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                                  2963

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 30, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the public  safety  communi-
  cations  surcharge and repealing certain provisions of such law relat-
  ing thereto

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 6 of section 186-f of the tax law is REPEALED
and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
  6. DISTRIBUTION. THE MONIES COLLECTED FROM THE  SURCHARGE  IMPOSED  BY
THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
  (A)  FIFTY-EIGHT  AND  THREE-TENTHS  PERCENT  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR THE
PROVISION OF 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,  INCLUDING  NEXT  GENERATION  911,  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; AND
  (B) FORTY-ONE AND SEVEN-TENTHS PERCENT SHALL BE  JOINTLY  APPORTIONED,
PURSUANT  TO  RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, TO:
(I) THE STATE POLICE, (II) THE NEW YORK STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES REVOLV-
ING LOAN FUND, (III) PROVIDE FOR THE COSTS OF DEBT SERVICE FOR BONDS AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02813-01-5
              

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NOTES ISSUED TO FINANCE EXPEDITED DEPLOYMENT  FUNDING  PURSUANT  TO  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE OF THE COUNTY LAW AND
SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE-H OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, AND
(IV)  PROVIDE  FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES THAT SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS AND
MISSION OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY  SERVICES  AS
APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law;  provided,  however,  that
effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
tive  date  is  authorized  and  directed to be made and completed on or
before such effective date.