STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8518 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY August 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT relating to making veterans organizations eligible for funding under the state and municipal facilities program; and to amend chapter 54 of the laws of 2017, enacting the Capital Projects budget, in relation to including veterans organizations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. For the state fiscal year 2017-18 and thereafter, veterans 2 organizations shall be eligible for any monies appropriated to the state 3 and municipal facilities program for the payment of capital costs. 4 § 2. That part, entitled "MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND 5 AGENCIES", of section 1 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2017, enacting the 6 "Capital Projects Budget", as amended by section 1 of part K of chapter 7 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended by adding thereto the items hereinbe- 8 low set forth in italic and is amended by deleting therefrom the items 9 hereinbelow set forth in brackets as follows: 10 STATE AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PROGRAM 11 CAPITAL PROJECTS 2017-18 12 APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS 13 Capital Projects Funds - Other ..... 398,500,000 1,253,250,000 14 ---------------- ---------------- 15 All Funds ........................ 398,500,000 1,253,250,000 16 ================ ================ 17 STATE AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PROGRAM (CCP) ............... 398,500,000 18 -------------- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05720-01-9A. 8518 2 1 Capital Projects Funds - Other 2 Capital Projects Fund 3 State and Municipal Facilities Purpose 4 For payment of the capital costs of 5 construction, improvement, rehabilitation 6 or reconstruction of facilities owned by 7 eligible entities; the acquisition of 8 capital facilities and assets by eligible 9 entities, including fixed capital assets; 10 the acquisition by eligible entities of 11 equipment and other capital assets, 12 including vehicles, in support of health, 13 safety, technology, or innovation; the 14 acquisition by an eligible entity of capi- 15 tal assets with a useful life of not less 16 than ten years purchased for the sole 17 purpose of preserving and protecting 18 infrastructure that is owned, controlled 19 or appurtenant to an eligible entity, 20 including but not limited to heavy duty 21 road maintenance and construction vehi- 22 cles, pavers, snow plows, street sweepers 23 and heavy duty fire, emergency response 24 and law enforcement vehicles; economic 25 development projects sponsored by the 26 state or municipal corporations, as 27 defined in section 2 of the general munic- 28 ipal law, that will create or retain jobs 29 in New York state as certified by the 30 commissioner of the department of economic 31 development; or environmental projects 32 sponsored by the state or municipal corpo- 33 rations as defined in section 2 of the 34 general municipal law. Eligible entities 35 shall consist of the state; municipal 36 corporations as defined in section 2 of 37 the general municipal law; water and sewer 38 districts; the Metropolitan Transportation 39 Authority; a college or university estab- 40 lished pursuant to section 352 of the 41 education law, section 6203 of the educa- 42 tion law or section 6302 of the education 43 law; an independent not-for-profit insti- 44 tution of higher education as defined in 45 subdivision 2 of section 6401 of the 46 education law; public school districts; 47 public housing authorities; public 48 libraries and library systems chartered by 49 the regents of the state of New York or 50 established by an act of the legislature; 51 public park conservancies or not for 52 profit corporations organized for the 53 purpose of investing in parks owned by the 54 state or municipal corporations, as 55 defined in section 2 of the general munic-A. 8518 3 1 ipal law; not for profit fire districts, 2 fire commissions, fire companies, fire 3 departments, volunteer rescue and ambu- 4 lance squads; veterans organizations; and 5 special act school districts, schools for 6 the blind and deaf and other students with 7 disabilities subject to article 85 of the 8 education law, and private schools for 9 students with disabilities authorized 10 pursuant to chapter 853 of the laws of 11 1976. 12 Costs may include, but shall not be limited 13 to engineering services, construction, 14 project management, right-of-way acquisi- 15 tion, and work appurtenant and ancillary 16 thereto. No funds from this appropriation 17 may be used as a required match or be 18 considered a local share to other state 19 programs or to leverage state aid or 20 grants including but not limited to the 21 apportionment of aid under the education 22 law. Notwithstanding any provision of law 23 to the contrary, funds appropriated herein 24 may, subject to the approval of the direc- 25 tor of the budget, be (i) interchanged, 26 (ii) transferred from this appropriation 27 to any other appropriation of any state 28 department, agency or public benefit 29 corporation, or (iii) suballocated to any 30 other state department, agency or public 31 benefit corporation, to achieve this 32 purpose. 33 Notwithstanding the foregoing, any limita- 34 tions contained therein or any other 35 inconsistent provision of law, funds from 36 this appropriation shall also be avail- 37 able, including for payment of liabilities 38 incurred or payments made prior to April 39 1, 2017, (i) for any purpose, individual, 40 or entity authorized under the Lake Ontar- 41 io-St. Lawrence Seaway flood relief and 42 recovery grant program established pursu- 43 ant to a chapter of the laws of 2017, 44 subject to the approval of the director of 45 the budget, and (ii) for payment of the 46 costs of other storm recovery and miti- 47 gation projects, not to exceed 10,000,000 48 dollars in the aggregate to municipalities 49 and special districts in (a) the counties 50 of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany 51 for damages sustained as a result of a 52 severe storm and flooding which occurred 53 July 14 and 15, 2015, in an amount not 54 less than 6,800,000 dollars or (b) the 55 county of Monroe for damages resultingA. 8518 4 1 from a severe storm which occurred March 8 2 and 9, 2017, in an amount not to exceed 3 2,000,000 dollars subject to the approval 4 of the director of the budget (SM0117SM) ... 398,500,000 5 -------------- 6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; and shall be deemed to 7 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2017.