NY State Senate Bill 2021-S5418

Senate Bill S5418

Vetoed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state aid and incentives for municipalities redesign task force

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Vetoed By Governor
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Nov 08, 2021	vetoed memo.56
Oct 27, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 09, 2021	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.669 substituted for a6601a
May 12, 2021	referred to local governments delivered to assembly passed senate
May 10, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 05, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 04, 2021	1st report cal.912
Apr 23, 2021	print number 5418c
Apr 23, 2021	amend and recommit to finance
Mar 15, 2021	print number 5418b
Mar 15, 2021	amend and recommit to finance
Mar 05, 2021	print number 5418a
Mar 05, 2021	amend and recommit to finance
Mar 04, 2021	referred to finance

Votes

- May 12, 2021 - Floor Vote
  S5418
  
  54
  
  Aye
  
  9
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 12, 2021
      
      aye (54)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (9)
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rath III
      
      Weik
  May 4, 2021 - Finance Committee Vote
  S5418
  
  19
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  4
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Finance Committee Vote: May 4, 2021
      
      aye (19)
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Parker
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (4)
      
      Borrello
      
      Griffo
      
      O'Mara
      
      Serino

Bill Amendments

Original

C (Active)

2021-S5418 - Details

Law Section:: State Finance
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S770

2021-S5418 - Summary

Establishes the New York state aid and incentives for municipalities redesign task force for municipalities formula and allocations; an analysis of available alternatives to the current aid and incentives for municipalities formula and allocations, including models from other states; provides that such analysis of available alternatives shall not include the allocation of funds to any municipality which is not currently receiving aid and incentives for municipalities funding; and recommendations concerning such alternatives to the formula used to determine future aid and incentives to municipalities funding allocations.

2021-S5418 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5418

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to establishing the New York state aid and incentives
for municipalities redesign task force; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates the aid and incentives for municipalities redesign
task force. Such task force shall issue a report to the governor and
legislature within one year concerning:

- A review and analysis of the current aid and incentives for munici-
palities formula and allocations;

- An analysis of available alternatives to the current aid and incen-
tives for municipalities formula and allocations, including models from
other states;

- Recommendations concerning such alternatives to the formula used to
determine future aid and incentives to municipalities funding allo-
cations; and

- Any other information the task force deems necessary of relevant.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) program provides state
aid to nearly all of New York's cities, towns, and villages.  Munici-
palities across the state rely on this funding to finance vital services
within their communities. While AIM funding accounts for merely three-
tenths of one percent of the state's overall budget, this funding has
remained flat for eleven years. In addition, this program is often the
target of cuts, which can jeopardize the budgets of cities, towns, and
villages that rely on it the most.  The base formulas that determine the
amount of aid allocated to each municipality are very outdated. For
cities, the formula is based off of aid levels that date back to the
late 1990s and early 2000s. For towns and villages, the aid levels are
even older.  In the wake of the unprecedented revenue short falls for
municipalities resulting from the pandemic, new sources of aid are
desperately needed. To that end, this bill would create an AIM Task
Force that would examine, review, and recommend changes to the current
AIM formula and allocation system, in order to create a more fair and
equitable distribution of these much-needed funds. The task force must
submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the Governor
and Legislature within one year, in order for these recommendations to
be taken into account in the next year's budget process.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed December 31, 2022.

2021-S5418 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5418
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing the New York state aid and incentives
   for municipalities redesign task force; and providing for  the  repeal
   of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. New York state aid  and  incentives  for  municipalities
 redesign  task force. There is hereby created the aid and incentives for
 municipalities redesign task force whose membership shall consist of  21
 members: the director of the division of the budget or his or her desig-
 nee  as  chair;  the  comptroller  or  his  or her designee; ten members
 appointed by the governor; the president of the New York  State  Confer-
 ence of Mayors or his or her designee; the executive director of the New
 York State Association of Counties or his or her designee; the executive
 director of the New York State Association of Towns or his or her desig-
 nee; two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate; two
 members  appointed  by the speaker of the assembly; one member appointed
 by the minority leader of the senate; and one member  appointed  by  the
 minority  leader  of  the  assembly.  The task force shall report to the
 governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the
 senate no later than one year after the  effective  date  of  this  act.
 Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a)  A review and analysis of the current aid and incentives for muni-
 cipalities formula and allocations;
   (b) An analysis of available  alternatives  to  the  current  aid  and
 incentives  for municipalities formula and allocations, including models
 from other states;
   (c) Recommendations concerning such alternatives to the  formula  used
 to  determine  future aid and incentives to municipalities funding allo-
 cations; and

