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                                  6564--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  recommitted
   to  the  Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to enhanced aid and
   incentives for municipalities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 54 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. A. ENHANCED AID AND INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES.   NOTWITHSTAND-
 ING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY, THE PAYMENT OF ENHANCED AID AND INCENTIVES FOR
 MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE SUPPORT OF  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  FOR  STATE  FISCAL
 YEARS  COMMENCING  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND NINETEEN AND THEREAFTER,
 SHALL BE PAID FROM AN APPROPRIATION MADE FOR THE ENHANCED AID AND INCEN-
 TIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THE AID TO LOCALITIES BUDG-
 ET FOR SUCH STATE FISCAL YEARS IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION. ENHANCED AID AND INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES WILL BE APPORTIONED
 TO ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITIES BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET ON A PER-CAPITA
 BASIS, BASED ON POPULATION.  MUNICIPALITIES  IN  TIER  1  WOULD  RECEIVE
 EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE APPROPRIATION PROVIDED ANNUALLY AND MUNICIPALITIES
 IN  TIER  2  WOULD  RECEIVE TWENTY PERCENT OF THE APPROPRIATION PROVIDED
 ANNUALLY.
   B. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESS-
 LY STATED:
   (I) "MUNICIPALITIES" MEANS A CITY WITH  A  POPULATION  LESS  THAN  ONE
 MILLION, TOWN OR VILLAGE.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11901-02-8

              

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   (II)  "ENHANCED  AID  AND  INCENTIVES FOR MUNICIPALITIES" MEANS AID IN
 ADDITION TO THE TOTAL OF ALL AID PAYABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (III)  "POPULATION"  MEANS  POPULATION DATA BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT
 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS.
   (IV) "PER CAPITA BASIS" MEANS THE AMOUNT OF THE APPROPRIATION PROVIDED
 ANNUALLY DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION OF THE ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITY.
   (V) "TIER 1" MEANS A TOWN WITH A POPULATION EQUAL TO FIFTEEN  THOUSAND
 OR  LESS OR A VILLAGE WITH A POPULATION EQUAL TO TEN THOUSAND OR LESS OR
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION EQUAL TO TWENTY THOUSAND OR LESS.
   (VI) "TIER 2" MEANS A TOWN WITH  A  POPULATION  GREATER  THAN  FIFTEEN
 THOUSAND  OR  A VILLAGE WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN TEN THOUSAND OR A
 CITY WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN TWENTY THOUSAND AND  LESS  THAN  ONE
 MILLION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect April 1, 2019, subject to appropri-
 ation for the enhanced aid and  incentives  for  municipalities  in  the
 2019-2020 enacted state budget; provided that the director of the budget
 shall  notify  the  legislative bill drafting commission upon the occur-
 rence of such an appropriation for the enhanced aid and  incentives  for
 municipalities  in  the 2019-2020 enacted state budget in order that the
 commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective  data  base  of
 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 effectuating  the  provisions  of  section 44 of the legislative law and
 section 70-b of the public officers law.