Bill Text: NY A01019 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Suspends certain provisions relating to petitions for incorporation of a village until December 31, 2024; directs the department of state to conduct a study on the existing laws and regulations regarding the incorporation, merger, and dissolution of municipalities for the purpose of making recommendations of amendments to such laws.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-22 - print number 1019a [A01019 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A01019-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1019--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 7, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Governments in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to incorporation of villages; relating to directing a municipal re-organization study; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there- of The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2-208 of the village law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. The provisions contained in this section shall be suspended until 4 December 31, 2024. 5 § 2. Municipal re-organization study. 1. The department of state is 6 hereby authorized and directed to conduct a study on the existing laws 7 and regulations regarding the incorporation, merger, and dissolution of 8 municipalities for the purpose of making recommendations of amendments 9 to said laws or regulations in order to better serve the needs of resi- 10 dents. For the purpose of this study, municipality shall mean towns and 11 villages. 12 2. The study shall focus on the causes and consequences of the incor- 13 poration, merger, and dissolution of municipalities. (a) When examining 14 causes, the department shall consider, but not be limited to (i) examin- 15 ing how often the process to dissolve, merge, or incorporate a munici- 16 pality is initiated and either succeeds or fails, (ii) the fiscal and 17 economic conditions present in municipalities where a process to merge 18 or dissolve was initiated, and the fiscal and economic conditions of the 19 areas of existing municipalities where the process to incorporate part 20 of them into a new municipality was initiated, (iii) the social and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01774-02-2A. 1019--A 2 1 demographic conditions of the populations of municipalities where the 2 process to merge, dissolve, or incorporate a new municipality was initi- 3 ated, including how any difference between populations affected the 4 initiation of the process to incorporate, merge, or dissolve a munici- 5 pality. 6 (b) When examining the consequences, the department of state shall 7 consider, but not be limited to (i) examining the effects to property 8 taxes and municipal revenue from successful incorporations, mergers, or 9 dissolutions of municipalities, including effects on local governments 10 collocated with the affected municipalities, including school districts, 11 library districts, sewer districts, and any other special taxing 12 districts, (ii) the effect on the delivery of public services to the 13 residents of the municipalities affected by incorporations, mergers, or 14 dissolutions of municipalities, and (iii) the effects on the economic 15 conditions of the municipalities affected by an incorporation, merger, 16 or dissolution of a municipality. 17 3. To the maximum extent feasible, the department of state shall be 18 entitled to request and receive and shall utilize and be provided with 19 such facilities, resources and data of any department, division, board, 20 bureau, commission or agency of the state as it may reasonably request 21 to properly carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this act. 22 4. The department of state shall consult with the office of the state 23 comptroller, associations representing towns and villages, and local 24 elected officials, when considering and developing the recommendations 25 of amendments to existing laws and regulations governing the incorpo- 26 ration, merger, and dissolution of municipalities. 27 5. The department of state shall within one year of the effective date 28 of this act submit a report of the findings, conclusions and recommenda- 29 tion of amendments from the study to the governor, the speaker of the 30 assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the chairs of the 31 senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee, and 32 the chairs of the senate and assembly local government committees. 33 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 34 section one of this act shall apply to any petitions for incorporation 35 submitted pursuant to section 2-202 of the village law and currently 36 pending without final disposition on or after January 1, 2021; and 37 provided, further, that this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on 38 and after December 31, 2024.
