Senate Bill S4502

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   4502
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 16, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   municipal severe storm relief fund for Rockaway, Queens to be adminis-
   tered by the division of homeland security and emergency services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to
 read as follows:
   § 719. MUNICIPAL SEVERE STORM RELIEF FUND  FOR  ROCKAWAY,  QUEENS.  1.
 THERE  IS  HEREBY ESTABLISHED A MUNICIPAL SEVERE STORM ASSISTANCE RELIEF
 PROGRAM FOR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM  A  SEVERE  STORM
 AND FLOODING WHICH OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER THIRD, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE TO BE
 ADMINISTERED   BY  THE  DIVISION  OF  HOMELAND  SECURITY  AND  EMERGENCY
 SERVICES.
   2. PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM GRANTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE LIMITED TO  PROJECTS  TO  REPAIR  DAMAGE  TO  PUBLIC  INFRASTRUCTURE,
 INCLUDING  PUBLICLY OWNED ROADS, BRIDGES, BOARDWALKS, DRAINAGE AND FLOOD
 MITIGATION SYSTEMS, AND ANY ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY  FOR  THE
 SAFE  OPERATION  OF THE COMPONENTS THEREOF, WITHIN ROCKAWAY, QUEENS WHEN
 SUCH DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF A  SEVERE  STORM  EVENT  ON  OCTOBER
 TWENTY-NINTH,  TWO  THOUSAND TWELVE THROUGH NOVEMBER THIRD, TWO THOUSAND
 TWELVE. IN NO EVENT SHALL FUNDING BE  USED  FOR  INFRASTRUCTURE  REPAIRS
 THAT ARE REQUIRED DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
 SERVICES  SHALL  ESTABLISH  PROCEDURES  FOR  RECEIPT OF APPLICATION FROM
 MUNICIPALITIES AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF GRANTS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION
 WITHIN AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS.  APPLICATIONS FOR SUCH GRANTS SHALL  BE
 SUBMITTED  NO  MORE  THAN EIGHT YEARS AFTER NOVEMBER THIRD, TWO THOUSAND
 TWELVE. A MUNICIPALITY SHALL RECEIVE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE COST OF OTHER-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD02293-01-7

 S. 4502                             2
 
 WISE UNREIMBURSED REPAIRS FROM DAMAGES INCURRED DUE  TO  SUCH  FLOODING,
 PROVIDED  THE  APPROPRIATE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY HAS SUBMITTED APPROPRIATE
 DOCUMENTATION OF SUCH DAMAGE AND HAS FILED AN ATTESTATION WITH THE DIVI-
 SION  INDICATING THAT THE DAMAGE FOR WHICH REPAIRS WERE MADE IS DIRECTLY
 ATTRIBUTABLE TO FLOODING RESULTING FROM THE  OCTOBER  TWENTY-NINTH,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWELVE THROUGH NOVEMBER THIRD, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE STORM.
   4.  FUNDING  FOR  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUE RECEIVED
 PURSUANT TO AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR, AND ANY  OTHER  MONIES  APPROPRI-
 ATED,  CREDITED  OR  TRANSFERRED  FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
 NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  PREVENT  THE  STATE  FROM
 RECEIVING  GRANTS,  GIFTS  OR  BEQUESTS  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM.
 GRANTS SHALL ONLY BE AWARDED BASED UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.