Authorizes funding for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) and Marchiselli program for state fiscal year 2011-2012; extends or makes permanent various provisions of law; relates to the excelsior linked deposit act; relates to recovery of state governmental costs; relates to the community services block grant program; relates to the removal of statutory references to the governor's office of regulatory reform; authorizes and directs the New York state energy research and development authority to make a payment to the general fund of up to $913,000; authorizes the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to finance a portion of its research, development and demonstration and policy and planning programs from assessments on gas and electric corporations; authorizes the department of health to finance certain activities with revenues generated from an assessment on cable television companies; relates to pesticide registration time frames and fees; relates to the healthy food/communities initiative; authorizes the establishment of a revolving loan fund; relates to state aid for farmers' markets; relates to disbursements from the tribal-state compact revenue account to certain municipalities; increases the term of licensure and registration from two to four years; relates to saltwater recreational fishing registrations; relates to the use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and best available technology by the state; relates to the creation of the recharge New York power program; extends the expiration of the power for jobs program and the energy cost savings benefit programs; requires the New York state urban development corporation to submit a comprehensive financial plan to the director of the budget and establishes accounts and subaccounts within the treasury of such corporation; relates to the new markets tax credits.
S2810A-2011 Actions
- Mar 31, 2011: SIGNED CHAP.60
- Mar 30, 2011: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
- Mar 29, 2011: returned to senate
- Mar 29, 2011: passed assembly
- Mar 29, 2011: message of necessity - 3 day message
- Mar 29, 2011: ordered to third reading rules cal.10
- Mar 29, 2011: substituted for a4010c
- Mar 29, 2011: referred to ways and means
- Mar 29, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- Mar 29, 2011: PASSED SENATE
- Mar 29, 2011: MESSAGE OF NECESSITY
- Mar 29, 2011: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.277
- Mar 29, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 2810C
- Mar 29, 2011: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
- Mar 12, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 2810B
- Mar 12, 2011: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
- Feb 25, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 2810A
- Feb 25, 2011: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
- Feb 1, 2011: REFERRED TO FINANCE
S2810A-2011 Votes
VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE:
- Finance
- Mar 29, 2011
Ayes (32): DeFrancisco, Johnson, Alesi, Bonacic, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Golden, Hannon, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Little, Marcellino, Nozzolio, Robach, Saland, Seward, Young, Krueger, Breslin, Dilan, Gianaris, Kruger, Montgomery, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Rivera, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousins
Ayes W/R (1): Duane
Nays (1): Diaz
VOTE: FLOOR VOTE:
- Mar 29, 2011
Ayes (59): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Dilan, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Huntley, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Kruger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Nays (2): Diaz, Duane
Absent (1): Perkins
S2810A-2011 Text
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 2810--A A. 4010--A
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2011
___________
IN SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to
article seven of the Constitution -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to authorize funding for the Consolidated Local Street and High-
way Improvement Program (CHIPS) and Marchiselli program for state
fiscal year 2011-2012 and to amend chapter 329 of the laws of 1991,
amending the state finance law and other laws relating to the estab-
lishment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund; and providing
for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof (Part A);
to amend chapter 279 of the laws of 1998 amending the transportation
law relating to enabling the commissioner of transportation to estab-
lish a single audit pilot program, in relation to making such
provisions permanent (Part B); to amend chapter 312 of the laws of
1994, amending the vehicle and traffic law relating to suspensions of
licenses pending prosecution of certain alcohol-related charges, and
authorizations for probationary and conditional drivers' licenses, in
relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part C); to amend chapter 533
of the laws of 1993, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the
correction law relating to suspension and revocation of driver's
licenses upon conviction of certain drug-related offenses, in relation
to the effectiveness thereof (Part D); to amend chapter 569 of the
laws of 1981, amending the vehicle and traffic law relating to motor
vehicle liability insurance, financial security, criminal acts and
penalties for non-compliance, in relation to making provisions perma-
nent; and to amend chapter 781 of the laws of 1983, amending the vehi-
cle and traffic law and other laws relating to motor vehicle liability
insurance, financial security, criminal acts and certain penalties for
non-compliance, in relation to making provisions permanent (Part E);
to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the criminal procedure law,
in relation to governing operators of commercial motor vehicles and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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federal requirements for medical certification pertaining to such
operators (Part F); to amend chapter 393 of the laws of 1994 amending
the New York state urban development corporation act, relating to the
powers of the New York state urban development corporation to make
loans, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part G); to amend the
state finance law, in relation to the excelsior linked deposit act
(Part H); to amend part U of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005 amending
the labor law and other laws implementing the state fiscal plan for
the 2005-2006 state fiscal year, relating to New York state higher
education matching grant program for independent colleges, in relation
to the effectiveness thereof (Part I); to amend the public authorities
law, in relation to the state governmental cost recovery system; and
to repeal section 2975-a of such law relating thereto (Part J); to
amend the executive law, in relation to the community services block
grant program; and to amend chapter 728 of the laws of 1982 and chap-
ter 710 of the laws of 1983, amending the executive law relating to
community services block grant programs, in relation to the effective-
ness thereof (Part K); to amend chapter 21 of the laws of 2003, amend-
ing the executive law relating to permitting the secretary of state to
provide special handling for all documents filed or issued by the
division of corporations and to permit additional levels of such expe-
dited service, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part L); to
amend the public service law and the real property tax law, in
relation to repealing the Tug Hill commission and to repeal certain
provisions of the executive law and the public service law relating
thereto (Part M); to amend the executive law, in relation to the sala-
ry of the chairperson of the New York State athletic commission (Part
N); to amend the executive law, the economic development law and the
state administrative procedure act, in relation to the removal of
statutory references to the governor's office of regulatory reform;
and to repeal subdivision 8 of section 202-b of the state administra-
tive procedure act, relating thereto (Part O); to authorize and direct
the New York state energy research and development authority to make a
payment to the general fund of up to $913,000 (Part P); to authorize
the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to
finance a portion of its research, development and demonstration and
policy and planning programs from assessments on gas and electric
corporations (Part Q); to authorize the department of health to
finance certain activities with revenues generated from an assessment
on cable television companies (Part R); to amend the environmental
conservation law and chapter 67 of the laws of 1992 amending the envi-
ronmental conservation law relating to pesticide product registration
timetables and fees, in relation to pesticide registration time frames
and fees (Part S); to amend the agriculture and markets law, authoriz-
ing the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish a compet-
itive grants program (Part T); to amend the New York state urban
development corporation act, in relation to the healthy
food/communities initiative; to amend the agriculture and markets law,
in relation to authorizing the establishment of a revolving loan fund;
and to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to state aid
for farmers' markets (Part U); to amend the state finance law, in
relation to the "I Love NY waterways" boating safety account; and to
repeal article 4-A of the navigation law, relating to enforcement by
counties (Part V); to amend the state finance law, in relation to the
transfer of tribal compact revenue to the general fund and to the city
of Niagara Falls (Part W); to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering
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and breeding law, in relation to assessing a surcharge on purses (Part
X); to amend the general business law, in relation to increasing the
term of licensure and registration from two to four years (Part Y);
and to amend the real property tax law, the general municipal law, the
public officers law, the tax law, the abandoned property law and the
state finance law, in relation to establishing standards for electron-
ic real property tax administration, allowing the department of taxa-
tion and finance to use electronic communication means to furnish tax
notices and other documents, mandatory electronic filing of tax docu-
ments, debit cards issued for tax refunds, improving sales tax compli-
ance and to repeal certain provisions of the tax law and the adminis-
trative code of the city of New York relating thereto (Part Z)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act enacts into law major components of legislation
which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2011-2012
state fiscal year. Each component is wholly contained within a Part
identified as Parts A through Z. The effective date for each particular
provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of
such Part. Any provision in any section contained within a Part, includ-
ing the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section
"of this act", when used in connection with that particular component,
shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the
Part in which it is found. Section three of this act sets forth the
general effective date of this act.
