Bill Text: NY S00909 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Restores the authorized reimbursement rate paid to governmental entities for enforcement of navigation laws to 75% of authorized expenditures.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S00909 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           909
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens. ORTT, DeFRANCISCO, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, RANZENHOFER --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  navigation  law,  in relation to the authorized
          reimbursement rate paid to governmental entities for local  navigation
          enforcement expenditures
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 79-b of  the  navigation  law,  as
     2  amended  by  section  1 of part D of chapter 109 of the laws of 2010, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    3. The amount of state aid to be allocated  to  eligible  governmental
     5  entities pursuant to this article shall be determined by the commission-
     6  er  as  hereinafter  provided.  The  commissioner  shall  determine  the
     7  percentage proportion which the authorized expenditures of each individ-
     8  ual entity, not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars for each  county
     9  including  municipalities  therein,  shall  bear to the total authorized
    10  expenditures of all entities. Such percentage proportion shall  then  be
    11  applied  against  an amount equal to one-half of the total of the amount
    12  received by the state in each preceding program year in vessel registra-
    13  tion fees as provided in section twenty-two  hundred  fifty-one  of  the
    14  vehicle  and  traffic  law, less no more than thirty percent, subject to
    15  appropriation, which may be used by the commissioner and the commission-
    16  er of motor vehicles for administrative costs of the program,  including
    17  training and equipment, and by the department of environmental conserva-
    18  tion,  the division of state police and other state agencies, subject to
    19  the approval of the commissioner, for the purposes of this article, plus
    20  the entire amount received  pursuant  to  subdivision  nine  of  section
    21  forty-four  of this chapter. The amount thus determined shall constitute
    22  the maximum amount of state aid to which each such entity shall be enti-
    23  tled; provided, however, that no entity shall receive state  aid  in  an
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04589-01-7
        S. 909                              2
     1  amount  in  excess  of  [fifty]  seventy-five  percent of its authorized
     2  expenditures as approved by the commissioner for such program year.  The
     3  commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount thus determined
     4  for  each  eligible local governmental entity as the amount of state aid
     5  to be apportioned to such eligible local governmental entity.  The allo-
     6  cation of state aid to any county,  town  or  village  within  the  Lake
     7  George  park shall not be reduced because of the allocation of state aid
     8  to the Lake George park commission. Of the remaining funds  received  by
     9  the  state  for the registration of vessels as provided in section twen-
    10  ty-two hundred fifty-one of the vehicle and traffic law,  no  less  than
    11  six percent shall be made available to the commissioner for the expenses
    12  of  the  office  in  providing  navigation  law enforcement training and
    13  administering the provisions of this section.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    15  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2017.