NY State Senate Bill 2017-S7701

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2017-S7701 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Ren §119-u to be §119-z, add §§119-u - 119-y, Gen Muni L

2017-S7701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the intermunicipal cooperation and shared services pilot program.

2017-S7701 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7701

SPONSOR: MARCHIONE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation
to intermunicipal cooperation for the purposes of shared services; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would establish an intermunicipal cooperation and shared
services pilot program to authorize local governments, school districts,
board of cooperative educational services, fire districts, library
districts and special districts to establish intermunicipal cooperation
and shared services agreements.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This bill would expand Article 5-J of the General Municipal Law, so as
to add new sections 119-U, 119-V, 119-W, 119-X and 119-Y, and to renum-
ber the current section 119-U as 119-Z, establish an intermunicipal
cooperation and shared services pilot program to authorize local govern-

ments, school districts, board of cooperative educational services, fire
districts, library districts and special districts to establish intermu-
nicipal cooperation and shared services agreements.

More specifically, this bill would expressly:

*Establish a new intermunicipal cooperation and shared services pilot
program, with a five year sunset;

*Declare the Legislative Intent for this new program and the importance
of an intermunicipal cooperation and shared services;

*Establish program definitions;

*Authorize sharing entities (local governments, school districts, board
of cooperative educational services, fire districts, library districts
and special districts) to contract for delineated intermunicipal cooper-
ation and shared services;

*Establish jurisdictional limitations for such intermunicipal cooper-
ation and shared services agreements;

*Define subject matter areas for such intermunicipal cooperation and
shared services agreements, including Transportation maintenance and
construction services; Water, Sanitary Sewer and Storm Sewer System
maintenance and construction services; Governmental Administrative
Services; Justice Services; Tax Collection and Assessment Services;
Planning Services; Environmental Services; and Recreational Services.

*Establish procedures for the establishment of such intermunicipal coop-
eration and shared services agreements;

*Authorize school districts and BOCES to participate in intermunicipal
cooperation and shared services agreements;

*Require state departments, divisions, offices, agencies and public
authorities, to respond to requests for assistance from any sharing

entity, with respect to such entity's efforts to cooperate and/or share
services and programs; and

*Require all sharing entities that establish a intermunicipal cooper-
ation or shared services agreement under this article to report the
terms, benefits, duration, and savings resulting from such cooperation
or shared services to the office of the secretary of state, and require
the secretary of state to annually produce an annual report on this
pilot program detailing all the cooperation and shared services activ-
ities taking place under this pilot program.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Local governments provide many important and indispensable services and
programs to the people of the state of New York. The provision of these
services and programs, however, can sometimes be made more affordable,
efficient, effective and constituent friendly. One mechanism to accom-
plish this goal, and to reduce the real property tax burden on homeown-
ers, is by means of intermunicipal cooperation and/or the sharing of
such services and programs.

Although current law does allow for the establishment of intermunicipal
cooperation and shared services agreements in some instances, legal
barriers do exist which prevent the easy and achievable execution of
such agreements, in order to take advantage of economies of scale,
geographical benefits, and expertise in reasonable areas of cooperation.

This bill seeks to facilitate, on a pilot program basis, such intermu-
nicipal cooperation and/or the sharing of services and programs, where
doing such would make the delivery of such services and programs more
affordable, efficient, effective and constituent friendly. Accordingly,
it makes the necessary changes in state law, to expressly authorize
these important agreements, in reasonable areas of cooperation, in an
achievable manner for the local governments involved, while still main-
taining important procedural safeguards, for public participation
through hearings and reports, and majority votes of all impacted,
elected governing bodies.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None Noted.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first day of January 2019, and shall
expire and be deemed repealed on January 1, 2024; provided, however that
any agreement entered into by sharing entities pursuant to this act
shall remain in full force and effect after such expiration and repeal.