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10348-01-1

 S. 5418                             2
 
   (d) Any other information the task force deems necessary or relevant.
   2.  All  appointments  to  the  task force shall be made no later than
 sixty days after the effective date of this act. Any  vacancy  shall  be
 filled  by  the  appointing  authority.  The  task  force  shall meet as
 frequently as deemed necessary prior to issuing its findings and  recom-
 mendations.  The  members  of the task force shall serve without compen-
 sation, except that members shall be allowed their necessary and  actual
 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this section.
 The  division  of  budget shall provide the task force with such facili-
 ties, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to  carry  out
 its powers and duties within reason.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed December 31, 2022.

2021-S5418A - Details

Law Section:: State Finance
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S770

2021-S5418A - Summary

2021-S5418A - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5418A

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to establishing the New York state aid and incentives
for municipalities redesign task force; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates the aid and incentives for municipalities redesign
task force. Such task force shall issue a report to the governor and
legislature within one year concerning:

A review and analysis of the current aid and incentives for munici-
palities formula and allocations;

- An analysis of available alternatives to the current aid and incen-
tives for municipalities formula and allocations, including models from
other states;

- Recommendations concerning such alternatives to the formula used to
determine future aid and incentives to municipalities funding allo-
cations; and

- Any other information the task force deems necessary of relevant.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) program provides state
aid to nearly all of New York's cities, towns, and villages.  Munici-
palities across the state rely on this funding to finance vital services
within their communities. While AIM funding accounts for merely three-
tenths of one percent of the state's overall budget, this funding has
remained flat for eleven years. In addition, this program is often the
target of cuts, which can jeopardize the budgets of cities, towns, and
villages that rely on it the most.  The base formulas that determine the
amount of aid allocated to each municipality are very outdated. For
cities, the formula is based off of aid levels that date back to the
late 1990s and early 2000s. For towns and villages, the aid levels are
even older.

In the wake of the unprecedented revenue shortfalls for municipalities
resulting from the pandemic, new sources of aid are desperately needed.
To that end, this bill would create an AIM Task Force that would exam-
ine, review, and recommend changes to the current AIM formula and allo-
cation system, in order to create a more fair and equitable distribution
of these much-needed funds. The task force must submit a report with its
findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature within one
year, in order for these recommendations to be taken into account in the
next year's budget process.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed December 31, 2022.

2021-S5418A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5418--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing the New York state aid and incentives
   for  municipalities  redesign task force; and providing for the repeal
   of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1.  New  York state aid and incentives for municipalities
 redesign task force. There is hereby created the aid and incentives  for
 municipalities  redesign task force whose membership shall consist of 21
 members: the director of the division of the budget or his or her desig-
 nee as chair; the comptroller  or  his  or  her  designee;  ten  members
 appointed  by the governor; the executive director of the New York State
 Conference of Mayors or his or her designee; the executive  director  of
 the  New  York State Association of Counties or his or her designee; the
 executive director of the New York State Association of Towns or his  or
 her  designee;  two  members appointed by the temporary president of the
 senate; two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly; one member
 appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and one member appointed
 by the minority leader of the assembly. The task force shall  report  to
 the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of
 the  senate no later than one year after the effective date of this act.
 Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a) A review and analysis of the current aid and incentives for  muni-
 cipalities formula and allocations;
   (b)  An  analysis  of  available  alternatives  to the current aid and
 incentives for municipalities formula and allocations, including  models
 from other states;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10348-02-1

 S. 5418--A                          2
 
   (c)  Recommendations  concerning such alternatives to the formula used
 to determine future aid and incentives to municipalities  funding  allo-
 cations; and
   (d) Any other information the task force deems necessary or relevant.
   2.  All  appointments  to  the  task force shall be made no later than
 sixty days after the effective date of this act. Any  vacancy  shall  be
 filled  by  the  appointing  authority.  The  task  force  shall meet as
 frequently as deemed necessary prior to issuing its findings and  recom-
 mendations.  The  members  of the task force shall serve without compen-
 sation, except that members shall be allowed their necessary and  actual
 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this section.
 The  division  of  budget shall provide the task force with such facili-
 ties, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to  carry  out
 its powers and duties within reason.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed December 31, 2022.

