Bill Text: NY A09106 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for grants to municipalities under the Hurricane Irene-Tropical Storm Lee Flood Recovery Grant program for lost tax revenue; extends to 1 year the deadline for municipalities and real property owners to opt into participation in the assessment relief program for disaster damaged real property; enacts a hold harmless provision for municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - held for consideration in ways and means [A09106 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09106-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9106
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. P. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Ways and Means
       AN  ACT  to  amend the Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee assessment
         relief act, in relation  to  reductions  of  assessments  of  disaster
         damaged  real  property;  and to amend chapter 56 of the laws of 2011,
         creating the Hurricane Irene-Tropical Storm Lee Flood  Recovery  Grant
         program,  in  relation  to  establishing  criteria for the awarding of
         grants to municipalities in accordance with such program
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  3  of  part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2011,
    2  constituting the Hurricane  Irene  and  Tropical  Storm  Lee  assessment
    3  relief act, is amended to read as follows:
    4    S   3.  Local  option.  An  eligible  municipality  may  exercise  the
    5  provisions of this act if its governing body shall, [by the  forty-fifth
    6  day]  WITHIN ONE YEAR following the date upon which this act is approved
    7  by the governor, pass a resolution adopting the provisions of this act.
    8    S 2. Subdivision (b) of section 4 of part G of chapter 56 of the  laws
    9  of 2011, constituting the Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee assess-
   10  ment relief act, is amended to read as follows:
   11    (b)  To  receive  such relief pursuant to this act, the property owner
   12  shall submit a written request to the assessor within [ninety days]  ONE
   13  YEAR following the date upon which this act is approved by the governor.
   14  Such  request  need  not be in a particular format but shall describe in
   15  reasonable detail the damage caused to the property by either  Hurricane
   16  Irene  or  Tropical  Storm Lee or both and the condition of the property
   17  following the hurricane or storm or both, and shall  be  accompanied  by
   18  supporting documentation if available.
   19    S 3. Part G of chapter 56 of the laws of 2011, constituting the Hurri-
   20  cane  Irene  and Tropical Storm Lee assessment relief act, is amended by
   21  adding a new section 5-a to read as follows:
   22    S 5-A. MUNICIPALITIES HELD HARMLESS. EACH  PARTICIPATING  MUNICIPALITY
   23  THAT IS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY CONTAINED WITHIN AN ELIGIBLE COUNTY SHALL BE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  HELD  HARMLESS  BY  THE  STATE  FOR ANY REDUCTION IN ASSESSMENT REVENUES
    2  INCURRED DUE TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.
    3    S  4.   Subdivision 3 of section 1 of part H of chapter 56 of the laws
    4  of 2011, creating the Hurricane Irene-Tropical Storm Lee Flood  Recovery
    5  Grant program, is amended to read as follows:
    6    3.  The  director  of  the  budget, in consultation with the temporary
    7  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, shall develop a
    8  plan and criteria regarding distribution of  funding  to  municipalities
    9  located  in an area which was included in a federal disaster declaration
   10  for either Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm  Lee.  THE  CRITERIA  SHALL
   11  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR MUNICI-
   12  PALITIES IN THE DESIGNATED AREA TO APPLY FOR FUNDS TO SUPPORT  THE  LOSS
   13  IN TAX REVENUE INCURRED UNDER THE HURRICANE IRENE AND TROPICAL STORM LEE
   14  ASSESSMENT  RELIEF ACT. Such program shall not exceed $20,000,000, AND A
   15  PORTION OF THESE FUNDS SHALL BE  USED  TO  SUPPORT  MUNICIPALITIES  THAT
   16  INCUR  A LOSS OF TAX REVENUE AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE IRENE AND TROPICAL
   17  STORM LEE.  The director of the budget  may  direct  and  authorize  any
   18  other state agency to assist in administration and distribution of these
   19  funds.
   20    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.