NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8503

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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Feb 06, 2024	referred to finance

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2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9282
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Appropriations
Laws Affected:: Add Art 4 §§50 - 52, Veterans' Services L

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the veterans' services organization capital support program to provide funding to eligible entities for payment of the capital costs of construction, improvement, repairs, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of facilities owned by eligible entities, and for the acquisition of related equipment with a useful life of not less than ten years; appropriates a sum of $10,000,000 therefor.

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8503

SPONSOR: ASHBY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to establishing
the veterans' services organization capital support program

 
PURPOSE:

To enact the Veterans Service Organization (VSO) Capital Support Program
that establishes a program in the Department of Veterans Services so
that VSOs such as the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars
(VFWs) can access capital funds for necessary improvements and upgrades
to their posts.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Creates the Veterans Service Organization Capital Support
Program (VSO) and defines eligible entities as VSO's that are organized
as not-forprofits.  Directs the Commissioner to establish criteria for
the disbursement of grants (not to exceed $200,000) to VSOs such as

American Legion and VFW posts for the purpose of necessary improvements
and upgrades.

Section 2. Appropriates $10 million in Capital Projects (General Fund)
to the Department of Veteran Services to effectuate the purposes of the
bill.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Veterans' service organizations such as the American Legion and VFW
posts provide a variety of services to our veterans while operating on
limited budgets. In addition, these organizations often serve as a vital
intermediary between government service agencies or nonprofits and their
constituencies. Further, veterans' service organizations provide a sense
of brotherhood and support system for veterans in their communities.

This bill creates grants specifically dedicated for Veteran Service
Organizations such as American Legions and VFWs. The grants would also
be administered specifically by the Department of Veteran Services,
which would help to simplify the process and verify the needs.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

$10 million to the state, no fiscal impact on local governments.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8503
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to  establishing
   the veterans' services organization capital support program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The veterans' services law is amended by adding a new arti-
 cle 4 to read as follows:
                                  ARTICLE 4
          VETERANS' SERVICES ORGANIZATION CAPITAL SUPPORT PROGRAM
 
 SECTION 50. DEFINITIONS.
         51. ESTABLISHMENT AND CRITERIA.
         52. ELIGIBLE PURPOSES.
   § 50. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "ELIGIBLE  ENTITY" MEANS A VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED
 PURSUANT TO TITLE 38 U.S. CODE SECTION 5902 AND THAT ALSO  IS  ORGANIZED
 AS  A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATION  PURSUANT  TO THE TITLE 26 U.S. CODE
 SECTION 501(C), WHICH MAY INCLUDE BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO THE AMERI-
 CAN LEGION, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS,  PARA-
 LYZED  VETERANS  OF  AMERICA,  AMERICAN VETERANS AND VIETNAM VETERANS OF
 AMERICA.
   § 51. ESTABLISHMENT AND CRITERIA.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  THE
 VETERANS' SERVICES ORGANIZATION CAPITAL SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR THE ELIGIBLE
 PURPOSES UNDER SECTION FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 DEVELOP  CRITERIA FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION
 FIFTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE TO AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY.
   § 52. ELIGIBLE  PURPOSES.  WITHIN  AMOUNTS  SPECIFICALLY  APPROPRIATED
 THEREFORE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL AWARD GRANTS NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  PAYMENT  OF  THE  CAPITAL COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION,
 IMPROVEMENT, REPAIRS, REHABILITATION, OR  RECONSTRUCTION  OF  FACILITIES
 OWNED  BY ELIGIBLE ENTITIES PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AND FOR THE ACQUI-
 SITION OF RELATED EQUIPMENT WITH A USEFUL LIFE  OF  NOT  LESS  THAN  TEN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14385-01-4
 S. 8503                             2
 
 YEARS.  SUCH  CAPITAL  COSTS  MAY  INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 ENGINEERING AND DESIGN COSTS. NO FUNDS  AUTHORIZED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE  USED  AS  A  REQUIRED MATCH OR BE CONSIDERED A LOCAL SHARE TO
 OTHER STATE PROGRAMS OR TO LEVERAGE STATE AID OR GRANTS.
   §  2. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much thereof
 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of  veter-
 ans'  services  out  of  any moneys in the state treasury in the general
 fund to the  credit  of  the  veterans'  services  organization  capital
 support program, not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately avail-
 able,  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 commissioner of veterans' services
 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.

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Senate Bill S8503

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Jacob Ashby

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

Alexis Weik

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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