2017-S7701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7701
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to intermunicipal
   cooperation for the purposes of shared services; and providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 119-u of the general municipal  law  is  renumbered
 section  119-z,  and  five  new  sections 199-u, 119-v, 119-w, 119-x and
 119-y are added to read as follows:
   § 119-U. INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND SHARED SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM.
 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DETERMINES  THAT  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTS  PROVIDE  MANY  IMPORTANT  AND  INDISPENSABLE  SERVICES  AND
 PROGRAMS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE LEGISLATURE FURTHER
 FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT  FREQUENTLY  THE  PROVISION  OF  SERVICES  AND
 PROGRAMS CAN BE MADE MORE AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND CONSTITU-
 ENT  FRIENDLY  BY MEANS OF INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND/OR THE SHARING
 OF SUCH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. THE LEGISLATURE  ADDITIONALLY  FINDS  AND
 DETERMINES,  THAT  TO  FACILITATE SUCH INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND/OR
 THE SHARING OF SUCH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, WHERE DOING SUCH  WOULD  MAKE
 THE  DELIVERY  OF SUCH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS MORE AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENT,
 EFFECTIVE AND CONSTITUENT FRIENDLY, CHANGES NEED TO  BE  MADE  IN  STATE
 LAW,  TO  EXPRESSLY  AUTHORIZE THE INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND/OR THE
 SHARING OF SUCH SERVICES.  IT SHALL BE THE INTENT  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  TO
 ESTABLISH  A PILOT PROGRAM, TO MAKE SUCH NECESSARY CHANGES IN STATE LAW,
 AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPORTING OF THE RESULTS OF THESE CHANGES OVER  A
 DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME.
   2.  PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO
 THE CONTRARY, THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED AN INTERMUNICIPAL  COOPERATION
 AND  SHARED  SERVICES  PILOT  PROGRAM.  IT  SHALL  BE THE INTENT OF THIS
 PROGRAM TO FACILITATE THE  ABILITY  OF  SHARING  ENTITIES  TO  COOPERATE
 AND/OR  SHARE  SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, SO AS TO DELIVER SUCH SERVICES AND
 PROGRAMS IN A MORE  AFFORDABLE,  EFFICIENT,  EFFECTIVE  AND  CONSTITUENT
 FRIENDLY  MANNER.  THE  EXTENT  AND  LIMITATIONS OF THE AUTHORIZATION OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14707-02-8