PART A
Section 1. The sum of four hundred two million seven hundred ninety-
seven thousand dollars ($402,797,000), or so much thereof as shall be
necessary, and in addition to amounts previously appropriated by law, is
hereby made available, in accordance with subdivision 1 of section 380
of the public authorities law as amended, according to the following
schedule. Payments pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall be
made available as moneys become available for such payments. Payments
pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of this section shall be made
available on the fifteenth day of June, September, December and March or
as soon thereafter as moneys become available for such payments. No
moneys of the state in the state treasury or any of its funds shall be
available for payments pursuant to this section:
SCHEDULE
(a) Thirty-nine million seven hundred thousand dollars ($39,700,000)
to municipalities for repayment of eligible costs of federal aid munici-
pal street and highway projects pursuant to section 15 of chapter 329 of
the laws of 1991, as added by section 9 of chapter 330 of the laws of
1991, as amended. The department of transportation shall provide such
information to the municipalities as may be necessary to maintain the
federal tax exempt status of any bonds, notes, or other obligations
issued by such municipalities to provide for the non-federal share of
the cost of projects pursuant to chapter 330 of the laws of 1991 or
section 80-b of the highway law.
The program authorized pursuant to section 15 of chapter 329 of the
laws of 1991, as added by section 9 of chapter 330 of the laws of 1991,
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as amended, shall additionally make payments for reimbursement according
to the following schedule:
State Fiscal Year Amount
2011-12 $39,700,000
(b) Three hundred four million three hundred thousand dollars
($304,300,000) to counties, cities, towns and villages for reimbursement
of eligible costs of local highway and bridge projects pursuant to
sections 16 and 16-a of chapter 329 of the laws of 1991, as added by
section 9 of chapter 330 of the laws of 1991, as amended. For the
purposes of computing allocations to municipalities, the amount distrib-
uted pursuant to section 16 of chapter 329 of the laws of 1991 shall be
deemed to be $121,520,000. The amount distributed pursuant to section
16-a of chapter 329 of the laws of 1991 shall be deemed to be
$182,780,000. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special
law, the amounts deemed distributed in accordance with section 16 of
chapter 329 of the laws of 1991 shall be adjusted so that such amounts
will not be less than 83.807 percent of the "funding level" as defined
in subdivision 5 of section 10-c of the highway law for each such muni-
cipality. In order to achieve the objectives of section 16 of chapter
329 of the laws of 1991, to the extent necessary, the amounts in excess
of 83.807 percent of the funding level to be deemed distributed to each
municipality under this subdivision shall be reduced in equal propor-
tion.
(c) Fifty-eight million seven hundred ninety-seven thousand dollars
($58,797,000) to municipalities for reimbursement of eligible costs of
local highway and bridge projects pursuant to sections 16 and 16-a of
chapter 329 of the laws of 1991, as added by section 9 of chapter 330 of
the laws of 1991, as amended. For the purposes of computing allocations
to municipalities, the amount distributed pursuant to section 16 of
chapter 329 of the laws of 1991 shall be deemed to be $23,480,000. The
amount distributed pursuant to section 16-a of chapter 329 of the laws
of 1991 shall be deemed to be $35,317,000. Notwithstanding the
provisions of any general or special law, the amounts deemed distributed
in accordance with section 16 of chapter 329 of the laws of 1991 shall
be adjusted so that such amounts will not be less than 16.193 percent of
the "funding level" as defined in subdivision 5 of section 10-c of the
highway law for each such municipality. In order to achieve the objec-
tives of section 16 of chapter 329 of the laws of 1991, to the extent
necessary, the amounts in excess of 16.193 percent of the funding level
to be deemed distributed to each municipality under this subdivision
shall be reduced in equal proportion. To the extent that the total of
remaining payment allocations calculated herein varies from $58,797,000,
the payment amounts to each locality shall be adjusted by a uniform
percentage so that the total payments equal $58,797,000.
The program authorized pursuant to sections 16 and 16-a of chapter 329
of the laws of 1991, as added by section 9 of chapter 330 of the laws of
1991, as amended, shall additionally make payments for reimbursement
according to the following schedule:
State Fiscal Year Amount
2011-12 $363,097,000
S 2. Section 16 of chapter 329 of the laws of 1991, amending the state
finance law and other laws relating to the establishment of the dedi-
cated highway and bridge trust fund, is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion (f) to read as follows:
(F) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION 10-C OF THE HIGHWAY LAW,
FOR PROJECTS COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31, 2012 LOCAL HIGHWAY AND
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BRIDGE PROJECTS MAY ALSO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING WORK TYPES: (1) MICROSUR-
FACING, (2) PAVER PLACED SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE COURSE SURFACE
TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE, AND (4) DOUBLE COURSE
SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE, HOWEVER, NO
REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE MADE FOR (1) MICROSURFACING, (2) PAVER PLACED
SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP
SEALS AND OIL AND STONE, AND (4) DOUBLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLV-
ING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE AFTER MARCH 31, 2012. REIMBURSEMENT FOR
PROJECTS USING THESE TREATMENTS MAY BE MADE FROM THE PROCEEDS OF BONDS,
NOTES OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS ISSUED BY THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORI-
TY PURSUANT TO SECTION 380 OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW OR OTHERWISE AS
DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.
S 3. Section 16-a of chapter 329 of the laws of 1991, amending the
state finance law and other laws relating to the establishment of the
dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, is amended by adding a new
subdivision (f) to read as follows:
(F) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION 10-C OF THE HIGHWAY LAW,
FOR PROJECTS COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31, 2012 LOCAL HIGHWAY AND
BRIDGE PROJECTS MAY ALSO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING WORK TYPES: (1) MICROSUR-
FACING, (2) PAVER PLACED SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE COURSE SURFACE
TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE, AND (4) DOUBLE COURSE
SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE, HOWEVER, NO
REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE MADE FOR (1) MICROSURFACING, (2) PAVER PLACED
SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP
SEALS AND OIL AND STONE, AND (4) DOUBLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLV-
ING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE AFTER MARCH 31, 2012. REIMBURSEMENT FOR
PROJECTS USING THESE TREATMENTS MAY BE MADE FROM THE PROCEEDS OF BONDS,
NOTES OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS ISSUED BY THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORI-
TY PURSUANT TO SECTION 380 OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW OR OTHERWISE AS
DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.
S 4. Subdivision (d) of section 11 of chapter 329 of the laws of 1991,
amending the state finance law and other laws relating to the establish-
ment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, as amended by chap-
ter 432 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
(d) Any such service contract (i) shall provide that the obligation of
the director of the budget or the state to fund or to pay the amounts
therein provided for shall not constitute a debt of the state within the
meaning of any constitutional or statutory provisions in the event the
thruway authority assigns or pledges service contract payments as secu-
rity for its bonds or notes, (ii) shall be deemed executory only to the
extent moneys are available and that no liability shall be incurred by
the state beyond the moneys available for the purpose, and that such
obligation is subject to annual appropriation by the legislature, and
(iii) shall provide that no funds shall be made available from the
proceeds of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this chapter unless the
commissioner of transportation has certified to the chairman of the
thruway authority that such funds shall be used exclusively for the
purposes authorized by subdivision (a) of this section, and/or
construction, reconstruction or improvement of local highways, bridges
and/or highway-railroad crossings, including right of way acquisition,
preliminary engineering, and construction supervision and inspection,
where the service life of the project is at least ten years OR FOR
PROJECTS COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31, 2012 WHERE THE PROJECT IS:
(1) MICROSURFACING, (2) PAVER PLACED SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE
COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE AND (4)
DOUBLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE,
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and unless the director of the budget has certified to the chairman of
the thruway authority that a spending plan has been submitted by the
commissioner of transportation and has been approved by the director of
the budget. NO REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE MADE FOR (1) MICROSURFACING, (2)
PAVER PLACED SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT
INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE, AND (4) DOUBLE COURSE SURFACE
TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE AFTER MARCH 31, 2012.
