Bill Text: NY A10397 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes the New York state volunteer fire protection emergency reimbursement account; provides reimbursement for expenses incurred related to procurement of personal protective equipment and other expenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 42-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-04 - referred to ways and means [A10397 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10397-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10397

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 4, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. NORRIS, BARCLAY, ASHBY, BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC,
          BYRNE,  BYRNES,  CROUCH,  DeSTEFANO,  DiPIETRO,  FINCH,   FITZPATRICK,
          FRIEND,  GARBARINO,  GIGLIO,  GOODELL,  HAWLEY,  JOHNS,  KOLB,  LALOR,
          LAWRENCE,  LiPETRI,  MALLIOTAKIS,   MANKTELOW,   McDONOUGH,   MIKULIN,
          B. MILLER, M. L. MILLER, MONTESANO, MORINELLO, PALMESANO, PALUMBO, RA,
          REILLY, SALKA, SCHMITT, SMITH, SMULLEN, STEC, TAGUE, WALCZYK, WALSH --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

        AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
          the New York state volunteer fire protection  emergency  reimbursement
          account  for  reimbursement for expenses incurred relating to procure-
          ment of personal protective equipment and other expenses; and  provid-
          ing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 186-f of the  tax
     2  law,  as added by section 3 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) forty-one and seven-tenths of the revenues collected and  received
     5  under  this  section into the [state general fund] New York state volun-
     6  teer fire protection emergency reimbursement account established  pursu-
     7  ant to section ninety-nine-ii of the state finance law; and
     8    § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ii to
     9  read as follows:
    10    § 99-ii. New York state volunteer fire protection emergency reimburse-
    11  ment account. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the
    12  state comptroller and the commissioner of the department of taxation and
    13  finance  a special fund to be known as the New York state volunteer fire
    14  protection emergency reimbursement account. Moneys in this account shall
    15  be kept separate and not commingled with any other moneys in the custody
    16  of the comptroller.
    17    2. The sum equal to the amount identified in paragraph (a) of subdivi-
    18  sion five of section one hundred eighty-six-f of the tax  law  shall  be
    19  credited to the fund.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16301-01-0

        A. 10397                            2

     1    3.  (a)  Monies collected and deposited into the New York state volun-
     2  teer fire protection emergency reimbursement account shall be  used  to:
     3  reimburse  volunteer  fire companies, volunteer fire departments, volun-
     4  teer fire districts, volunteer fire protection  districts  and  not-for-
     5  profit  emergency  medical  services  for  expenses  incurred related to
     6  procurement of personal protective equipment including but not be limit-
     7  ed to, face shields, eye protection, isolation gowns, face masks, respi-
     8  rators, and turnout gear; and to  reimburse  volunteer  fire  companies,
     9  volunteer  fire  departments,  volunteer  fire districts, volunteer fire
    10  protection districts and not-for-profit emergency medical  services  for
    11  lost  revenues  due  to  municipal budget cuts or restrictions on public
    12  revenue raising events during the state of  emergency  declared  by  the
    13  governor  pursuant to section twenty-nine of the executive law beginning
    14  March seventh, two thousand twenty.
    15    (b) Such reimbursements shall only be made upon application by a  fire
    16  company, department, district, or non-profit EMS service to the New York
    17  state  division  of homeland security. The division of homeland security
    18  may  require  submission  of  documentation  with  an  application   for
    19  reimbursement as it deems necessary.
    20    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, the
    21  provisions of this act shall expire one year after the expiration of the
    22  governor's declared emergency pursuant to Executive Order 202.
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