New York A 5296: Relates to county-wide shared services panels

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A05296 Summary:

BILL NOA05296 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown E

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COSPNSRHawley, Morinello, Smullen, McDonough, Palmesano, Angelino, Tague, Norber

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §239-bb, Gen Muni L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Relates to county-wide shared services panels; includes library districts within county-wide shared services panels; establishes the municipal efficiency fund to provide counties with awards of matching funds upon certification by the department of state.

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BILL NOA05296 

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02/12/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5296

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to county-wide
 shared services panels; and to amend the state finance law, in
 relation to establishing the municipal efficiency fund

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

 1 Section 1. Section 239-bb of the general municipal law, as amended by
 2 section 1 of part U of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 239-bb. County-wide shared services panels. 1. Definitions. The
 5 following terms shall have the following meanings for the purposes of
 6 this article:
 7 a. "County" shall mean any county not wholly contained within a city.
 8 b. "County CEO" shall mean the county executive, county manager or
 9 other chief executive of the county, or, where none, the chair of the
 10 county legislative body.
 11 c. "Library district" as the term is used in this section shall mean
 12 any public library established pursuant to the provisions of article
 13 five of the education law.
 14 d. "Panel" shall mean a county-wide shared services panel established
 15 pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
 16 [d.] e. "Plan" shall mean a county-wide shared services property tax
 17 savings plan.
 18 2. County-wide shared services panels. [a.] There may be a county-wide
 19 shared services panel in each county consisting of the county CEO, and
 20 one representative from each city, town and village in the county, as
 21 well as each school district, board of cooperative educational service,
 22 fire district, fire protection district, public library district, and
 23 special improvement district in the county. The chief executive officer
 24 of each town, city and village shall be the representative to a panel

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09178-01-5

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 1 and shall be the mayor, if a city or a village, or shall be the supervi-
 2 sor, if a town, or a designated representative for each school district,
 3 board of cooperative educational service, fire district, fire protection
 4 district, public library district or special improvement district. The
 5 county CEO shall serve as chair.
 6 [b. The county CEO may invite any school district, board of cooper-
 7 ative educational services, fire district, fire protection district, or
 8 special improvement district in the county to join a panel. Upon such
 9 invitation, the governing body of such school district, board of cooper-
 10 ative educational services, fire district, fire protection district, or
 11 other special district may accept such invitation by selecting a repre-
 12 sentative of such governing body, by majority vote, to serve as a member
 13 of the panel.]
 14 3. Each county CEO may convene the panel and develop a plan. Such
 15 plans shall contain new, recurring property tax savings resulting from
 16 actions such as, but not limited to, the elimination of duplicative
 17 services; shared services arrangements including, joint purchasing,
 18 shared highway equipment, shared storage facilities, shared plowing
 19 services and energy and insurance purchasing cooperatives; reducing back
 20 office and administrative