S 5. Subdivision (b) of section 16 of chapter 329 of the laws of 1991,
amending the state finance law and other laws relating to the establish-
ment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, as added by chapter
330 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Each county, city, town and village shall certify to the commis-
sioner of transportation that amounts to be reimbursed are for
construction, reconstruction or improvement of local highways, bridges
and/or highway-railroad crossings, including right of way acquisition,
preliminary engineering, and construction supervision and inspection
where the service life of the project is at least ten years OR FOR
PROJECTS COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31, 2012 WHERE THE PROJECT IS: (1)
MICROSURFACING, (2) PAVER PLACED SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE COURSE
SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE AND (4) DOUBLE
COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE. NO
REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE MADE FOR (1) MICROSURFACING, (2) PAVER PLACED
SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP
SEALS AND OIL AND STONE, AND (4) DOUBLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLV-
ING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE AFTER MARCH 31, 2012. Such certif-
ication shall include any such information as may be necessary to main-
tain the federal tax exempt status of bonds, notes or other obligations
issued by the New York state thruway authority pursuant to section 380
of the public authorities law. The commissioner of transportation shall
in writing request the municipalities to furnish such information as may
be necessary to comply with this section.
S 6. Subdivision (b) of section 16-a of chapter 329 of the laws of
1991, amending the state finance law and other laws relating to the
establishment of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, as added
by chapter 330 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Each county, city, town and village shall certify to the commis-
sioner of transportation that amounts to be reimbursed are for
construction, reconstruction or improvement of local highways, bridges
and/or highway-railroad crossings, including right of way acquisition,
preliminary engineering, and construction supervision and inspection
where the service life of the project is at least ten years OR FOR
PROJECTS COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31, 2012 WHERE THE PROJECT IS: (1)
MICROSURFACING, (2) PAVER PLACED SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE COURSE
SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE AND (4) DOUBLE
COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE. NO
REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE MADE FOR (1) MICROSURFACING, (2) PAVER PLACED
SURFACE TREATMENT, (3) SINGLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHIP
SEALS AND OIL AND STONE, AND (4) DOUBLE COURSE SURFACE TREATMENT INVOLV-
ING CHIP SEALS AND OIL AND STONE AFTER MARCH 31, 2012. Such certif-
ication shall include any such information as may be necessary to main-
tain the federal tax exempt status of bonds, notes or other obligations
issued by the New York state thruway authority pursuant to section 380
of the public authorities law. The commissioner shall in writing request
the municipalities to furnish such information as may be necessary to
comply with this section.
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S 7. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
sections two, three, four, five and six of this act shall expire and be
deemed repealed on April 1, 2012.
PART B
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 279 of the laws of 1998, amending the
transportation law relating to enabling the commissioner of transporta-
tion to establish a single audit pilot program, as amended by section 1
of part E of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
S 2. This act shall take effect on December 31, 1998, except that the
commissioner of transportation is immediately authorized to promulgate
rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act [and
shall expire December 31, 2011 when upon such date the provisions of
this act shall be deemed repealed].
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART C
Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 312 of the laws of 1994, amending the
vehicle and traffic law relating to suspensions of licenses pending
prosecution of certain alcohol-related charges, and authorizations for
probationary and conditional drivers' licenses, as amended by section 1
of part C of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
S 7. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that
sections three, four, five and six of this act shall take effect on the
first day of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have
become a law and shall apply to offenses committed on or after such
date; provided further, however, that the amendment to paragraph (c) of
subdivision 2 of section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law made by
section two of this act shall take effect on the same date as such para-
graph takes effect pursuant to section 9 of chapter 533 of the laws of
1993, as amended[, provided, further, that the provisions of section
four of this act shall remain in full force and effect until October 1,
2011 when upon such date the provisions of such section shall be deemed
repealed and the provisions of law amended by such section shall revert
to and be read as if the provisions of such section had not been
enacted].
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
PART D
Section 1. Section 9 of chapter 533 of the laws of 1993, amending the
vehicle and traffic law and the correction law relating to suspension
and revocation of driver's licenses upon conviction of certain drug-re-
lated offenses, as amended by section 1 of part D of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
S 9. This act shall take effect September 30, 1993 and shall apply to
convictions based on offenses which occurred on or after such date [and
shall remain in full force and effect until October 1, 2011 when upon
such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed and the
provisions of law amended by this act shall revert to and be read as if
the provisions of this act had not been enacted].
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S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
PART E
Section 1. Section 12 of chapter 569 of the laws of 1981, amending the
vehicle and traffic law relating to motor vehicle liability insurance,
financial security, criminal acts and penalties for non-compliance, as
amended by section 1 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is
amended to read as follows:
S 12. This act shall take effect on the first day of September, 1982
[and the amendments made to the provisions of the vehicle and traffic
law by sections one through nine of this act shall expire on June 30,
2011 and shall apply to the use and operation of motor vehicles during
such period. Upon such expiration date the provisions of such sections
of such law shall revert to and be read as set out in law on the date
immediately preceding the effective date of this act. The commissioner
shall widely publicize the provisions of this act and take all actions
necessary to prepare for its implementation prior to the effective
date].
S 2. Section 15 of chapter 781 of the laws of 1983, amending the vehi-
cle and traffic law and other laws relating to motor vehicle liability
insurance, financial security, criminal acts and certain penalties for
non-compliance, as amended by section 2 of part J of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
S 15. This act shall take effect immediately [except that sections
ten and eleven hereof shall take effect on June 30, 2011; the amendments
made to the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law and the insurance
law by sections one through seven of this act shall expire June 30,
2011; upon such date the provisions of such sections of such laws shall
revert to and be read as set out in law on the date immediately preced-
ing the effective date of this act].
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART F
Section 1. Item 1 of clause (A) of subparagraph ii of paragraph (i) of
subdivision 1 of section 201 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended
by section 2 of part E of chapter 60 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
(1) fifty-five years where the conviction and suspension or revocation
order relates to a conviction, suspension or revocation by the holder OF
ANY DRIVER'S LICENSE WHEN OPERATING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE, AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS CHAP-
TER, OR BY THE HOLDER of a commercial driver's license who, when operat-
ing any motor vehicle, has refused to submit to a chemical test pursuant
to section eleven hundred ninety-four of this chapter, or has been
convicted of any of the following offenses while operating any motor
vehicle: any violation of subdivision two, three or four of section
eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, any violation of subdivision
one or two of section six hundred of this chapter, any felony involving
the use of a motor vehicle, other than the use of a motor vehicle in the
commission of a felony involving manufacturing, distributing, dispensing
a controlled substance; or the conviction, suspension or revocation
involves any of the following offenses while operating a commercial
motor vehicle: any violation of subdivision five or six of section elev-
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en hundred ninety-two of this chapter, driving a commercial motor vehi-
cle when as a result of prior violations committed while operating a
commercial motor vehicle, the driver's commercial driver's license is
suspended or revoked, or has been convicted of causing a fatality
through the negligent operation of a commercial motor vehicle, including
but not limited to the crimes of vehicular manslaughter and criminally
negligent homicide as set forth in article one hundred twenty-five of
the penal law;
S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by chapter 639 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
1. Application for license. Application for a driver's license shall
be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. The commis-
sioner may also provide that the application procedure shall include the
taking of a photo image or images of the applicant in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the
commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide his or her
social security number and provide space on the application so that the
applicant may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor
registry under section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law.
In addition, an applicant for a commercial driver's license who will
operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify
that such applicant meets the requirements to operate a commercial motor
vehicle, as set forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of
the code of federal regulations, and all regulations promulgated by the
United States secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials
transportation act. IN ADDITION, AN APPLICANT FOR A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
LICENSE SHALL SUBMIT MEDICAL CERTIFICATION AT SUCH INTERVALS AS REQUIRED
BY THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 AND REGU-
LATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT THERETO RELATING TO MEDICAL CERTIFICATION AND
IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER. Upon a determination that
the holder of a commercial driver's license has made any false state-
ment, with respect to the application for such license, the commissioner
shall revoke such license.
