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                                   9374
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2024
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 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Aging
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a municipal
   senior center capital support program in the office for the  aging  to
   assist  municipalities  in  accessing  capital funds necessary for the
   purchase of senior buses; and making an appropriation therefor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  elder  law is amended by adding a new section 226 to
 read as follows:
   § 226. MUNICIPAL SENIOR CENTER CAPITAL SUPPORT PROGRAM.  1.  THERE  IS
 HEREBY CREATED WITHIN THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING A MUNICIPAL SENIOR CENTER
 CAPITAL  SUPPORT  PROGRAM  TO  ASSIST  MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PURCHASE OF
 VEHICLES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF SENIOR CITIZENS RESIDING  WITHIN  THE
 BOUNDARIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY TO QUALIFYING EVENTS AS DETERMINED BY THE
 DIRECTOR.
   2.    WITHIN AMOUNTS SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATED THEREFORE, THE DIRECTOR
 SHALL AWARD GRANTS TO A MUNICIPALITY IN AN  AMOUNT  NOT  TO  EXCEED  ONE
 HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS PER MUNICIPALITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF BUSES
 OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED EQUIPMENT FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 TRANSPORTATION  OF  SENIOR CITIZENS.   SUCH BUSES AND/OR EQUIPMENT SHALL
 HAVE A USEFUL LIFE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
   3. NO FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE USED  AS  A  REQUIRED
 MATCH  OR  BE  CONSIDERED A LOCAL SHARE TO ANY OTHER STATE PROGRAM OR TO
 LEVERAGE STATE AID OR GRANTS.
   4. (A) THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING SHALL DEVELOP AN
 APPLICATION FOR USE BY ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITIES TO APPLY FOR A  GRANT,  A
 LIST   OF  APPROVED  TRANSPORTATION  EQUIPMENT,  AND  CRITERIA  FOR  THE
 DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS AUTHORIZED TO AN ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITY.
   (B) THE DIRECTOR SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  AS  NECESSARY
 TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   5.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS A MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-N OF THE
 GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   § 2. The sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000), or so much thereof
 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the state office for  the
 aging  out  of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund, not
 otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available, for the  purpose
 of carrying out the provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable
 on  the  audit  and  warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or
 approved by the director of the state office for the aging in the manner
 prescribed by law.
   § 3. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.