 S. 7701                             2
 
 COOPERATION AND SHARED SERVICES UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE  IN  ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-W OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  119-V.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT" SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE ANY COUNTY, TOWN, CITY OR
 VILLAGE, EXCEPT THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR THE COUNTIES CONTAINED THEREIN.
   2. "SHARING ENTITY" SHALL  MEAN  AND  INCLUDE  ANY  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT,
 SCHOOL   DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,  FIRE
 DISTRICT, LIBRARY DISTRICT OR SPECIAL DISTRICT, EXCEPT ANY SUCH  SHARING
 ENTITY INCLUDED OR CONTAINED WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   3.  "SPECIAL  DISTRICT"  SHALL  MEAN  AND INCLUDE ANY DISTRICT CREATED
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWELVE OR TWELVE-A OF THE TOWN LAW, OR  GOVERNED  BY
 ARTICLE THIRTEEN OF THE TOWN LAW, OR CREATED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIVE-A,
 FIVE-B  OR FIVE-D OF THE COUNTY LAW, CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF THE
 LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT, OR CHAPTER TWO  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-
 THREE  OF  THE  LAWS  OF NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, AND SHALL INCLUDE
 TOWN IMPROVEMENTS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO ARTICLES THREE-A AND TWELVE-C  OF
 THE TOWN LAW, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY SPECIAL DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY
 OF NEW YORK OR THE COUNTIES CONTAINED THEREIN.
   4.  "AUTHORIZED  SIGNATORY"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERSON  WHO HAS THE LEGAL
 AUTHORITY TO SIGN CONTRACTS ON BEHALF OF THE SHARING ENTITY.
   5. "GOVERNING BODY" SHALL MEAN A COUNTY LEGISLATURE OR COUNTY BOARD OF
 SUPERVISORS FOR A COUNTY; A TOWN BOARD FOR A TOWN; A CITY COUNCIL FOR  A
 CITY;  A VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR A VILLAGE; THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
 FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT; THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES;  THE  BOARD  OF  FIRE  COMMISSIONERS  FOR  A  FIRE
 DISTRICT;  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR A LIBRARY DISTRICT; AND THE BODY OF
 PERSONS DESIGNATED BY LAW TO GOVERN THE DISTRICT FOR A SPECIAL DISTRICT;
 OR WHERE SUCH BODIES HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME OR STRUCTURE, THE  EQUIVALENT
 THEREOF.
   §  119-W. COOPERATION AND SHARED SERVICES PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO ANY
 OTHER AUTHORIZATION FOR INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND SHARED  SERVICES,
 CONTAINED  IN  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY SHARING ENTITY IS HEREBY EMPOWERED
 AND AUTHORIZED TO  CONTRACT  FOR  INTERGOVERNMENTAL  COOPERATION  AND/OR
 SHARED SERVICES, AS FOLLOWS:
   1.  JURISDICTIONAL  LIMITATIONS.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A
 SHARING ENTITY MAY CONTRACT FOR  AN  INTERMUNICIPAL  COOPERATION  AND/OR
 SHARED  SERVICES  AGREEMENT  WITH  ANY  OTHER  SHARING ENTITY WITHIN THE
 FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONAL LIMITATIONS:
   A. A COUNTY MAY CONTRACT WITH ANY OTHER ADJOINING COUNTY, OR WITH  ANY
 OTHER SHARING ENTITY WITHIN THE COUNTY, OR WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE
 ADJOINING  COUNTY  WITH  ANY  OTHER  SHARING ENTITY WITHIN THE ADJOINING
 COUNTY.
   B. A CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE MAY CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY IN WHICH THEY
 RESIDE, OR WITH ANY OTHER SHARING ENTITY WITHIN THE COUNTY, OR WITH  THE
 AUTHORIZATION  OF  THE  ADJOINING  COUNTY  WITH ANY OTHER SHARING ENTITY
 WITHIN THE ADJOINING COUNTY.
   C. A SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES,  FIRE
 DISTRICT,  LIBRARY  DISTRICT  OR  SPECIAL DISTRICT MAY CONTRACT WITH THE
 COUNTY IN WHICH THEY RESIDE, OR WITH ANY OTHER SHARING ENTITY WITHIN THE
 COUNTY, OR WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE ADJOINING COUNTY WITH ANY OTHER
 SHARING ENTITY WITHIN THE ADJOINING COUNTY.
   2. AREAS OF COOPERATION AND SHARED  SERVICES.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  AND  WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL LIMITATIONS PROVIDED FOR BY
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, A SHARING ENTITY MAY CONTRACT  FOR  THE