S 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 503 of the vehicle and
traffic law, as amended by chapter 435 of the laws of 1997, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) An application for a license shall be valid for a period of time
specified by regulation of the commissioner not to exceed five years. A
learner's permit shall be valid from its issuance until the expiration
of the application for a driver's license for which it was issued.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATION SUBMITTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT THERETO RELAT-
ING TO MEDICAL CERTIFICATION BY AN APPLICANT FOR A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
LICENSE EXPIRES, ANY LEARNER'S PERMIT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE
COMMISSIONER IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPLICATION SHALL BE SUSPENDED.
S 4. Subdivision 1 of section 510-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by section 13 of part E of chapter 60 of the laws of 2005, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Revocation. A commercial driver's license shall be revoked by the
commissioner whenever the holder is convicted within or outside of this
state (a) of a felony involving the use of a motor vehicle except a
felony as described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision; (b) of a felo-
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ny involving manufacturing, distributing or dispensing a drug as defined
in section one hundred fourteen-a of this chapter or possession of any
such drug with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense such drug
in which a motor vehicle was used; (c) of a violation of subdivision one
or two of section six hundred of this chapter; (d) of operating a
commercial motor vehicle when, as a result of prior violations committed
while operating a commercial motor vehicle, the driver's commercial
driver's license is revoked, suspended, or canceled, or the driver is
disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle; (e) [or] has
been convicted of causing a fatality through the negligent operation of
a commercial motor vehicle, including but not limited to the crimes of
vehicular manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide; OR (F) THE
COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE HOLDER FALSIFIED INFORMATION: (I)
REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 AND
REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT THERETO RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
LICENSE DOCUMENT IN AN APPLICATION FOR A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE;
(II) REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF
1999 AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT THERETO RELATING TO INITIAL
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE OR EXISTING COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
HOLDER'S SELF-CERTIFICATION IN ANY OF THE SELF-CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING
THE TYPE OF DRIVING ENGAGED OR TO BE ENGAGED IN BY THE HOLDER OR REGARD-
ING THE NON-APPLICABILITY OF THE PHYSICAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 AND REGULATIONS
ADOPTED PURSUANT THERETO RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVERS TO THE
HOLDER; OR (III) REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVE-
MENT ACT OF 1999 AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT THERETO RELATING TO
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS IN ANY MEDICAL CERTIFICATION.
FOR PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION THE TERM FALSIFY
SHALL INCLUDE ADDING OR INSERTING FALSE INFORMATION ON A WRITTEN INSTRU-
MENT, FALSELY MAKING, COMPLETING, OR ALTERING A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT, AND
CAUSING A FALSE WRITTEN INSTRUMENT OR A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT CONTAINING
FALSE INFORMATION TO BE MADE.
S 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 510-a of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by section 6 of part K of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision,
where revocation of a commercial driver's license is mandatory pursuant
to paragraph (a), (c), (d) [or], (e) OR (F) of subdivision one of this
section no new commercial driver's license shall be issued for at least
one year nor thereafter except in the discretion of the commissioner,
except that FOR REVOCATIONS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A), (C), (D) OR (E)
OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, if such person has previously been
found to have refused a chemical test pursuant to section eleven hundred
ninety-four of this chapter or has a prior conviction of any of the
following offenses: any violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two
of this chapter, any violation of subdivision one or two of section six
hundred of this chapter, or any felony involving the use of a motor
vehicle pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section, or
has been convicted of operating a commercial motor vehicle when, as a
result of prior violations committed while operating a commercial motor
vehicle, the driver's commercial driver's license is revoked, suspended,
or canceled, or the driver is disqualified from operating a commercial
motor vehicle, or has been convicted of causing a fatality through the
negligent operation of a commercial motor vehicle, including but not
limited to the crimes of vehicular manslaughter or criminally negligent
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homicide, then such commercial driver's license revocation shall be
permanent.
S 6. Subdivision 3 of section 510-a of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
(F) A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL BE SUSPENDED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER UPON THE HOLDER'S FAILURE TO SUBMIT MEDICAL CERTIFICATION OR
MEDICAL VARIANCE DOCUMENTATION, AT SUCH INTERVALS AS ARE REQUIRED BY THE
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 AND REGULATIONS
ADOPTED PURSUANT THERETO RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
REQUIREMENTS AND IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER. A COMMER-
CIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL ALSO BE SUSPENDED BY THE COMMISSIONER UPON
RECEIPT OF INFORMATION FROM THE ISSUING MEDICAL EXAMINER OR THE FEDERAL
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION THAT A MEDICAL CERTIFICATION OR
MEDICAL VARIANCE WAS ISSUED IN ERROR. SUCH SUSPENSION SHALL BE TERMI-
NATED UPON: (I) THE HOLDER'S SUBMISSION OF THE REQUIRED VALID MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S CERTIFICATE OR MEDICAL VARIANCE DOCUMENTATION; (II) THE HOLD-
ER'S SELF-CERTIFICATION SPECIFYING THE TYPE OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
OPERATION HE OR SHE ENGAGES IN, OR EXPECTS TO ENGAGE IN, AND THAT THE
HOLDER IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PHYSICAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 AND REGULATIONS
ADOPTED PURSUANT THERETO RELATING TO DISQUALIFICATION OF DRIVERS; (III)
THE HOLDER'S SURRENDER OF HIS OR HER COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TO THE
DEPARTMENT OR TO THE APPROPRIATE LICENSING AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER JURIS-
DICTION; OR (IV) THE HOLDER'S DOWNGRADE OF HIS OR HER COMMERCIAL DRIV-
ER'S LICENSE TO A NON-COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.
S 7. Subdivision 1 of section 514 of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
(D) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C) OF
THIS SUBDIVISION, UPON A JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF ANY
PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY LOCAL LAW, RULE, ORDINANCE OR REGU-
LATION RELATING TO TRAFFIC, THE COURT OR THE CLERK THEREOF SHALL, WITHIN
NINETY-SIX HOURS OF THE IMPOSITION OF THE SENTENCE, FILE THE CERTIFICATE
REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF THE PERSON CONVICTED:
(I) IS THE HOLDER OF A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED BY ANOTHER
STATE; OR (II) DOES NOT HOLD A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, BUT HAS BEEN
ISSUED A LICENSE BY ANOTHER STATE AND IS CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION THAT
WAS COMMITTED IN A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
FOUR OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS TITLE.
S 8. Section 170.55 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
9. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, A COURT MAY
NOT ISSUE AN ORDER ADJOURNING AN ACTION IN CONTEMPLATION OF DISMISSAL IF
THE OFFENSE IS FOR A VIOLATION OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW RELATED TO
THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, OR A VIOLATION OF A LOCAL LAW, RULE OR
ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, IF SUCH OFFENSE
WAS COMMITTED BY THE HOLDER OF A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE OR WAS
COMMITTED IN A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR
OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE-A OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
S 9. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that sections two, three, four,
five and six of this act shall take effect January 30, 2012, provided,
however, that the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before
such effective date.
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PART G
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 393 of the laws of 1994, amending the
New York state urban development corporation act relating to the powers
of the New York state urban development corporation to make loans, as
amended by section 1 of part P of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately [provided, however, that
section one of this act shall expire on July 1, 2011, at which time the
provisions of subdivision 26 of section 5 of the New York state urban
development corporation act shall be deemed repealed; provided, however,
that neither the expiration nor the repeal of such subdivision as
provided for herein shall be deemed to affect or impair in any manner
any loan made pursuant to the authority of such subdivision prior to
such expiration and repeal].
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
PART H
Section 1. Section 217 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter
291 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
S 217. Linked loans. Linked loans shall be made by lenders pursuant to
the program only to eligible businesses in connection with eligible
projects. A linked loan shall be limited to a maximum amount of [one]
TWO million dollars. An eligible business may receive more than one
linked loan. During the life of the linked loan program, the total
amount of money that a business can borrow from the linked program is
[one] TWO million dollars. The credit decision for making a linked loan
shall be made solely by the lender. Notwithstanding the length of the
term of a linked loan, the linked deposit relating to the linked loan
shall be for a period of not more than four years.
