New York S 2385: Relates to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities

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S02385 Summary:

BILL NOS02385 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02350

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §54, St Fin L

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Relates to enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities; provides that enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities will be apportioned to eligible municipalities by the director of the budget on a per-capita basis, based on population.

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BILL NOS02385 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2385

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to enhanced aid and
 incentives for municipalities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 54 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
 3 12. a. Enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities. Notwithstand-
 4 ing any inconsistent provision of this section or of any other provision
 5 of law to the contrary, the payment of enhanced aid and incentives for
 6 municipalities for the support of local government for state fiscal
 7 years commencing April first, two thousand twenty-six and thereafter,
 8 shall be paid from an appropriation made for the enhanced aid and incen-
 9 tives for municipalities program pursuant to the aid to localities budg-
 10 et for such state fiscal years in a manner consistent with this subdivi-
 11 sion. Enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities will be apportioned
 12 to eligible municipalities by the director of the budget on a per-capita
 13 basis, based on population. Municipalities in Tier 1 would receive
 14 eighty percent of the appropriation provided annually and municipalities
 15 in Tier 2 would receive twenty percent of the appropriation provided
 16 annually.
 17 b. Definitions. As used in this subdivision, unless otherwise express-
 18 ly stated:
 19 (i) "Municipalities" means a city with a population less than one
 20 million, town or village.
 21 (ii) "Enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities" means aid in
 22 addition to the total of all aid payable to municipalities pursuant to
 23 this subdivision.
 24 (iii) "Population" means population data based upon the most recent
 25 federal decennial census.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02537-01-5

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 1 (iv) "Per-capita basis" means the amount of the appropriation provided
 2 annually divided by the population of the eligible municipality.
 3 (v) "Tier 1" means a town with a population equal to fifteen thousand
 4 or less or a village with a population equal to ten thousand or less or
 5 a city with a population equal to twenty thousand or less.
 6 (vi) "Tier 2" means a town with a population greater than fifteen
 7 thousand or a village with a population greater than ten thousand or a
 8 city with a population greater than twenty thousand and less than one
 9 million.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026, subject to appropri-
 11 ation for the enhanced aid and incentives for municipalities in the
 12 2026-2027 enacted state budget; provided that the director of the budget
 13 shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occur-
 14 rence of such an appropriation for the enhanced aid and incentives for
 15 municipalities in the 2026-2027 enacted state budget in order that the
 16 commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of
 17 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 18 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
 19 section 70-b of the public officers law.

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