Senate Bill S1470A

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1470--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
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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 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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 BEFORE NOVEMBER THIRD, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO. A MUNICIPALITY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD06339-02-9

 S. 1470--A                          2
 
 SHALL  RECEIVE  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  COST  OF OTHERWISE UNREIMBURSED
 REPAIRS FROM DAMAGES INCURRED DUE TO SUCH FLOODING, PROVIDED THE  APPRO-
 PRIATE  MUNICIPAL  AUTHORITY  HAS SUBMITTED APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION OF
 SUCH  DAMAGE  AND  HAS FILED AN ATTESTATION WITH THE DIVISION 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.