S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   7000
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 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,
 subject  to  the  provisions  of this article, towards the promotion and
 establishment of such zones.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 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.