2021-S5418B - Details

Law Section:: State Finance
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S770

2021-S5418B - Summary

2021-S5418B - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5418B

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates the aid and incentives for municipalities redesign
task force. Such task force shall issue a report to the governor and
legislature within one year concerning:

A review and analysis of the current aid and incentives for munici-
palities formula and allocations;

An analysis of available alternatives to the current aid and incentives
for municipalities formula and allocations, including models from other
states, provided, however, that such alternatives shall not include the
allocation of funds to any municipality which is not currently receiving
aid and incentives for municipalities funding;

*Recommendations concerning such alternatives to the formula used to
determine future aid and incentives to municipalities funding allo-
cations, provided, however, that such alternatives shall not include the
allocation of funds to any municipality which is not currently receiving
aid and incentives for municipalities funding; and

*Any other information the task force deems necessary of relevant.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) program provides state
aid to nearly all of New York's cities, towns, and villages.  Munici-
palities across the state rely on this funding to finance vital services
within their communities. While AIM funding accounts for merely three-
tenths of one percent of the state's overall budget, this funding has
remained flat for eleven years. In addition, this program is often the
target of cuts, which can jeopardize the budgets of cities, towns, and
villages that rely on it the most.  The base formulas that determine the
amount of aid allocated to each municipality are very outdated. For
cities, the formula is based off of aid levels that date back to the
late 1990s and early 2000s. For towns and villages, the aid levels are
even older.

In the wake of the unprecedented revenue shortfalls for municipalities
resulting from the pandemic, new sources of aid are desperately needed.
To that end, this bill would create an AIM Task Force that would exam-
ine, review, and recommend changes to the current AIM formula and allo-
cation system, in order to create a more fair and equitable distribution
of these much-needed funds. The task force must submit a report with its
findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature within one
year, in order for these recommendations to be taken into account in the
next year's budget process.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed December 31, 2022.

2021-S5418B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5418--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT in relation to establishing the New York state aid and incentives
   for municipalities redesign task force; and providing for  the  repeal
   of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. New York state aid  and  incentives  for  municipalities
 redesign  task force. There is hereby created the aid and incentives for
 municipalities redesign task force whose membership shall consist of  21
 members: the director of the division of the budget or his or her desig-
 nee  as  chair;  the  comptroller  or  his  or her designee; ten members
 appointed by the governor; the executive director of the New York  State
 Conference  of  Mayors or his or her designee; the executive director of
 the New York State Association of Counties or his or her  designee;  the
 executive  director of the New York State Association of Towns or his or
 her designee; two members appointed by the temporary  president  of  the
 senate; two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly; one member
 appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and one member appointed
 by  the  minority leader of the assembly. The task force shall report to
 the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of
 the senate no later than one year after the effective date of this  act.
 Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a)  A review and analysis of the current aid and incentives for muni-
 cipalities formula and allocations;
   (b) An analysis of available  alternatives  to  the  current  aid  and
 incentives  for municipalities formula and allocations, including models
 from other states, provided, however, that such alternatives  shall  not
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10348-04-1

 S. 5418--B                          2
 
 include  the  allocation  of  funds  to  any  municipality  which is not
 currently receiving aid and incentives for municipalities funding;
   (c)  Recommendations  concerning such alternatives to the formula used
 to determine future aid and incentives to municipalities  funding  allo-
 cations,  provided, however, that such recommendations shall not include
 the allocation of funds to  any  municipality  which  is  not  currently
 receiving aid and incentives for municipalities funding; and
   (d) Any other information the task force deems necessary or relevant.
   2.  All  appointments  to  the  task force shall be made no later than
 sixty days after the effective date of this act. Any  vacancy  shall  be
 filled  by  the  appointing  authority.  The  task  force  shall meet as
 frequently as deemed necessary prior to issuing its findings and  recom-
 mendations.  The  members  of the task force shall serve without compen-
 sation, except that members shall be allowed their necessary and  actual
 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this section.
 The  division  of  budget shall provide the task force with such facili-
 ties, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to  carry  out
 its powers and duties within reason.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed December 31, 2022.

co-Sponsors

2021-S5418C (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: State Finance
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S770

2021-S5418C (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S5418C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5418c

