Senate Bill S2251

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the disaster-related latent damage recovery grant program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S2251 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8525
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §719, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5182
2017-2018: S3029
2019-2020: S2083
2023-2024: S3202, A3368

2021-S2251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the disaster-related latent damage recovery grant program.

2021-S2251 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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