NY State Senate Bill 2009-S2355

Senate Bill S2355

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the use of efficiency incentive grant funds for the Erie county fiscal stability authority

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Jan 06, 2010	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Jun 03, 2009	reported and committed to finance
Feb 18, 2009	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

2009-S2355 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3957-a, Pub Auth L

2009-S2355 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding the use of efficiency incentive grant funds for the Erie county fiscal stability authority.

2009-S2355 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2355

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to expanding
the use of efficiency incentive grant funds for the Erie county fiscal
stability authority


 PURPOSE :

Enactment of this legislation would authorize the use of efficiency
grant funds to include the ability to invest in reforms that create
opportunities for revenue enhancement, as opposed to "cost savings"
only.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Section 3957-a of the public authorities law, as
added by Chapter 182 of the laws of 2005 by adding a provisions
permitting "revenue creating opportunities" to the list of items
eligible for funding under efficiency incentive grants.

 EXISTING LAW :

Under existing law, state funds appropriated for "efficiency grants"

may only be utilized for proposals deemed as "cost saving" to Erie
County government.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority (ECFSA) is a public
authority of the state of New York, and as such has been granted
authority to approve the allocation of certain state funds to promote
efficient government within Erie County. A total of $18 million was
put in the care of the ECFSA to utilize - at the discretion of the
board - efficiency grant funding.

Earlier efforts to utilize such funding for promotion of tourism
through the Buffalo/Niagara Convention & Tourism Bureau, which
consisted of $2.1 million in "startup" funds, was denied as it did not
fill the state requirement of an investment in reform that creates
"cost saving." This is a perfect example of opportunities that exist
for reform in Erie County that are worthy of efficiency grant funding
in the great benefit they offer Erie County taxpayers, but do not meet
the stringent criteria laid out in the efficiency grant legislation.

To date, the bulk of the $18 million in funds designated for
efficiency reforms in Erie County remain initialized.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill - 2007.  2007-08:  Referred to Corporation, Authorities &
Commissions

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to New York State.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S2355 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2355

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STACHOWSKI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Author-
  ities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to expanding the
  use of efficiency incentive grant funds for  the  Erie  county  fiscal
  stability authority

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 3957-a of the public authorities law, as  added  by
chapter 182 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S 3957-a. Efficiency incentive grants. Along with the county financial
plan  commencing  with  the  county's  two thousand six fiscal year, the
county shall develop and submit to the authority a  plan  for  achieving
recurring  savings  through  innovations  and  reengineering. Subject to
appropriations therefor in the state fiscal years two thousand  six--two
thousand  seven  through  two  thousand  ten--two  thousand  eleven, the
authority shall provide grants to support such county cost saving activ-
ities; OR TO SUPPORT OTHER REVENUE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES. State funding
during such five year period shall not exceed fifty million dollars,  or
ten  million  dollars  annually,  for  grants  provided pursuant to this
section and section thirty-eight hundred fifty-seven-a of this  article.
Provided  further,  copies of such county plan shall be submitted to the
director of the budget, the chair of the state senate finance  committee
and the chair of the state assembly ways and means committee.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07910-01-9

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