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to establishing the New York state aid and incentives
for municipalities redesign task force; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates the aid and incentives for municipalities redesign
task force. Such task force shall issue a report to the governor and
legislature within one year concerning:

  -A review and analysis of the current aid and incentives for munici-
palities formula and allocations;
  -An analysis of available alternatives to the current aid and incen-
tives for municipalities formula and allocations, including models from
other states, provided, however, that such alternatives shall not
include the allocation of funds to any municipality which is not
currently receiving aid and incentives for municipalities funding;

  -Recommendations concerning such alternatives to the formula used to
determine future aid and incentives to municipalities funding allo-
cations, provided, however, that such alternatives shall not include the
allocation of funds to any municipality which is not currently receiving
aid and incentives for municipalities funding; and
  -Any other information the task force deems necessary of relevant.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) program provides state
aid to nearly all of New York's cities, towns, and villages.  Munici-
palities across the state rely on this funding to finance vital services
within their communities. While AIM funding accounts for merely three-
tenths of one percent of the state's overall budget, this funding has
remained flat for eleven years. In addition, this program is often the
target of cuts, which can jeopardize the budgets of cities, towns, and
villages that rely on it the most. The base formulas that determine the
amount of aid allocated to each municipality are very outdated. For
cities, the formula is based off of aid levels that date back to the
late 1990s and early 2000s. For towns and villages, the aid levels are
even older.

In the wake of the unprecedented revenue shortfalls for municipalities
resulting from the pandemic, new sources of aid are desperately needed.
To that end, this bill would create an AIM Task Force that would exam-
ine, review, and recommend changes to the current AIM formula and allo-
cation system, in order to create a more fair and equitable distribution
of these much-needed funds. The task force must submit a report with its
findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature within one
year, in order for these recommendations to be taken into account in the
next year's budget process.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed December 31, 2022.

2021-S5418C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5418--C
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing the New York state aid and incentives
   for  municipalities  redesign task force; and providing for the repeal
   of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1.  New  York state aid and incentives for municipalities
 redesign task force. There is hereby created the aid and incentives  for
 municipalities  redesign  task force whose membership shall consist of 7
 members: the director of the division of the budget or his or her desig-
 nee as chair; the comptroller or his  or  her  designee;  the  executive
 director of the New York State Conference of Mayors or his or her desig-
 nee;  the  executive director of the New York State Association of Coun-
 ties or his or her designee; the executive  director  of  the  New  York
 State  Association of Towns or his or her designee; one member appointed
 by the temporary president of the senate; one member  appointed  by  the
 speaker  of  the assembly.  The task force shall report to the governor,
 the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the senate no
 later than one year after the effective date of this act.   Such  report
 shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a)  A review and analysis of the current aid and incentives for muni-
 cipalities formula and allocations;
   (b) An analysis of available  alternatives  to  the  current  aid  and
 incentives  for municipalities formula and allocations, including models
 from other states, provided, however, that such alternatives  shall  not

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10348-05-1

 S. 5418--C                          2
 
 include  the  allocation  of  funds  to  any  municipality  which is not
 currently receiving aid and incentives for municipalities funding;
   (c)  Recommendations  concerning such alternatives to the formula used
 to determine future aid and incentives to municipalities  funding  allo-
 cations,  provided, however, that such recommendations shall not include
 the allocation of funds to  any  municipality  which  is  not  currently
 receiving aid and incentives for municipalities funding; and
   (d) Any other information the task force deems necessary or relevant.
   2.  All  appointments  to  the  task force shall be made no later than
 sixty days after the effective date of this act. Any  vacancy  shall  be
 filled  by  the  appointing  authority.  The  task  force  shall meet as
 frequently as it deems necessary  prior  to  issuing  its  findings  and
 recommendations.  The  members  of  the  task  force shall serve without
 compensation, except that members shall be allowed their  necessary  and
 actual  expenses  incurred in the performance of their duties under this
 section.  The department of taxation and finance and the division of the
 budget shall provide the task force with such data as the task force may
 request to carry out its powers and duties. To the  extent  practicable,
 such data shall be provided in a format in accordance with the standards
 outlined  in the New York State Open Data Handbook pursuant to executive
 order 95 of the laws of 2013. The task force may consult with any public
 or private entity it deems necessary in order to assist the  task  force
 with  information  gathering,  analysis, and formulating its conclusions
 and recommendations.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed December 31, 2022.

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