New York S 995: Establishes a municipal senior center capital support program in the office for the aging for local senior centers to assist municipalities in accessing capital funds necessary for the purchase of senior buses

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S00995 Summary:

BILL NOS00995 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06496

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SPONSORROLISON

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CLEARE

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §226, Eld L

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Establishes a municipal senior center capital support program in the office for the aging to assist municipalities in accessing capital funds necessary for the purchase of senior buses; directs the director of the office for the aging to develop an application and establish criteria for the disbursement of grants to eligible municipalities for the purpose of procuring senior buses; makes an appropriation.

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BILL NOS00995 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

03/06/2025NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 995

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a municipal
 senior center capital support program in the office for the aging to
 assist municipalities in accessing capital funds necessary for the
 purchase of senior buses; and making an appropriation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 226 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 226. Municipal senior center capital support program. 1. There is
 4 hereby created within the office for the aging a municipal senior center
 5 capital support program to assist municipalities in the purchase of
 6 vehicles for the transportation of senior citizens residing within the
 7 boundaries of the municipality to qualifying events as determined by the
 8 director.
 9 2. Within amounts specifically appropriated therefore, the director
 10 shall award grants to a municipality in an amount not to exceed one
 11 hundred thousand dollars per municipality for the acquisition of buses
 12 or other means of transportation related equipment for the purpose of
 13 transportation of senior citizens. Such buses and/or equipment shall
 14 have a useful life of not less than five years.
 15 3. No funds authorized under this section may be used as a required
 16 match or be considered a local share to any other state program or to
 17 leverage state aid or grants.
 18 4. (a) The director of the state office for the aging shall develop an
 19 application for use by eligible municipalities to apply for a grant, a
 20 list of approved transportation equipment, and criteria for the
 21 disbursement of funds authorized to an eligible municipality.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02819-01-5

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 1 (b) The director shall promulgate rules and regulations as necessary
 2 to carry out the provisions of this section.
 3 5. For the purposes of this section, "municipality" means a municipal
 4 corporation as defined pursuant to section one hundred nineteen-n of the
 5 general municipal law.
 6 § 2. The sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000), or so much thereof
 7 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the state office for the
 8 aging out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund, not
 9 otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available, for the purpose
 10 of carrying out the provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable
 11 on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or
 12 approved by the director of the state office for the aging in the manner
 13 prescribed by law.
 14 § 3. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 15 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 16 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 17 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 18 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 19 or p