S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 220 to
read as follows:
S 220. RENEWAL OF LINKED DEPOSIT. A LENDER MAY, ON BEHALF OF A BORROW-
ER, APPLY TO THE COMMISSIONER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO REQUEST A
RENEWAL OF THE LINKED DEPOSIT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEAR PERIOD TO
CORRESPOND WITH A SECOND FOUR YEAR PERIOD OF A BORROWER'S LINKED LOAN.
THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT SUCH APPLICATION IF THE COMMISSIONER DETER-
MINES THAT THE BORROWER, DURING THE SECOND FOUR YEAR PERIOD OF THE
LINKED LOAN, WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION BENEFITS OR
ADDITIONAL EXPORT TRADE BENEFITS OR ADDITIONAL JOBS. IF THE COMMISSIONER
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS SUCH APPLICATION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
NOTIFY THE AUTHORIZED DEPOSITOR WHO MADE THE LINKED DEPOSIT THAT THE
COMMISSIONER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE APPLICATION SATISFIES THE REQUIRE-
MENTS OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL REQUEST THE AUTHORIZED DEPOSITOR TO
CONTINUE THE LINKED DEPOSIT WITH THE LENDER FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEAR
PERIOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION NINETY-EIGHT-A OF THIS CHAPTER AND
WITH THE AUTHORIZED DEPOSITOR'S ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES. SUCH LINKED
DEPOSIT SHALL CONTINUE TO BE SECURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. THE FIXED INTEREST RATE ON
THE CONTINUED LINKED DEPOSIT SHALL BE THE LINKED DEPOSIT INTEREST RATE
IN EFFECT ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE LINKED DEPOSIT.
THE AUTHORIZED DEPOSITOR AND THE LENDER SHALL ENTER INTO A WRITTEN
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT GOVERNING THE CONTINUATION OF THE LINKED DEPOSIT. THE
INTEREST RATE PAYABLE ON THE LINKED LOAN FOR THE SECOND FOUR YEAR PERIOD
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SHALL BE, IN THE CASE OF A CERTIFIED BUSINESS IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ZONE OR AN ELIGIBLE BUSINESS LOCATED IN AN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA
OR FEDERAL EMPOWERMENT ZONE OR ENTERPRISE OR RENEWAL COMMUNITY OR A
MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS
BELOW THE INTEREST RATE THE LENDER WOULD HAVE CHARGED FOR THE LOAN IN
EFFECT ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE LINKED DEPOSIT; OR IN
THE CASE OF A BUSINESS NOT LOCATED IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE OR
ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA OR FEDERAL EMPOWERMENT ZONE OR ENTERPRISE
OR RENEWAL COMMUNITY OR WHICH IS NOT A MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE, TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW THE INTEREST RATE THE LENDER
WOULD HAVE CHARGED FOR THE LOAN IN THE ABSENCE OF A LINKED DEPOSIT IN
EFFECT ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE LINKED DEPOSIT.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART I
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1 of part U of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2005 amending the labor law and other laws
implementing the state fiscal plan for the 2005-2006 state fiscal year,
relating to the New York state higher education capital matching grant
program for independent colleges, as amended by part M of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The New York state higher education capital matching grant board
is hereby created to have and exercise the powers, duties and preroga-
tives provided by the provisions of this section and any other provision
of law. The board shall remain in existence during the period of the New
York state higher education capital matching grant program from the
effective date of this section through March 31, [2011] 2012, or the
date on which the last of the funds available for grants under this
section shall have been disbursed, whichever is earlier; provided,
however, that the termination of the existence of the board shall not
[effect] AFFECT the power and authority of the dormitory authority to
perform its obligations with respect to any bonds, notes, or other
indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to authority granted in this
section.
S 2. Subclause (A) of clause (ii) of paragraph (j) of subdivision 4 of
section 1 of part U of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005 amending the labor
law and other laws implementing the state fiscal plan for the 2005-2006
state fiscal year, relating to New York state higher education matching
grant program for independent colleges, as amended by section 3 of part
M of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
(A) Notwithstanding the provision of any general or special law to the
contrary, and subject to the provisions of chapter 59 of the laws of
2000 and to the making of annual appropriations therefor by the legisla-
ture, in order to assist the dormitory authority in providing such high-
er education capital matching grants, the director of the budget is
authorized in any state fiscal year commencing April 1, 2005 or any
state fiscal year thereafter for a period ending on March 31, [2011]
2012, to enter into one or more service contracts, none of which shall
exceed 30 years in duration, with the dormitory authority, upon such
terms as the director of the budget and the dormitory authority agree.
S 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 1 of part U of chapter
57 of the laws of 2005 amending the labor law and other laws implement-
ing the state fiscal plan for the 2005-2006 state fiscal year, relating
to New York state higher education matching grant program for independ-
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ent colleges, as amended by section 4 of part M of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Any eligible institution receiving a grant pursuant to this arti-
cle shall report to the dormitory authority no later than June 1, [2011]
2012, on the use of funding received and its programmatic and economic
impact. The dormitory authority shall submit a report no later than
November 1, [2011] 2012 to the board, the governor, the director of the
budget, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the
assembly on the aggregate impact of the higher education capital match-
ing grant program. Such report shall provide information on the progress
and economic impact of such project.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
PART J
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 2975 of the
public authorities law, as amended by section 1 of part O of chapter 59
of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(b) On or before November first, two thousand three and on or before
November first of each year thereafter, the director of the budget shall
determine the amount owed under this section by each public benefit
corporation. The director of the budget may reduce, in whole or part,
the amount of such assessment if the payment thereof would necessitate a
state appropriation for the purpose, or would otherwise impose an
extraordinary hardship upon the affected public benefit corporation. The
aggregate amount assessed under this section in any given state fiscal
year may not exceed [fifty-five million dollars] SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS.
S 2. Section 2975-a of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
S 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, liabilities incurred
on or before March 31, 2011 pursuant to section 2975-a of the public
authorities law as repealed by section two of this act, shall continue
as legal liabilities of industrial development agencies or authorities
created pursuant to title one of article eighteen-A of the general
municipal law or any other provision of law.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART K
Section 1. Section 159-i of the executive law, as amended by section 1
of part Y of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
S 159-i. Distribution of funds. [For federal fiscal year two thousand
eleven at] AT least ninety percent of the community services block grant
funds received by the state shall be distributed pursuant to a contract
by the secretary to eligible entities as defined in subdivision one of
section one hundred fifty-nine-e of this article. Each such eligible
entity shall receive the same proportion of community services block
grant funds as was the proportion of funds received in the immediately
preceding federal fiscal year under the federal community services block
grant program as compared to the total amount received by all eligible
entities in the state, under the federal community services block grant
program.
[For federal fiscal year two thousand eleven the] THE secretary shall,
pursuant to section one hundred fifty-nine-h of this article, retain not
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more than five percent of the community services block grant funds for
administration at the state level.
[For federal fiscal year two thousand eleven the] THE remainder of the
community services block grant funds received by the state shall be
distributed pursuant to a contract by the secretary in the following
order of preference: a sum of up to one-half of one percent of the
community services block grant funds received by the state to Indian
tribes and tribal organizations as defined in this article, on the basis
of need; and to community based organizations. Such remainder funds
received by eligible entities will not be included in determining the
proportion of funds received by any such entity in the immediately
preceding federal fiscal year under the federal community services block
grant program.
S 2. Section 5 of chapter 728 of the laws of 1982, amending the execu-
tive law relating to community services block grant programs, as amended
by section 2 of part Y of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
read as follows:
S 5. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
section four hereof shall take effect October 1, 1982 and provided
further, however, that the provisions of sections two, three and four of
this act shall be in full force and effect only until September 30, 1983
[and section one of this act shall be in full force and effect until
September 30, 2011, provided, however, that the distribution of funds
pursuant to section 159-i of the executive law shall be limited to the
federal fiscal year expressly set forth in such section].
