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Assembly Bill A6249

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the allocation of the funds from wireless communications surcharges imposed by a county containing a city having a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more persons

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2019-A6249 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4589
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §186-g, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7680

2019-A6249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the allocation of the funds from wireless communications surcharges imposed by a county containing a city having a population of one hundred and twenty-five thousand or more persons.

2019-A6249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6249
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the allocation of the funds
   from wireless communications surcharges imposed by a county containing
   a city having a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more
   persons

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 9 of section 186-g of the tax law, as added by
 section 3 of part EEE of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   9.  (A)  All  surcharge monies remitted to the commissioner under this
 section shall be expended only upon  authorization  of  the  legislative
 body  of  a  city  or county that imposes the surcharges pursuant to the
 authority of subdivision two of this section, and only  for  payment  of
 system  costs, eligible wireless 911 service costs, or other costs asso-
 ciated with  the  administration,  design,  installation,  construction,
 operation,  or maintenance of public safety communications networks or a
 system to provide enhanced wireless 911 service  serving  such  city  or
 county,  including, but not limited to, hardware, software, consultants,
 financing and other acquisition costs. Such city or county  shall  sepa-
 rately account for and keep adequate books and records of the amount and
 object or purpose of all expenditures of all such monies. If, at the end
 of  any  fiscal  year,  the  total amount of all such monies exceeds the
 amount necessary for payment of the above mentioned costs in such fiscal
 year, such excess shall be reserved and carried over for the payment  of
 those costs in the following fiscal year.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, A COUNTY THAT INCLUDES A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF  ONE  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  OR  MORE PEOPLE SHALL DISTRIBUTE A PORTION OF THE
 SURCHARGE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE COUNTY TO SUCH CITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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