Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 20, 2021 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S2251
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-S2251 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S2251 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2251 SPONSOR: HELMING TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the disaster-related latent damage recovery grant program PURPOSE: To ensure that communities with residual or worsening damage related to a natural disaster have an opportunity to request additional funds to address these ongoing issues. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 estab- lishing the Disaster-related latent damage recovery grant program. Section 2: Provides an effective date.
2021-S2251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2251 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 20, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the disaster-related latent damage recovery grant program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to read as follows: § 719. DISASTER-RELATED LATENT DAMAGE RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED THE DISASTER-RELATED LATENT DAMAGE RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. 2. PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM GRANTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO PROJECTS TO REPAIR LATENT DAMAGE TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING PUBLICLY- OWNED ROADS, BRIDGES, DRAINAGE AND FLOOD MITIGATION SYSTEMS, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AND ANY ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE COMPONENTS THERE- OF, WHERE SUCH DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF A NATURAL DISASTER FOR WHICH THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK MADE A DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMER- GENCY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LATENT DAMAGE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS DAMAGE THAT WAS NOT REASONABLY APPARENT DURING ANY INITIAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL GRANTS BE AWARDED FOR, NOR SHALL GRANT MONEY BE USED FOR, INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS THAT ARE REQUIRED DUE TO NORMAL USE AND WEAR AND TEAR. 3. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS FROM MUNICIPALITIES AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF GRANTS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION WITHIN AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS. APPLICATION FOR SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED NO MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS, BUT NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR, AFTER THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT RENDERS A MUNICI- PALITY ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION. IN NO EVENT SHALL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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