S 3. Section 7 of chapter 710 of the laws of 1983, amending the execu-
tive law relating to community services block grant programs, as amended
by section 3 of part Y of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
read as follows:
S 7. This act shall take effect September 30, 1983 [and shall be in
full force and effect only until September 30, 2011 at which time the
amendments and additions made pursuant to the provisions of this act
shall be deemed to be repealed, provided, however, that the distribution
of funds pursuant to section 159-i of the executive law shall be limited
to the federal fiscal year expressly set forth in such section].
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART L
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 21 of the laws of 2003, amending the
executive law relating to permitting the secretary of state to provide
special handling for all documents filed or issued by the division of
corporations and to permit additional levels of such expedited service,
as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 19 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately[, provided however, that
section one of this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and
effect on and after April 1, 2003 and shall expire March 31, 2011].
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after March 31, 2011.
PART M
Section 1. Article 37 of the executive law is REPEALED.
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S 2. Subparagraph iv of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 122
of the public service law is REPEALED and subparagraph v, as relettered
by chapter 362 of the laws of 1987, is relettered subparagraph iv.
S 3. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 124 of the public
service law is REPEALED and paragraphs (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l), as
relettered by chapter 119 of the laws of 1978, are relettered paragraphs
(g), (h), (i), (j) and (k).
S 4. Section 130 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 362
of the laws of 1987, the closing paragraph as amended by chapter 72 of
the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
S 130. Powers of municipalities and state agencies. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no state agency, municipality or any agency
thereof may require any approval, consent, permit, certificate or other
condition for the construction or operation of a major facility with
respect to which an application for a certificate hereunder has been
issued, other than those provided by otherwise applicable state law for
the protection of employees engaged in the construction and operation of
such facility, and provided that in the case of a municipality or an
agency thereof, such municipality has received notice of the filing of
the application therefor.
[Neither the Tug Hill commission nor the] THE Adirondack park agency
shall NOT hold public hearings for a major utility transmission facility
with respect to which an application hereunder has been filed, provided
that such [commission or] agency has received notice of the filing of
such application.
S 5. Section 533 of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter
225 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
S 533. Certain conservation easements created pursuant to title three
of article forty-nine of the environmental conservation law hereafter
acquired by the state within the Adirondack or Catskill parks, as those
areas are defined in such law and lands within the watershed of Hemlock
and Canadice lakes in the towns of Livonia, Conesus, West Sparta and
Springwater in Livingston county, the towns of Canadice and Richmond in
Ontario county and the town of Wayland in Steuben county, and lands
within the APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SQUARE MILE Tug Hill region,
[as defined in article thirty-seven of the executive law] LYING BETWEEN
LAKE ONTARIO, THE BLACK RIVER AND ONEIDA LAKE, shall be subject to taxa-
tion for all purposes. Any conservation easement created pursuant to
title three of article forty-nine of the environmental conservation law
hereafter acquired by the state within the Adirondack or Catskill parks,
as those areas are defined in such law or acquired by the state on lands
within the watershed of Hemlock and Canadice lakes in the towns of Livo-
nia, Conesus, West Sparta and Springwater in Livingston county, the
towns of Canadice and Richmond in Ontario county and the town of Wayland
in Steuben county, or acquired by the state on lands within the Tug Hill
region [as defined in article thirty-seven of the executive law], shall
be subject to taxation for all purposes. Any common law easement
acquired on or before January first, nineteen hundred ninety by the
state for conservation purposes within the Adirondack or Catskill parks,
as those areas are defined in the environmental conservation law, shall
be subject to taxation for all purposes. The value of such interests
shall be equivalent to the change, if any, in the value of the lands
subject to the easement. The procedures set forth in sections five
hundred forty, five hundred forty-two, five hundred forty-three and five
hundred forty-four of this title shall govern the assessment and payment
of taxes thereon. If the acquisition by or conveyance to the state of
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any such easement is determined to be void by any court of competent
jurisdiction, tax payments on such easement paid by the state prior to
the date of such determination shall be retained by the recipient and
shall be deemed to have been a grant-in-aid by the state.
S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART N
Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 169 of the execu-
tive law, as separately amended by section 11 of part A-1 and section 10
of part O of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
(e) [chairman of state athletic commission,] chairman and executive
director of consumer protection board, director of the office of victim
services, chairman of human rights appeal board, chairman of the indus-
trial board of appeals, chairman of the state commission of correction,
members of the board of parole, members of the state racing and wagering
board, member-chairman of unemployment insurance appeal board, director
of veterans' affairs, and vice-chairman of the workers' compensation
board;
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART O
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 164-d of the executive law, as
added by chapter 65 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
3. The office for technology[, in consultation with the governor's
office of regulatory reform,] shall promulgate rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of this section. Such rules shall at least
provide for the prioritization and timing for making application forms
available on the internet.
S 2. Subdivision 46 of section 100 of the economic development law, as
added by chapter 427 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
46. to prepare[, in cooperation with the governor's office of regula-
tory reform,] an annual summary for the small business community of the
key legislative, budgetary and regulatory changes impacting small busi-
nesses. Agencies shall cooperate with the department [and the governor's
office of regulatory reform] in developing the annual summary. The
annual summary shall be written in plain language and shall provide
specific contact information within the appropriate agency for inquiries
regarding implementation and compliance. The annual summary shall be
posted on the department website on or before September first of each
year.
S 3. Section 102-a of the state administrative procedure act, as added
by chapter 419 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
S 102-a. Small business regulation guides. For each rule or group of
related rules which significantly impact a substantial number of small
businesses, the agency which adopted the rule shall post on its website
one or more guides explaining the actions a small business may take to
comply with such rule or group of rules if the agency determines[, in
conjunction with the governor's office of regulatory reform,] that such
guide or guides will assist small businesses in complying with the rule,
and shall designate each such posting as a "small business regulation
guide". The guide shall explain the actions a small business may take to
comply with a rule or group of rules. The agency shall, in its sole
discretion, taking into account the subject matter of the rule and the
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language of relevant statutes, ensure that the guide is written using
sufficiently plain language that it is likely to be understood by
affected small businesses. Agencies shall cooperate with [the governor's
office of regulatory reform and] other state agencies in developing such
guides. [The governor's office of regulatory reform shall oversee and
coordinate the preparation of such small business regulation guides by
agencies.]
S 4. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 9 of section
202 of the state administrative procedure act, as added by chapter 230
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
(iii) The secretary of state shall provide that the direct link
between the electronic copy of the state register and the electronic
mail address provided by an agency [shall also deliver to the governor's
office of regulatory reform a copy of all comments submitted].
S 5. Subdivision 8 of section 202-b of the state administrative proce-
dure act is REPEALED.
S 6. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 202-d of the state
administrative procedure act, as added by chapter 193 of the laws of
2008, is amended to read as follows:
(d) An agency shall identify each rule described in its regulatory
agenda for which a regulatory flexibility analysis or a rural area flex-
ibility analysis may be required, and shall provide outreach as appro-
priate to potentially affected small businesses, local governments and
public and private interests in rural areas. Such outreach may include
solicitation of input from potentially affected parties through elec-
tronic means or through any of the activities listed in subdivision six
of section two hundred two-b and subdivision seven of section two
hundred two-bb of this article. [In addition, the agency shall provide a
copy of the description of each rule subject to the provisions of this
paragraph to the governor's office of regulatory reform, which may in
its discretion include the description and additional information on the
rule in the quarterly report issued pursuant to subdivision eight of
section two hundred two-b of this article.]
S 7. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amend-
ment to paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 202-d of the state
administrative procedure act made by section six of this act shall not
affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire
therewith.
