Bill Text: NY S02567 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides state assistance to the counties of Cayuga and Seneca in which an Indian nation is located.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S02567 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02567-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2567--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to state assistance
          to certain counties in which an Indian nation is located
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
     2  54-n to read as follows:
     3    § 54-n. State assistance to  eligible  counties  in  which  an  Indian
     4  nation  is  located.  1.  Definitions. When used in this section, unless
     5  otherwise expressly stated, "eligible  county"  shall  mean  Cayuga  and
     6  Seneca counties.
     7    2.  Within  the amount appropriated therefor, an eligible county shall
     8  receive an amount equal to its  prior  year  payments  made  to  munici-
     9  palities  and  school districts for property taxes levied upon an Indian
    10  nation but unpaid by such Indian nation.
    11    3. State aid payments made to an  eligible  county  pursuant  to  this
    12  section  shall  be  used to make an eligible county whole for payment of
    13  uncollected taxes to municipalities and school districts therein and may
    14  be deposited into an eligible county's fund without restrictions.
    15    4. Payments of state aid pursuant to this section shall be made on  or
    16  before  June  thirtieth  of  each  state fiscal year to the chief fiscal
    17  officer of each eligible county and on audit and warrant  of  the  state
    18  comptroller  out  of  moneys  appropriated  by  the legislature for such
    19  purpose to the credit of the local assistance fund in the  general  fund
    20  of the state treasury.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03334-03-8