 S. 7701                             3
 
 FOLLOWING  TYPES  AND  AREAS OF INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND/OR SHARED
 SERVICES:
   A.  TRANSPORTATION  MAINTENANCE  AND  CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INCLUDING
 PAVING; PATCHING; ROADWAY PAINTING; SNOW REMOVAL; ROADWAY BARRIER AND/OR
 GUIDERAIL CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND/OR INSTALLATION; BRIDGE AND/OR TUNNEL
 MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND/OR CONSTRUCTION; OR  ANY  OTHER  TRANSPORTATION
 MAINTENANCE  AND  CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES  WHICH  HAVE  CUSTOMARILY  BEEN
 PROVIDED BY THE SHARING ENTITY.
   B. WATER, SANITARY  SEWER  AND  STORM  SEWER  SYSTEM  MAINTENANCE  AND
 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INCLUDING REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF
 PIPES,  CULVERTS,  AQUEDUCTS,  AND/OR ANY OTHER WATER, SANITARY SEWER OR
 STORM SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE; OR ANY OTHER WATER, SANITARY SEWER OR  STORM
 SEWER  MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WHICH HAVE CUSTOMARILY BEEN
 PROVIDED BY THE SHARING ENTITY.
   C. GOVERNMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING  JOINT  PURCHASING;
 JOINT LEGAL SERVICES; JOINT ACCOUNTING SERVICES; JOINT RECORD MANAGEMENT
 SERVICES;  JOINT  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TELECOMMUNICATION, NETWORK AND
 CYBER SECURITY SERVICES; JOINT PAYROLL SERVICES; JOINT PERSONNEL  TRAIN-
 ING, BENEFIT AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
 JOINT  HEALTH  INSURANCE CONSORTIUMS, ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FORTY-SEVEN OF THE INSURANCE LAW;  AND  ANY  OTHER
 GOVERNMENTAL   ADMINISTRATIVE   SERVICES  WHICH  HAVE  CUSTOMARILY  BEEN
 PROVIDED BY THE SHARING ENTITY.
   D. JUSTICE SERVICES, INCLUDING MERGED OR SHARED TOWN  JUSTICE  COURTS;
 JOINT  ARRAIGNMENT AGREEMENTS; JOINT PRISONER TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENTS;
 MERGED OR SHARED COUNTY JAIL OR JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY  AGREEMENTS;
 OR MERGED OR SHARED E-911 DISPATCH SERVICES.
   E.  TAX COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING MERGED OR SHARED
 RECEIVERS OF TAXES; OR MERGED OR SHARED ASSESSORS, OR  OTHER  ASSESSMENT
 EVALUATION AND/OR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
   F. PLANNING SERVICES, INCLUDING JOINT OR REGIONAL PLANNING SERVICES.
   G.  ENVIRONMENTAL  SERVICES,  INCLUDING  MERGED  OR SHARED SOLID WASTE
 COLLECTION, TRANSPORT, DISPOSAL, INCINERATION, OR LANDFILL SERVICES; AND
 ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WHICH HAVE CUSTOMARILY BEEN PROVIDED BY
 THE SHARING ENTITY.
   H.   RECREATIONAL   SERVICES,    INCLUDING    RECREATIONAL    FACILITY
 CONSTRUCTION,  MAINTENANCE AND/OR OPERATION AND PROGRAMS RELATED TO SUCH
 FACILITIES; PLAYGROUND  AND  ATHLETIC  FIELD  CONSTRUCTION,  MAINTENANCE
 AND/OR  OPERATION; WATERFRONT, PARK, BEACH OR POOL CONSTRUCTION, MAINTE-
 NANCE AND/OR OPERATION, OR PROGRAMS RELATED TO SUCH WATERFRONTS,  PARKS,
 BEACHES  OR  POOLS;  SPORTS  OR ARENA FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE
 AND/OR OPERATION, OR PROGRAMS RELATED TO SUCH SPORTS  OR  ARENA  FACILI-
 TIES;  AND  ANY  OTHER RECREATIONAL SERVICES WHICH HAVE CUSTOMARILY BEEN
 PROVIDED BY THE SHARING ENTITY.
   I. BUILDINGS  AND  GROUNDS  SERVICES,  INCLUDING  JOINT  BUILDING  AND
 GROUNDS  SERVICES TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF
 GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING PAINTING, REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION, REMOD-
 ELING, DESIGN, REDESIGN, AND  RESTORATION  OF  FACILITIES  AND  GROUNDS;
 JOINT  LAWN  CARE,  GARDENING,  AND  LANDSCAPING SERVICES; AND ANY OTHER
 BUILDING AND GROUNDS SERVICES WHICH HAVE CUSTOMARILY  BEEN  PROVIDED  BY
 THE SHARING ENTITY.
   3.  PROCEDURE. A. TO ESTABLISH AN INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION OR SHARED
 SERVICES AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE, AN AUTHORIZED SIGNA-
 TORY OF EVERY SHARING ENTITY PARTICIPATING IN THE AGREEMENT, MUST SIGN A
 WRITTEN AGREEMENT DETAILING:

