemented. The Commissioner is directed to evaluate new
application tracks that would accommodate project types not
contemplated by the original program.
JUSTIFICATION :
Re-implementing the Barn Grant program would help to preserve a
S1470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1470
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 9, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
Parks and Recreation
AN ACT to direct the commissioner of the office of parks, recreation and
historic preservation to develop a plan for the reimplementation of
the barn grant program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The commissioner of the office of parks, recreation and
historic preservation is hereby authorized and directed to work with the
state comptroller and the board of the natural heritage trust to develop
a plan for the reimplementation of the barn grant program of the year
two thousand.
§ 2. The commissioner is directed to deliver a report to the chair of
the senate agriculture committee within three months of the effective
date of this act. The report shall make reference to previous audits of
the former program and shall address the overall mandate of this act.
The report shall address the following points:
(a) the viability of giving funds as reimbursement for costs incurred
as opposed to giving funds up-front;
(b) ways to ensure grantees have access to appropriate legal counsel,
or that grantees will be encouraged to seek legal counsel at all stages
of their grant;
(c) the possibility of requiring that grantees submit business plans,
undergo an audit, or otherwise demonstrate the viability of their
venture as a condition of being awarded a grant;
(d) the availability of resources within state agencies to perform
title searches and evaluate deed records;
(e) which, if any, private title search companies and independent
project management groups have already been vetted by the office of
general services;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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