PART P
Section 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is
hereby authorized and directed to receive for deposit to the credit of
the general fund the amount of up to $913,000 from the New York state
energy research and development authority.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
PART Q
Section 1. Expenditures of moneys appropriated in a chapter of the
laws of 2011 to the energy research and development authority, under the
research, development and demonstration program, from the special reven-
ue funds - other/state operations, miscellaneous special revenue fund -
339, energy research and planning account, and special revenue funds -
other/aid to localities, miscellaneous special revenue fund - 339, ener-
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gy research and planning account shall be subject to the provisions of
this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 4-a of
section 18-a of the public service law, all moneys committed or expended
shall be reimbursed by assessment against gas corporations and electric
corporations as defined in section 2 of the public service law, and the
total amount which may be charged to any gas corporation and any elec-
tric corporation shall not exceed one cent per one thousand cubic feet
of gas sold and .010 cent per kilowatt-hour of electricity sold by such
corporations in their intrastate utility operations in calendar year
2009. Such amounts shall be excluded from the general assessment
provisions of subdivision 2 of section 18-a of the public service law,
but shall be billed and paid in the manner set forth in such subdivision
and upon receipt shall be paid to the state comptroller for deposit in
the state treasury for credit to the miscellaneous special revenue fund.
The director of the budget shall not issue a certificate of approval
with respect to the commitment and expenditure of moneys hereby appro-
priated until the chair of such authority shall have submitted, and the
director of the budget shall have approved, a comprehensive financial
plan encompassing all moneys available to and all anticipated commit-
ments and expenditures by such authority from any source for the oper-
ations of such authority. Copies of the approved comprehensive financial
plan shall be immediately submitted by the director of the budget to the
chairs and secretaries of the legislative fiscal committees.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
PART R
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the
contrary, expenses of the department of health public service education
program incurred pursuant to appropriations from the cable television
account of the state miscellaneous special revenue funds shall be deemed
expenses of the department of public service.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
PART S
Section 1. Section 9 of chapter 67 of the laws of 1992, amending the
environmental conservation law relating to pesticide product registra-
tion timetables and fees, as amended by section 1 of part FF of chapter
59 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
S 9. This act shall take effect April 1, 1992 provided, however, that
section [3] THREE of this act shall take effect July 1, 1993 [and shall
expire and be deemed repealed on July 1, 2011].
S 2. Section 33-0705 of the environmental conservation law, as
amended by section 2 of part FF of chapter 59 of the laws of 2008,
subdivisions a and b as amended by section 5 of part YY of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
S 33-0705. Fee for registration.
The applicant for registration shall pay a fee as follows:
a. [On or before July 1, 2011, six] SIX hundred dollars for each
pesticide proposed to be registered, provided that the applicant has
submitted to the department proof in the form of a federal income tax
return for the previous year showing gross annual sales, for federal
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income tax purposes, of three million five hundred thousand dollars or
less;
b. [On or before July 1, 2011, for] FOR all others, six hundred twenty
dollars for each pesticide proposed to be registered[;
c. After July 1, 2011, fifty dollars for each pesticide proposed to be
registered].
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
PART T
Section 1. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 45 to read as follows:
45. ISSUE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS TO IMPLEMENT AGRICULTURAL PROJECT
GRANTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ANY APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR; AND CONTRACT
FOR SERVICES TO CARRY OUT SUCH PROGRAM.
A. THE COMMISSIONER MAY AWARD GRANTS, WITHIN AVAILABLE FUNDING, FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, OR EXPANSION OF AGRICULTURAL INITI-
ATIVES, LOCAL UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS, FARM VIABILITY INITIATIVES, OR FOR
OPERATING ASSISTANCE FOR PROGRAMS OF REGIONAL OR STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE
RELATED TO THE MARKETING, PROMOTION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OF AGRICUL-
TURAL PRODUCTS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,
OUTREACH AND COUNSELING.
B. GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS THROUGH A REQUEST
FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS. SUCH GRANTS SHALL BE AWARDED FOR WORTHWHILE
PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, SO THAT BROAD
GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IS ACHIEVED.
C. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM GUIDE-
LINES FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO: ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS; PROJECT ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION
PROCESS; PROJECT PROPOSAL FORMAT; ELIGIBLE COSTS; PROJECT IMPLEMENTA-
TION; AND REPORTING.
S 2. Subdivision 7 of section 297 of the agriculture and markets law,
as added by chapter 269 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
7. Grant awards. Project grants for contractual services that further
development of the state's food and agriculture industry as described in
this article shall be awarded on a competitive basis through a request
for proposal process. Such grants shall be awarded for worthwhile
projects throughout the state, to the extent practicable, so that broad
geographic representation is achieved. At least one solicitation for
project proposals shall be held within each fiscal year in which appro-
priations are made for the food and agriculture industry development
program. [Grant awards for an individual project shall not exceed sixty
thousand dollars within a single state fiscal year.]
S 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 329 of the agriculture
and markets law, as added by chapter 249 of the laws of 2004, is amended
to read as follows:
b. to an applicant, other than a county agricultural and farmland
protection board, for the development of a farmland viability plan or a
portion of such a plan, which shall assess overall farm profitability
and identify potential strategies for improved farm profitability such
as farm expansion, value added production, diversification, environ-
mental management, or marketing and promotional activities, [and] OR
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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PART U
Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section
16-s of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968, constituting the
urban development corporation act, as amended by section 1 of part XX of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
(i) An eligible food market applicant may be a for-profit business
enterprise (including a corporation, limited liability company, sole
proprietor, cooperative or partnership), [a nonprofit organization]
NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE CORPORATION, PUBLIC
BENEFIT CORPORATION, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, REGIONAL MARKET FACILITY, or
a food cooperative.
S 2. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
adding new subdivision 46 to read as follows:
46. WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF MONIES APPROPRIATED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAIL-
ABLE THEREFOR, ESTABLISH, ADMINISTER AND OPERATE, OR PROVIDE FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF, A PROGRAM, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ESTABLISH-
MENT OF A REVOLVING LOAN FUND, TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTA-
TION AND OPERATION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS.
S 3. Section 260 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
9. "FOOD DESERT" SHALL MEAN AN AREA WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE
AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD, PARTICULARLY SUCH AN AREA THAT IS COMPOSED OF
PREDOMINATELY LOWER-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
S 4. Subdivision 1 of section 262 of the agriculture and markets law,
as amended by chapter 612 of the laws of 2006, and paragraph (b) as
amended by chapter 126 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
1. There is hereby created within the department a program of grants
for the purpose of providing state assistance for farmer's markets. In
administering such program, the commissioner, to the extent feasible,
shall ensure an equitable distribution of awards to rural areas and
other areas of the state. State assistance provided pursuant to this
section may be awarded for:
(a) the construction, reconstruction, improvement, expansion or reha-
bilitation of farmers' markets. Grants provided pursuant to this para-
graph shall not exceed the lesser of fifty percent of project cost or
fifty thousand dollars per project in any fiscal year.
(b) the purpose of providing promotional support for farmer's markets.
Grants provided pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the lesser
of fifty percent of project cost or [five] SEVEN thousand FIVE HUNDRED
dollars per applicant in any fiscal year.
(C) EQUIPMENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVING FARMERS' MARKET FUNC-
TIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC BENE-
FIT TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY FOR FARMERS' MARKETS AND OTHER NON-TRADITIONAL
FOOD ACCESS POINTS IN FOOD DESERTS IN THE STATE.
S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART V
Section 1. Article 4-A of the navigation law is REPEALED.
