Bill Text: NY S08354 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the New York state volunteer fire protection emergency reimbursement account; provides reimbursement for expenses incurred related to procurement of personal protective equipment and other expenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-19 - REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE [S08354 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08354-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8354

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue

        AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
          the  New  York state volunteer fire protection emergency reimbursement
          account for reimbursement for expenses incurred relating  to  procure-
          ment  of personal protective equipment and other expenses; and provid-
          ing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

     1    Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 186-f of the tax
     2  law, as added by section 3 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of  2009,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  forty-one and seven-tenths of the revenues collected and received
     5  under this section into the [state general fund] New York  state  volun-
     6  teer  fire protection emergency reimbursement account established pursu-
     7  ant to section ninety-nine-ii of the state finance law; and
     8    § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ii to
     9  read as follows:
    10    § 99-ii. New York state volunteer fire protection emergency reimburse-
    11  ment account. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the
    12  state comptroller and the commissioner of the department of taxation and
    13  finance a special fund to be known as the New York state volunteer  fire
    14  protection emergency reimbursement account. Moneys in this account shall
    15  be kept separate and not commingled with any other moneys in the custody
    16  of the comptroller.
    17    2. The sum equal to the amount identified in paragraph (a) of subdivi-
    18  sion  five  of  section one hundred eighty-six-f of the tax law shall be
    19  credited to the fund.
    20    3. (a) Monies collected and deposited into the New York  state  volun-
    21  teer  fire  protection emergency reimbursement account shall be used to:
    22  reimburse volunteer fire companies, volunteer fire  departments,  volun-
    23  teer  fire  districts,  volunteer fire protection districts and not-for-
    24  profit emergency medical  services  for  expenses  incurred  related  to
    25  procurement of personal protective equipment including but not be limit-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 8354                             2

     1  ed to, face shields, eye protection, isolation gowns, face masks, respi-
     2  rators,  and  turnout  gear;  and to reimburse volunteer fire companies,
     3  volunteer fire departments, volunteer  fire  districts,  volunteer  fire
     4  protection  districts  and not-for-profit emergency medical services for
     5  lost revenues due to municipal budget cuts  or  restrictions  on  public
     6  revenue  raising  events  during  the state of emergency declared by the
     7  governor pursuant to section twenty-nine of the executive law  beginning
     8  March seventh, two thousand twenty.
     9    (b)  Such reimbursements shall only be made upon application by a fire
    10  company, department, district, or non-profit EMS service to the New York
    11  state division of homeland security. The division of  homeland  security
    12  may   require  submission  of  documentation  with  an  application  for
    13  reimbursement as it deems necessary.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however,  the
    15  provisions of this act shall expire one year after the expiration of the
    16  governor's declared emergency pursuant to Executive Order 202.