Bill Text: NY S02534 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Enacts the "Niagara parks reinvestment act"; requires fifty percent of parking revenue generated at state parks in the county of Niagara to be deposited in the Niagara parks reinvestment fund; establishes the Niagara parks reinvestment fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S02534 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02534-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2534
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 23, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 parks, recreation and historic preservation law  and
         the  state  finance  law,  in  relation to enacting the "Niagara parks
         reinvestment act"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  the "Niagara parks reinvestment act".
    3    S 2. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and  historic  preservation
    4  law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-h to read as follows:
    5    2-H.  BE  EMPOWERED TO REQUIRE FIFTY PERCENT OF VEHICLE USE FEE GENER-
    6  ATED FROM ANY STATE PARK WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY LOCATED IN  THE  COUNTY  OF
    7  NIAGARA  TO  BE  DEPOSITED IN THE NIAGARA PARKS REINVESTMENT FUND ESTAB-
    8  LISHED IN SECTION NINETY-TWO-FF OF THE STATE  FINANCE  LAW.  THE  OFFICE
    9  SHALL  PREPARE  AN  ANNUAL  REPORT  ON  THE  AMOUNT  OF VEHICLE USE FEES
   10  COLLECTED AT ANY STATE PARK WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF
   11  NIAGARA.  SUCH REPORT SHALL CONTAIN A DETAILED SUMMARY OF PROJECTS BEING
   12  FUNDED AND THE AMOUNT EACH PROJECT IS  BEING  FUNDED  FOR.  SUCH  REPORT
   13  SHALL  BE  DISSEMINATED  TO  THE GOVERNOR, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SENATE
   14  TOURISM, RECREATION AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THE CHAIRPERSON OF
   15  THE ASSEMBLY TOURISM, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND  TO  ANY
   16  MEMBER  OF  THE  STATE  SENATE OR ASSEMBLY REPRESENTING A PORTION OF THE
   17  COUNTY OF NIAGARA.
   18    S 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 92-ff to
   19  read as follows:
   20    S 92-FF. NIAGARA PARKS REINVESTMENT FUND. 1. THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTAB-
   21  LISHED  IN  THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF
   22  TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS  THE  "NIAGARA  PARKS
   23  REINVESTMENT FUND".
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 2534                             2
    1    2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF FIFTY PERCENT OF THE BALANCE OF THE
    2  VEHICLE USE FEE GENERATED  FROM  ANY  STATE  PARK  WHOLLY  OR  PARTIALLY
    3  LOCATED  IN  THE COUNTY OF NIAGARA AS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
    4  TWO-H OF SECTION 3.09 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
    5  LAW.
    6    3.  THE  MONEYS  APPROPRIATED  OR  TRANSFERRED  TO  THIS FUND SHALL BE
    7  DISBURSED TO FINANCE CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENTS  IN  STATE  PARKS  WHOLLY  OR
    8  PARTIALLY  LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NIAGARA AND/OR TO CREATE A TRANSPOR-
    9  TATION SYSTEM LINKING THE STATE PARKS  WITH  OTHER  TOURIST  ATTRACTIONS
   10  WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NIAGARA.
   11    4.  ALL PAYMENTS FROM THIS FUND SHALL BE MADE ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT
   12  OF THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE
   13  NIAGARA  FRONTIER  STATE  PARK,  RECREATION  AND  HISTORIC  PRESERVATION
   14  COMMISSION.
   15    S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
   16  the date on which it shall have become a law.
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