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                                    459
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law, in relation to establishing the
   municipal severe storm relief fund for Rockaway, Queens to be adminis-
   tered by the division of homeland security and emergency services
 
   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 720 to
 read as follows:
   §  720.  MUNICIPAL  SEVERE  STORM RELIEF FUND FOR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS. 1.
 THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A MUNICIPAL SEVERE STORM  ASSISTANCE  RELIEF
 PROGRAM  FOR  ROCKAWAY,  QUEENS FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM A SEVERE STORM
 AND FLOODING WHICH OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER THIRD, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE TO BE
 ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  DIVISION  OF  HOMELAND  SECURITY  AND   EMERGENCY
 SERVICES.
   2. PROJECTS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM GRANTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE  LIMITED  TO  PROJECTS  TO  REPAIR  DAMAGE  TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE,
 INCLUDING PUBLICLY OWNED ROADS, BRIDGES, BOARDWALKS, DRAINAGE AND  FLOOD
 MITIGATION  SYSTEMS,  AND ANY ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR THE
 SAFE OPERATION OF THE COMPONENTS THEREOF, WITHIN ROCKAWAY,  QUEENS  WHEN
 SUCH  DAMAGE  OCCURRED  AS  A  RESULT OF A SEVERE STORM EVENT ON OCTOBER
 TWENTY-NINTH, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE THROUGH NOVEMBER THIRD,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWELVE.  IN  NO  EVENT  SHALL FUNDING BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS
 THAT ARE REQUIRED DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
 SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES  FOR  RECEIPT  OF  APPLICATION  FROM
 MUNICIPALITIES AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF GRANTS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION
 WITHIN  AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS.  APPLICATIONS FOR SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE
 SUBMITTED BEFORE NOVEMBER THIRD, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-EIGHT.  A  MUNICI-
 PALITY SHALL RECEIVE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE COST OF OTHERWISE UNREIMBURSED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01941-01-5
 A. 459                              2
 
 REPAIRS  FROM DAMAGES INCURRED DUE TO SUCH FLOODING, PROVIDED THE APPRO-
 PRIATE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY HAS SUBMITTED  APPROPRIATE  DOCUMENTATION  OF
 SUCH  DAMAGE  AND  HAS FILED AN ATTESTATION WITH THE DIVISION INDICATING
 THAT  THE DAMAGE FOR WHICH REPAIRS WERE MADE IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO
 FLOODING RESULTING FROM THE OCTOBER TWENTY-NINTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWELVE
 THROUGH NOVEMBER THIRD, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE STORM.
   4.  FUNDING  FOR  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUE RECEIVED
 PURSUANT TO AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR, AND ANY  OTHER  MONIES  APPROPRI-
 ATED,  CREDITED  OR  TRANSFERRED  FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
 NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  PREVENT  THE  STATE  FROM
 RECEIVING  GRANTS,  GIFTS  OR  BEQUESTS  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM.
 GRANTS SHALL ONLY BE AWARDED BASED UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.