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S06423 Summary:

BILL NOS06423
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORHELMING
 
COSPNSRRITCHIE, ORTT, FUNKE, ROBACH, DEFRANCISCO, YOUNG, JACOBS, GRIFFO, LITTLE, O'MARA
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Establishes the Great Lakes flood recovery grant program to provide grants to small businesses, farms, multiple dwelling owners, homeowners, nonprofits and municipalities for flood damage resulting from the raised level of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Champlain and/or the St. Lawrence river; such program shall be administered by the empire state development corporation.
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S06423 Actions:

BILL NOS06423
 
05/17/2017REFERRED TO RULES
05/22/2017ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1077
05/22/2017PASSED SENATE
05/22/2017DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/22/2017referred to local governments
01/03/2018died in assembly
01/03/2018returned to senate
01/03/2018REFERRED TO FINANCE
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S06423 Memo:

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S06423 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6423
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 17, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. HELMING, RITCHIE, ORTT, FUNKE, ROBACH, DeFRANCISCO,
          YOUNG, JACOBS, GRIFFO, LITTLE -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to establish the Great Lakes flood recovery grant program
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. There is hereby created  the  Great  Lakes  flood  recovery
     2  grant program.
     3    1.  (a)  Small businesses, farms, owners of multiple dwellings, owners
     4  of residences, and not-for-profit organizations  that  sustained  direct
     5  physical  flood-related  damage  as  a  result of flooding caused by the
     6  raised level of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Champlain and/or  the  St.
     7  Lawrence river, that occurred between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2017,
     8  shall be eligible to apply for a grant under this subdivision.
     9    (b)  Such  grant  shall  be  in an amount of not more than $15,500 for
    10  owners of residences, not more  than  $30,000  for  owners  of  multiple
    11  dwellings, not more than $50,000 for small businesses and farms, and not
    12  more  than $100,000 for not-for-profit corporations. Such grant shall be
    13  used for storm-related repairs and restoration to structures, equipment,
    14  and for other storm-related costs, all of which were not covered by  any
    15  other  federal,  state  or  local  recovery  program  or any third-party
    16  payors.
    17    (c) The empire state development  corporation  shall  administer  this
    18  grant program, which shall not exceed in the aggregate $20,000,000. Such
    19  corporation  is hereby empowered to establish grant guidelines and addi-
    20  tional eligibility  criteria,  based  on  available  flood  damage  data
    21  provided by applicable state and/or federal agencies, as it deems neces-
    22  sary  to  effectuate  the  administration  of this program. In providing
    23  assistance pursuant to this subdivision, the  empire  state  development
    24  corporation  shall  give  preference  to applicants that demonstrate the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11812-03-7

        S. 6423                             2
 
     1  greatest need, based on available flood damage date provided by applica-
     2  ble state and/or federal agencies.
     3    2.  (a)  Municipalities  and  special  districts that sustained direct
     4  physical flood-related damage as a result  of  flooding  caused  by  the
     5  raised  level  of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Champlain and/or the St.
     6  Lawrence river, that occurred between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2017,
     7  are eligible to apply for a grant under this subdivision.
     8    (b) Such grant shall be in an amount of not more than $1,000,000. Such
     9  grant shall be used for storm-related repairs and restoration to munici-
    10  pal infrastructure and systems, including, but not  limited  to,  roads,
    11  bridges and other transportation systems, drinking water supply systems,
    12  sanitary  and/or  storm  sewer  systems,  levy  and/or  flood protection
    13  systems, as well as for municipal equipment, and for other storm-related
    14  costs, all of which were not covered by  any  other  federal,  state  or
    15  local recovery program or any third-party payors.
    16    (c)  The  empire  state  development corporation shall administer this
    17  grant program, which shall not exceed in the aggregate $20,000,000. Such
    18  corporation is hereby empowered to establish grant guidelines and  addi-
    19  tional  eligibility  criteria,  based  on  available  flood  damage data
    20  provided by applicable state and/or federal agencies, as it deems neces-
    21  sary to effectuate the administration  of  this  program.  In  providing
    22  assistance  pursuant  to  this subdivision, the empire state development
    23  corporation shall give preference to  applicants  that  demonstrate  the
    24  greatest need, based on available flood damage data provided by applica-
    25  ble state and/or federal agencies.
    26    3.  (a) The empire state development corporation, in consultation with
    27  the department of environmental conservation, shall administer  a  grant
    28  program  for  counties for flood mitigation or flood control projects in
    29  creeks, streams, and brooks. Only counties that sustained  direct  phys-
    30  ical  flood  related  damage  as  a result of the flooding caused by the
    31  raised level of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Champlain and/or  the  St.
    32  Lawrence  river,  between  January  1,  2017 and June 30, 2017, shall be
    33  eligible to apply for a grant under this subdivision.
    34    (b) This grant program shall not exceed in the  aggregate  $5,000,000.
    35  Individual  grants  shall  be  not  less  than  $250,000  nor  more than
    36  $500,000; provided however, that counties may  jointly  apply  for  such
    37  grants,  and  the  amount  of such joint grants may equal the sum of the
    38  amounts that would have been  separately  available  to  the  individual
    39  counties  making  such  joint  application. The empire state development
    40  corporation,  in  consultation  with  the  department  of  environmental
    41  conservation,  is  hereby  empowered  to  establish grant guidelines and
    42  additional eligibility criteria, based on available  flood  damage  data
    43  provided by applicable state and/or federal agencies, as it deems neces-
    44  sary  to  effectuate  the  administration  of this program. In providing
    45  assistance pursuant to this subdivision, the  empire  state  development
    46  corporation  shall  give  preference  to applicants that demonstrate the
    47  greatest need, based on available flood damage data provided by applica-
    48  ble state and/or federal agencies.  Priority also may be given to  reme-
    49  diation which if not undertaken may result in additional flooding.
    50    4.  The  director  of  the  budget, in consultation with the temporary
    51  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, shall develop a
    52  plan and criteria regarding distribution of  funding  to  municipalities
    53  and special districts that sustained flood-related damage as a result of
    54  flooding  caused  by  the  raised level of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake
    55  Champlain and/or the St. Lawrence river, that occurred  between  January
    56  1,  2017  and June 30, 2017. Such program shall not exceed in the aggre-

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     1  gate $10,000,000. The director of the budget may  direct  and  authorize
     2  any  other  state agency to assist in administration and distribution of
     3  these funds.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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