NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2875

Senate Bill S2875

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the sustainable communities fund

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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 08, 2020	referred to finance
Jan 30, 2019	referred to finance

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2019-S2875 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A581
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Add §99-ff, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A6031
2021-2022: A5862
2023-2024: A5706

2019-S2875 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the sustainable communities fund; authorizes grants to municipal corporations who meet certain requirements for eligible projects that incorporate smart growth principles or utilize climate resilient and environmentally friendly construction techniques.

2019-S2875 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2875

SPONSOR: MAY
 
PURPOSE:

The Sustainable Communities fund will be used to encourage the incorpo-
ration of smart growth principles into planning efforts by munici-
palities and the revitalization of many communities. Smart Growth is the
concept that development should be concentrated in ways that avoid
sprawl which taxes infrastructure networks and poses risks to the
natural environment.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The state finance law shall be amended by adding section
99-ff, which creates a "sustainable communities fund" under control of
the state comptroller and commissioner of environmental conservation.

Section 2. This fund shall only contain monies intended for the Sustain-
able Communities Fund.

Section 3. To qualify for grants, municipalities must incorporate "smart

growth principles" into their comprehensive plans, demonstrate their
proposed projects comply with the comprehensive plans, and have the
ability to match state funding dollar for dollar.

Section 4. Funding shall only be available for projects that use envi-
ronmentally sound construction techniques, utilize smart growth princi-
ples, and consider climate resiliency.

Section 5. The commissioner of environmental conservation may promulgate
rules and regulations to effect the purposes of this section.

Section 6. Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

While parts of the state continue to do well economically, many cities
and rural areas have experienced decline.  In order to revitalize these
urban and rural areas, a fund will be established to meet the infras-
tructure needs of the 21st century. The Sustainable Communities Fund
will be used to encourage smart growth development as a method to revi-
talize areas of the state. These small scale investments have a major
impact by creating walkable communities with nearby public transit,
pedestrian-focused streets with access to downtown businesses for
seniors and shoppers, and by utilizes resilient, environmentally friend-
ly construction techniques

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2016-2017 S.3946-A (Avella); referred to finance
2017-2018: S. 1936 (Avella); referred to finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately provided that the commissioner of
environmental conservation is immediately authorized and directed to
promulgate, amend, and/or repeal any rules and regulations necessary to
implement the provisions of this act on or before its effective date.

2019-S2875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2875
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  establishing  the
   sustainable communities fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 99-ff to read as follows:
   §  99-FF. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
 IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SUSTAINABLE COMMU-
 NITIES FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES APPROPRIATED FOR ITS PURPOSE,
 ALL  OTHER  MONIES CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED TO SUCH FUND PURSUANT TO LAW,
 AND ALL MONIES REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER PROVISIONS  OF  LAW
 TO BE PAID INTO OR CREDITED TO SUCH FUND.
   3.  MONEYS OF SUCH FUND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND SHALL BE USED  FOR  GRANTS  TO  MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATIONS,  AS  THAT  TERM  IS  DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW, FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. TO QUALI-
 FY FOR SUCH GRANTS, MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS SHALL (A)  INCORPORATE  SMART
 GROWTH  PRINCIPLES,  AS  ENUMERATED  IN ARTICLE SIX OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION LAW, INTO THEIR  COMPREHENSIVE  PLANS  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO-A OF THE TOWN LAW, 7-722 OF THE VILLAGE
 LAW,  AND  TWENTY-EIGHT-A  OF THE GENERAL CITY LAW, (B) DEMONSTRATE THAT
 ELIGIBLE PROJECTS CONFORM TO THE COMPREHENSIVE  PLANS,  AND  (C)  DEMON-
 STRATE  THE  ABILITY  TO LEVERAGE ONE DOLLAR IN MATCHING FUNDS FOR EVERY
 DOLLAR OF STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
   4. FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE  LEGISLATURE,  MONIES  OF  THE  FUND
 SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE  ONLY  FOR  DISTRIBUTION TO ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. SUCH
 ELIGIBLE PROJECTS SHALL INCORPORATE SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES  OR  UTILIZE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00660-01-9

 S. 2875                             2
 
 CLIMATE  RESILIENT  AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
 AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CREATING WALKABLE  COMMUNITIES
 INCLUDING THE WIDENING OF SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES, WATERFRONT REVITALI-
 ZATION  PROJECTS  INCLUDING DREDGING, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, COMBATING
 URBAN SPRAWL, AND DEVELOPING MIXED USE COMMUNITIES.
   5. THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION SHALL PROMULGATE ANY
 NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE APPLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION  OF
 ANY FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
 the  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  is  authorized   and
 directed  to  promulgate, amend, and/or repeal any rules and regulations
 necessary to implement the provisions of  this  act  on  or  before  its
 effective date.

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