Senate Bill S8563

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a public transportation expansion fund

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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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2023-S8563 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9225
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Add §233, Ec Dev L; add §88-e, St Fin L

2023-S8563 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a public transportation expansion fund for the purpose of ensuring access to public transportation for publicly funded economic development projects.

2023-S8563 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8563 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8563
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN  ACT to amend the economic development law and the state finance law,
   in relation to establishing a public transportation expansion fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "public transportation expansion fund act".
   § 2. The economic development law is amended by adding a  new  section
 233 to read as follows:
   §  233. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER,
 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  TRANSPORTATION,  SHALL  DEVELOP
 AND  JOINTLY  ADMINISTER  THE  PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION EXPANSION FUND, AS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-EIGHT-E OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW,
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSURING ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR PUBLICLY
 FUNDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
   2. ELIGIBILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES IN  EACH
 ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT  REGION INCORPORATED UNDER TITLES ELEVEN-A THROUGH
 ELEVEN-D, INCLUSIVE OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   3. EACH TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SHALL BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR  UP  TO  FIVE
 MILLION  DOLLARS  PER  FISCAL  YEAR FOR THE PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING NEW
 TRANSIT SERVICE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS
 TO AUTHORITY, TRANSPORTATION, AND OMNIBUS FACILITIES, PURCHASE OF EQUIP-
 MENT, PURCHASE  OF  REAL  PROPERTY,  AND  OTHER  CAPITAL  AND  OPERATING
 EXPENSES  AS JOINTLY DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE
 NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, SUBJECT TO  ANNUAL  APPRO-
 PRIATIONS  AND  OTHER  FUNDING  AUTHORIZED  OR  MADE  AVAILABLE FOR SUCH
 PURPOSES.
   4. AS USED IN THIS  SECTION,  "PUBLICLY  FUNDED  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT
 PROJECT"  MEANS  A PROJECT RECEIVING FUNDING, TAX CREDITS, OR INCENTIVES
 THROUGH THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FEDERAL ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT
 ADMINISTRATION,  THE  UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF COMMERCE, MUNICIPAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14412-01-4
              

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