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                                   6140
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GALEF, ENGLEBRIGHT, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED,
   MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Governmental
   Operations
 
 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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