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BILL NUMBER:S6761A

TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the definition of consolidation for the consolidation in dissolution of local government

PURPOSE: To expand the definition of the term "consolidation" for purposes of the "citizen empowerment tax credit" and the "local government citizens re-organization empowerment grant program" to include the creation of a coterminous village and town government.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends subdivision 2 of section 750 of the general municipal law to include "the alteration of the borders of a village to be coterminous with a town" within the definition of the term "consolidation" so long as the implementation of the alteration of the borders can be demonstrated by the town and village to the satisfaction of the secretary of state that a consolidation of services shall occur which will produce a net savings to the property taxpayers.

Section 2. Effective Date.

JUSTIFICATION: Current law does not include the creation of a coterminous village and town government within the definition of consolidation for the purpose of the "citizen empowerment tax credit" or the "local government citizens reorganization empowerment grant program." However, this form of consolidation is an option of consolidation of some services for some municipalities and should not be excluded from state benefits of consolidation.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.

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STATE OF NEW YORK
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6761--A

IN SENATE

March 19, 2012
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Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
  on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the definition
  of consolidation for the consolidation in dissolution of local govern-
  ment

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 750 of the general municipal law,
as added by chapter 74 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2.  "Consolidation"  shall mean [either] (a) the combination of two or
more local government entities  resulting  in  the  termination  of  the
existence of each of the entities to be consolidated and the creation of
a new entity which assumes jurisdiction over all of the terminated enti-
ties[, or]; (b) the combination of two or more local government entities
resulting  in  the  termination  of  the existence of all but one of the
entities which shall absorb the terminated entity or  entities;  OR  (C)
THE ALTERATION OF THE BORDERS OF A VILLAGE TO BE COTERMINOUS WITH A TOWN
WHEN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH CONTERMINOUS BORDERS CAN BE DEMONSTRATED
BY  THE  TOWN  AND VILLAGE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THAT A CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES SHALL OCCUR PRODUCING A NET SAVINGS  TO
PROPERTY TAXPAYERS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15002-02-2