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                                  7694--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on Local Governments -- reported and referred to the Committee on
   Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to extending the
   county-wide shared services initiative and enhancing flexibility with-
   in
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  8 of section 239-bb of the general municipal
 law, as added by section 1 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
   8. For each county, new shared services  actions  not  included  in  a
 previously  approved and submitted plan pursuant to this section or part
 BBB of chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two thousand seventeen, may  be
 eligible  for  funding  to  match  savings  from such action, subject to
 available appropriation. Savings  that  are  actually  and  demonstrably
 realized  by the participating local governments are eligible for match-
 ing funding. For actions that are part of an approved  plan  transmitted
 to  the secretary of state in accordance with paragraph b of subdivision
 seven of this section, savings achieved [from] DURING EITHER: (I)  Janu-
 ary  first through December thirty-first from new actions implemented on
 or after January first through December thirty-first of the  year  imme-
 diately  following  an approved and transmitted plan, OR (II) JULY FIRST
 OF THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY  FOLLOWING  AN  APPROVED  AND  TRANSMITTED  PLAN
 THROUGH  JUNE  THIRTIETH  OF THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR FROM NEW ACTIONS IMPLE-
 MENTED JULY FIRST OF THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY  FOLLOWING  AN  APPROVED  PLAN
 THROUGH JUNE THIRTIETH OF THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR may be eligible for match-
 ing  funding. Only net savings between local governments for each action
 would be eligible for matching funding. Savings from internal  efficien-
 cies or any other action taken by a local government without the partic-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ipation  of another local government are not eligible for matching fund-
 ing. Each county and all of the local governments within the county that
 are part of any action to be implemented as part  of  an  approved  plan
 must  collectively  apply  for  the  matching  funding  and agree on the
 distribution and use of any matching funding in  order  to  qualify  for
 matching funding.
   §  2. Subdivision 9 of section 239-bb of the general municipal law, as
 added by section 1 of part EE of chapter 55 of  the  laws  of  2018,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   9. The department of state shall prepare a report to the governor, the
 temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the
 county-wide  shared  services  plans  approved by the county-wide shared
 services panels created pursuant to part BBB of  chapter  fifty-nine  of
 the  laws  of two thousand seventeen and this article and shall post the
 report on the department's website. Such report shall be provided on  or
 before  June  thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-two] TWENTY-FIVE and shall
 include, but not be limited to, the following:
   a. a detailed summary  of  projects  included  in  county-wide  shared
 services plans by category, such as:
   (1) public health and insurance;
   (2) emergency services;
   (3) sewer, water, and waste management systems;
   (4) energy procurement and efficiency;
   (5) parks and recreation;
   (6) education and workforce training;
   (7) law and courts;
   (8) shared equipment, personnel, and services;
   (9) joint purchasing;
   (10) governmental reorganization;
   (11) transportation and highway departments; and
   (12) records management and administrative functions.
   b. for each of the counties the following information:
   (1)  a  detailed  summary  of  each  of  the  savings plans, including
 revisions and updates submitted each year or  the  statement  explaining
 why the county did not approve a plan in any year;
   (2) the anticipated savings for each plan;
   (3) the number of cities, towns and villages in the county;
   (4)  the  number  of cities, towns and villages that participated in a
 panel, as reported in a plan;
   (5) the number of school districts, boards of cooperative  educational
 services,  fire  districts,  fire protection districts, or other special
 districts in the county; and
   (6) the number of school districts, boards of cooperative  educational
 services,  fire  districts,  fire protection districts, or other special
 districts that participated in a panel, as reported in a plan.
   § 3. Subdivision 11 of section 239-bb of the general municipal law, as
 added by section 1 of part EE of chapter 55 of  the  laws  of  2018,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   11. The authority granted by this article to a county CEO to convene a
 panel  for  the  purpose  of  revising or updating a previously approved
 plan, or developing a new plan, or to provide  the  secretary  of  state
 information  pursuant to subdivision ten of this section, shall cease on
 December thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-one] TWENTY-FOUR.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.