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                                   8050
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 138 of the laws of 1984 authorizing the  capital
   district  regional planning commission to apply for and accept a grant
   for the establishment, operation  and  maintenance  of  foreign  trade
   zones and foreign trade subzones, in relation to removing the specifi-
   cation of counties in the capital district region
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 138 of the laws of 1984,  relating  to
 authorizing  the  capital district regional planning commission to apply
 for and accept a grant for the establishment, operation and  maintenance
 of foreign trade zones and foreign trade subzones, as amended by chapter
 484 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. The capital district regional planning commission, hereaft-
 er  referred  to  as the commission, may make application to the foreign
 trade zone board established by the act of congress, approved  June  18,
 1934,  entitled  "An Act to provide for the establishment, operation and
 maintenance of foreign trade zones in  ports  of  entry  of  the  United
 States,  to  expedite  and  encourage  foreign  commerce,  and for other
 purposes" for a grant [to the capital district region covering  counties
 of  Albany,  Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga,
 Schenectady, Warren and Washington] for the  privilege  to  have  estab-
 lished,  operated  and  maintained  a  foreign  trade  zone or zones and
 foreign trade subzones [within such counties] pursuant to the provisions
 of such act, and if such application be granted,  to  have  established,
 operated  and  maintained such zone and subzones in accordance with law.
 The capital district regional planning commission may  enter  into  such
 contracts  and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper,
 subject to the provisions of this act, towards the promotion and  estab-
 lishment of such zones and subzones but such commission shall not impose
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 or  incur any financial liability on behalf of [the] PARTICIPATING coun-
 ties [comprising the capital district region] without the prior approval
 of the legislative body of each PARTICIPATING county [of the district].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.