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A05050 Summary:

BILL NOA05050
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORJacobson
 
COSPNSRSimon
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §49, UDC Act
 
Requires state and municipal facilities program grants be issued only with governor, senate or assembly sponsor.
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A05050 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A5050
 
SPONSOR: Jacobson
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in relation to the state and municipal facilities program   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The bill would require members of the state legislature to take respon- sibility for money directed to local governments through the State and Municipal facilities (SAM) program by prohibiting anonymous SAM grants.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends the urban development corporation act to add a new subdivision 4 requiring that any grant issued as part of the state and municipal facilities program shall be sponsored by the governor or shall have a sponsor from the state senate or the state assembly. Section 2 sets forth the effective date which is immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025.   JUSTIFICATION: State legislators can funnel money to local governments through the State and Municipal facilities program (SAM) but currently, SAM grants are not required to have a sponsor in the State Senate or Assembly. Requiring transparency in spending public money is a vital good govern- ment reform.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2019-2020: A8233-A - Amend and recommit to Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee 2021-2022: A695 - Referred to Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee S1845 - Referred to Senate Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee 2023-2024: A858 - Referred to Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee S441 - Referred to Senate Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025.
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A05050 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5050
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 11, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. JACOBSON, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
          relation to the state and municipal facilities program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 49 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968,
     2  constituting  the  New  York state urban development corporation act, is
     3  amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     4    4. Any grant issued by the dormitory authority or the corporation from
     5  the state and municipal facilities program shall  be  sponsored  by  the
     6  governor or have a sponsor from the state senate or the state assembly.
     7    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
     8  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2025.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01690-01-5
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