Bill Text: NY A07744 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the municipal severe storm relief fund for the counties of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany to repair damage to public infrastructure caused by a storm on July 14 - 15, 2015 to be administered by the division of homeland security and emergency services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A07744 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07744-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7744 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the municipal severe storm relief fund for southwestern New York to be administered 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: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 719. Municipal severe storm relief fund for southwestern New York. 4 1. There is hereby established a municipal severe storm municipal 5 assistance relief program for the counties of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus 6 and Allegany for damage resulting from a severe storm and flooding which 7 occurred on July fourteenth and fifteenth, two thousand fifteen to be 8 administered by the division of homeland security and emergency 9 services. 10 2. Projects eligible for program grants pursuant to this section shall 11 be limited to projects to repair damage to public infrastructure, 12 including publicly owned roads, bridges, drainage and flood mitigation 13 systems, and any ancillary infrastructure necessary for the safe opera- 14 tion of the components thereof, within the counties of Chautauqua, 15 Cattaraugus and Allegany when such damage occurred as a result of a 16 severe storm event on July fourteenth, two thousand fifteen through July 17 fifteenth, two thousand fifteen. In no event shall funding be used for 18 infrastructure repairs that are required due to normal wear and tear. 19 3. The commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency 20 services shall establish procedures for receipt of application from 21 municipalities and for the issuance of grants authorized by this section 22 within available appropriations. Applications for such grants shall be 23 submitted no more than three years after July fifteen, two thousand EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05799-03-7A. 7744 2 1 fifteen. A municipality shall receive one hundred percent of the cost of 2 otherwise unreimbursed repairs from damages incurred due to such flood- 3 ing, provided the appropriate municipal authority has submitted appro- 4 priate documentation of such damage and has filed an attestation with 5 the division indicating that the damage for which repairs were made is 6 directly attributable to flooding resulting from the July fourteenth, 7 two thousand fifteen through July fifteenth, two thousand fifteen storm. 8 4. Funding for such program shall consist of all revenue received 9 pursuant to an appropriation therefore, and any other monies appropri- 10 ated, credited or transferred from any other source pursuant to law. 11 Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the state from 12 receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purpose of the program. 13 Grants shall only be awarded based upon the availability of funds. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
