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Senate Bill S1207

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to grants to local governments for the reduction of paperwork

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2025-S1207 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §164-e, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4950
2017-2018: S2883
2019-2020: S359
2021-2022: S169
2023-2024: S102

2025-S1207 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes competitive paperwork reduction project grants; provides that such grants may be included for calculations of government efficiency plans.

2025-S1207 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1207 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1207
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. TEDISCO, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 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. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 164-e
 to read as follows:
   § 164-E. 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.
   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.
                                                            LBD01834-01-5

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