Bill Text: NY S01470 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing the municipal severe storm relief fund for Rockaway, Queens to be administered by the division of homeland security and emergency services for damages that occurred as a result of Hurricane Sandy which caused damage from October twenty-ninth through November third, two thousand twelve.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S01470 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01470-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1470--A
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
          municipal severe storm relief fund for Rockaway, Queens to be adminis-
          tered 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  Rockaway,  Queens.  1.
     4  There  is  hereby established a municipal severe storm assistance relief
     5  program for Rockaway, Queens for damage resulting from  a  severe  storm
     6  and flooding which occurred on November third, two thousand twelve to be
     7  administered   by  the  division  of  homeland  security  and  emergency
     8  services.
     9    2. Projects eligible for program grants pursuant to this section shall
    10  be limited to  projects  to  repair  damage  to  public  infrastructure,
    11  including  publicly owned roads, bridges, boardwalks, drainage and flood
    12  mitigation systems, and any ancillary infrastructure necessary  for  the
    13  safe  operation  of the components thereof, within Rockaway, Queens when
    14  such damage occurred as a result of a  severe  storm  event  on  October
    15  twenty-ninth,  two  thousand twelve through November third, two thousand
    16  twelve. In no event shall funding be  used  for  infrastructure  repairs
    17  that are required due to normal wear and tear.
    18    3. The commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency
    19  services  shall  establish  procedures  for  receipt of application from
    20  municipalities and for the issuance of grants authorized by this section
    21  within available appropriations.  Applications for such grants shall  be
    22  submitted before November third, two thousand twenty-two. A municipality
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  shall  receive  fifty  percent  of  the  cost  of otherwise unreimbursed
     2  repairs from damages incurred due to such flooding, provided the  appro-
     3  priate  municipal  authority  has submitted appropriate documentation of
     4  such  damage  and  has filed an attestation with the division indicating
     5  that the damage for which repairs were made is directly attributable  to
     6  flooding  resulting  from  the October twenty-ninth, two thousand twelve
     7  through November third, two thousand twelve storm.
     8    4. Funding for such program shall  consist  of  all  revenue  received
     9  pursuant  to  an  appropriation therefor, 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.