 S. 7701                             4
 
   (I) THE AREA OR AREAS OF INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION OR SHARED SERVICES
 TO BE PERFORMED IN THE AGREEMENT;
   (II) THE TERMS, DURATION AND DESIGNATED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INTER-
 MUNICIPAL  COOPERATION  OR SHARED SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED IN THE AGREE-
 MENT; AND
   (III) THE AMOUNT, AND DESIGNATION OF THE PARTIES  FOR,  ANY  FINANCIAL
 RESPONSIBILITY  OF  THE INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION OR SHARED SERVICES TO
 BE PERFORMED IN THE AGREEMENT.
   B. NO INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION OR SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT, AUTHOR-
 IZED AND EMPOWERED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, SHALL TAKE EFFECT UNLESS:
   (I) THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT IS SIGNED  BY  AN  AUTHORIZED  SIGNATORY  OF
 EVERY SHARING ENTITY PARTICIPATING IN THE AGREEMENT;
   (II) THE SIGNED, WRITTEN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN WRITTEN RESOL-
 UTION, ADOPTED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF EVERY SHARING
 ENTITY PARTICIPATING IN THE AGREEMENT; AND
   (III)  THE GOVERNING BODY OF EVERY SHARING ENTITY PARTICIPATING IN THE
 AGREEMENT, HAS HELD A PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO ITS VOTE  TO  APPROVE  THE
 WRITTEN RESOLUTION, REQUIRED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   C.  OTHER  THAN  THE  REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE, AND OTHER
 THAN THE REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED IN THE WRITTEN  AGREEMENT  DETAILING  THE
 INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION OR SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT ITSELF, NO SHAR-
 ING  ENTITY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTION TO ESTABLISH
 AN INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION OR SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT,  ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT  TO,  AND  AUTHORIZED  AND EMPOWERED BY, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 ARTICLE. ACCORDINGLY, ANY INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION OR SHARED  SERVICES
 AGREEMENT, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO, AND AUTHORIZED OR EMPOWERED BY, THIS
 ARTICLE  SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE ANY REFERENDUM BY THE VOTERS OF THE SHARING
 ENTITY OR ANY FURTHER ACTION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE, IN ORDER TO RATI-
 FY OR OTHERWISE MAKE EFFECTIVE OR APPROVE THE INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION
 OR SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT.
   4. SCHOOL DISTRICT  AND  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES
 PARTICIPATION  IN  AN  INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND/OR SHARED SERVICES
 AGREEMENT UNDER THE INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND SHARED SERVICES PILOT
 PROGRAM.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  OR  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ANY SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY PARTICIPATE IN
 AN INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND/OR SHARED  SERVICES  AGREEMENT  ESTAB-
 LISHED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  119-X.  STATE  ASSISTANCE.  THE  DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF
 TAXATION AND FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT  AND  CONTROL,  DEPARTMENT  OF
 LAW,  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  AND  ANY OTHER STATE
 DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, OFFICE, AGENCY OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY, SHALL  RESPOND
 TO  REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM ANY SHARING ENTITY WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
 ENTITY'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE AND/OR SHARE  SERVICES  AND  PROGRAMS,  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  119-Y.  REPORTS. EACH SHARING ENTITY THAT FORMALIZES A LEGAL AGREE-
 MENT TO COOPERATE WITH  ANOTHER  SHARING  ENTITY,  OR  THAT  SHARES  ANY
 SERVICE  WITH  ANOTHER SHARING ENTITY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL MAKE A REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE,  IN  THE
 FORM  AND  MANNER,  AND  WITHIN  THE  TIME, PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARY OF
 STATE. SUCH REPORT SHALL  DETAIL  THE  TERMS,  BENEFITS,  DURATION,  AND
 SAVINGS  RESULTING  FROM SUCH COOPERATION OR SHARED SERVICE.  THE SECRE-
 TARY OF STATE SHALL ANNUALLY MAKE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPO-
 RARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, ON OR
 BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF  JANUARY,  DETAILING  ALL  THE  COOPERATION  AND
 SHARED  SERVICES ACTIVITIES OF SHARING ENTITIES UNDER THE INTERMUNICIPAL

 S. 7701                             5
 
 COOPERATION AND SHARED SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH OCCURRED  AND  WERE
 REPORTED  TO  THE SECRETARY OF STATE, DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR, PURSUANT
 TO THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019, and shall expire and
 be deemed repealed January 1, 2024; provided, however that any agreement
 entered into by sharing entities pursuant to this act  shall  remain  in
 full force and effect after such expiration and repeal.

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