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                                   8846
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 22, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the county law, in relation to allowing Wyoming county
   to participate in the Foreign-Trade Zone program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 17 of section 224 of the county law, as amended
 by chapter 651 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   17. The county of Erie may make application to the Foreign-Trade Zones
 Board  established  by  the  act  of Congress, approved June eighteenth,
 nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act to provide for the estab-
 lishment, 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 Erie county of the privilege  to
 have  established,  operated  and maintained, a [foreign trade] FOREIGN-
 TRADE zone or zones within such county, pursuant to  the  provisions  of
 such act, and if such application be granted, to have established, oper-
 ated  and  maintained  such zone in accordance with law including a sub-
 zone to be located in Monroe county which has the  authority  to  create
 said  sub-zone pursuant to chapter five hundred seventy-four of the laws
 of nineteen hundred seventy-six, and a sub-zone to be located in  Catta-
 raugus  county  which has the authority to create said sub-zone pursuant
 to subdivision seventeen-a of this section and a sub-zone to be  located
 in  Chautauqua  county  which  has the authority to create said sub-zone
 pursuant to subdivision twenty-five of this section AND A SUB-ZONE TO BE
 LOCATED IN WYOMING COUNTY WHICH HAS THE AUTHORITY TO  CREATE  SAID  SUB-
 ZONE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE OF THIS SECTION. Said sub-zones
 may  only  be  created  with  the  approval of the governing body of the
 appropriate host  county.  The  county  of  Erie  may  enter  into  such
 contracts  and may appropriate such sums of money as it may deem proper,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 subject to the provisions of this article,  towards  the  promotion  and
 establishment of such zones.
   § 2. Section 224 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 29 to read as follows:
   29.  THE  COUNTY  OF WYOMING MAY MAKE APPLICATION TO THE FOREIGN-TRADE
 ZONES BOARD ESTABLISHED BY THE ACT  OF  CONGRESS,  APPROVED  JUNE  EIGH-
 TEENTH,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  THIRTY-FOUR, 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 WYOMING COUNTY OF  THE
 PRIVILEGE  TO  HAVE ESTABLISHED, OPERATED AND MAINTAINED A FOREIGN-TRADE
 ZONE OR ZONES AND FOREIGN TRADE SUB-ZONE OR SUB-ZONES WITHIN SUCH  COUN-
 TY,  PURSUANT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH ACT, AND IF SUCH APPLICATION BE
 GRANTED, TO HAVE ESTABLISHED, OPERATED AND MAINTAINED SUCH ZONE OR  SUB-
 ZONE  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. THE COUNTY OF WYOMING MAY ENTER INTO SUCH
 CONTRACTS AND MAY APPROPRIATE SUMS OF  MONEY  AS  IT  MAY  DEEM  PROPER,
 SUBJECT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS ARTICLE, TOWARDS THE PROMOTION AND
 ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH ZONES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.