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                                   1405
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 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-SIX. A MUNICIPALITY
 SHALL RECEIVE FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  COST  OF  OTHERWISE  UNREIMBURSED
 REPAIRS  FROM DAMAGES INCURRED DUE TO SUCH FLOODING, PROVIDED THE APPRO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01735-01-3
              

 A. 1405                             2
 
 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.