Assembly Bill A6290

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the public safety surcharge; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A6290 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4560
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §186-f sub 5 ¶(a), amd §186-f, Tax L

2023-A6290 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes language requiring the state from moving public safety surcharge funds into the state general fund; increases from seventy-five million dollars to one million dollars available for grants or reimbursements to counties for the development, consolidation, or operation of public safety communications systems or networks designed to support statewide interoperable communications for first responders.

2023-A6290 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6290
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the public safety surcharge;
   and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 186-f of the tax
 law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 of section 186-f of the  tax  law,
 as amended by section 38 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  Up to the sum of [seventy-five] ONE HUNDRED million dollars annu-
 ally may be used for the provision of grants or reimbursements to  coun-
 ties  for  the development, consolidation, or operation of public safety
 communications systems or networks designed to support statewide  inter-
 operable communications for first responders, to be distributed pursuant
 to  standards  and  guidelines  issued  by  the state. Annual grants may
 consider costs borne by a municipality related to the issuance of  local
 public  safety  communications  bonds  pursuant  to  section twenty-four
 hundred thirty-two of the public authorities law, when the  municipality
 has  qualified  as  an approved participant in a statewide interoperable
 communications system under the standards and guidelines issued  by  the
 state,  and maintains compliance with such standards and guidelines. The
 grant amount will be prescribed pursuant to an agreement with the  muni-
 cipality,  and may not exceed thirty percent of the annual cost borne by
 the municipality in relation to such bonds;
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09330-01-3

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