S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 97-nn of the state finance law, as
amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
3. The "I love NY waterways" boating safety account shall consist of
the revenues required to be deposited pursuant to the provisions of
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sections seventy-eight and two hundred one of the navigation law, and
all other moneys credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or
source pursuant to law and shall be available for the administration and
enforcement of the boating safety program [including payments to coun-
ties for expenditures incurred in connection with such county's waterway
boating safety program pursuant to section seventy-nine-b of the naviga-
tion law,] including costs and expenses incidental and appurtenant ther-
eto.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
PART W
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law, as
amended by section 1 of part QQ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Moneys of the account, following [appropriation] THE SEGREGATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS ENACTED by the legislature, shall be available for
purposes including but not limited to: (a) reimbursements or payments to
municipal governments that host tribal casinos pursuant to a tribal-
state compact for costs incurred in connection with services provided to
such casinos or arising as a result thereof, for economic development
opportunities and job expansion programs authorized by the executive
law; provided, however, that for any gaming facility located in the city
of Buffalo, the city of Buffalo shall receive a minimum of twenty-five
percent of the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic
gaming devices the state receives pursuant to the compact, and provided
further that for any gaming facility located in the city of Niagara
Falls, county of Niagara a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negoti-
ated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state
receives pursuant to the compact shall be distributed in accordance with
subdivision four of this section, and provided further that for any
gaming facility located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chau-
tauqua or Allegany, the municipal governments of the state hosting the
facility shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of
the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices
the state receives pursuant to the compact; and provided further that
pursuant to chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand
four, a minimum of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the
state pursuant to the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe
shall be made available to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence,
and affected towns in such counties. Each such county and its affected
towns shall receive fifty percent of the moneys made available by the
state; and (b) support and services of treatment programs for persons
suffering from gambling addictions. Moneys not [appropriated] SEGREGATED
for such purposes shall be transferred to the general fund for the
support of government during the fiscal year in which they are received.
S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law, as
amended by section 1 of part V of chapter 59 of the laws of 2006, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Moneys of the account, following [appropriation] THE SEGREGATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS ENACTED by the legislature, shall be available for
purposes including but not limited to: (a) reimbursements or payments to
municipal governments that host tribal casinos pursuant to a tribal-
state compact for costs incurred in connection with services provided to
such casinos or arising as a result thereof, for economic development
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opportunities and job expansion programs authorized by the executive
law; provided, however, that for any gaming facility located in the
county of Erie or Niagara, the municipal governments hosting the facili-
ty shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the
negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the
state receives pursuant to the compact and provided further that for any
gaming facility located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chau-
tauqua or Allegany, the municipal governments of the state hosting the
facility shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of
the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices
the state receives pursuant to the compact; and provided further that
pursuant to chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand
four, a minimum of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the
state pursuant to the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe
shall be made available to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence,
and affected towns in such counties. Each such county and its affected
towns shall receive fifty percent of the moneys made available by the
state; and (b) support and services of treatment programs for persons
suffering from gambling addictions. Moneys not [appropriated] SEGREGATED
for such purposes shall be transferred to the general fund for the
support of government during the fiscal year in which they are received.
S 3. Clause 5 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4
of section 99-h of the state finance law, as amended by section 2 of
part QQ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
(5) within thirty-five days upon receipt of such funds by such city,
one percent [or three hundred fifty thousand dollars, whichever is
greater,] of the total annual amount received in each year, NOT TO
EXCEED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY shall be trans-
ferred to the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Commission,
established pursuant to article forty-three of the parks, recreation and
historic preservation law to be used for, but not limited to, develop-
ment, capital improvements, acquisition of real property, and acquisi-
tion of personal property within the heritage area in the city of
Niagara Falls as established pursuant to the commission; and
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that:
(a) the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state
finance law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the
expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to section 2 of chap-
ter 747 of the laws of 2006, as amended, when upon such date the
provisions of section two of this act shall take effect; and
(b) the amendments to clause 5 of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a)
of subdivision 4 of section 99-h of the state finance law made by
section three of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
PART X
Section 1. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is
amended by adding a new section 113 to read as follows:
S 113. SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATORY FEE. 1. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUPPLE-
MENTAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE STATE RACING AND WAGER-
ING BOARD, THE STATE RACING AND WAGERING BOARD SHALL, AS A CONDITION OF
RACING, REQUIRE ANY CORPORATION AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER TO CONDUCT
PARI-MUTUEL BETTING AT A RACE MEETING OR RACES RUN THEREAT TO WITHHOLD
TWO AND THREE-QUARTERS PERCENT OF ALL PURSES. THE TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED
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BASED ON PURSES IN RACES CONDUCTED DURING THE PRECEDING MONTH SHALL BE
PAID TO THE RACING AND WAGERING BOARD ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF EACH
MONTH. PAYMENT SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A REPORT, UNDER OATH, SHOWING
SUCH INFORMATION AS THE BOARD MAY REQUIRE. A PENALTY OF FIVE PERCENT,
AND INTEREST AT THE RATE OF ONE PERCENT PER MONTH FROM THE DATE THE
REPORT IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED TO THE DATE OF THE PAYMENT OF THE
REQUIRED AMOUNT SHALL BE PAYABLE IN CASE ANY AMOUNT IMPOSED BY THIS
SUBDIVISION IS NOT PAID WHEN DUE. IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT ANY FEES
RECEIVED BY IT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION WERE PAID IN ERROR, THE BOARD MAY
CAUSE THE SAME TO BE REFUNDED WITHOUT INTEREST OUT OF ANY MONIES
COLLECTED HEREUNDER, PROVIDED AN APPLICATION THEREFORE IS FILED WITH THE
BOARD WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE TIME THE ERRONEOUS PAYMENT IS MADE.
2. THE BOARD OR ITS DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE THE
POWER TO EXAMINE OR CAUSE TO BE EXAMINED THE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF SUCH
CORPORATIONS REQUIRED TO PAY OVER THE FEE IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION FOR
THE PURPOSE OF EXAMINING AND CHECKING THE SAME AND ASCERTAINING WHETHER
THE PROPER AMOUNT OR AMOUNTS DUE ARE BEING PAID. IF IN THE OPINION OF
THE BOARD, AFTER SUCH EXAMINATION, ANY SUCH REPORT IS INCORRECT, THE
BOARD IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE AN ASSESSMENT FIXING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF
SUCH FEE. SUCH ASSESSMENTS MAY BE ISSUED WITHIN THREE YEARS FROM THE
FILING OF ANY REPORT. ANY SUCH ASSESSMENT SHALL BE FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE
UNLESS AN APPLICATION FOR A HEARING IS FILED BY THE REPORTING ENTITY
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE ASSESSMENT. THE ACTION OF THE BOARD IN MAKING
SUCH FINAL ASSESSMENT SHALL BE REVIEWABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT IN THE
MANNER PROVIDED BY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE
SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
3. THE BOARD SHALL PAY INTO THE RACING REGULATION ACCOUNT, ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-I OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, UNDER THE
JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE BOARD, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE
FEES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DIREC-
TOR OF THE BUDGET, MONIES TO BE UTILIZED TO PAY THE COSTS AND EXPENSES
OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE STATE RACING AND WAGERING BOARD SHALL BE PAID
OUT OF SUCH ACCOUNT ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE COMPTROLLER ON
VOUCHERS, CERTIFIED AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE
BUDGET OR HIS OR HER DULY DESIGNATED OFFICIAL.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART Y
Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 6 of section 408 of the general business
law, as added by chapter 509 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as
follows:
1. All licenses shall expire [two] FOUR years from the date of issu-
ance.
6. Any license, which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the
payment of the renewal fee, be renewed for additional periods of [two]
FOUR years from its application, without further examination, upon the
filing of an application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by
the secretary.
S 2. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 7 of section 409 of the general business
law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 341 of the laws of 1998 and
subdivisions 2 and 7 as added by chapter 509 of the laws of 1992, are
amended to read as follows:
1. The non-refundable fee for an application for a license to engage
in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthet-
ics or cosmetology, shall be [twenty] FORTY dollars initially and for
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each renewal thereof the fee shall be [twenty] FORTY dollars; the fee
for a temporary license and each renewal shall be ten dollars.
2. The fee for an appearance enhancement business license shall be
[thirty] SIXTY dollars initially and [thirty] SIXTY dollars for each
renewal thereof.
7. The fees herein set forth shall be those for licenses issued for
the license period of [two] FOUR years.
S 3. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 437 of the general business law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 497 of the laws of 1985 and subdivi-
sion 4 as added by chapter 801 of the laws of 1946 and as renumbered by
chapter 263 of the laws of 1949, are amended to read as follows:
2. A certificate of registration as an apprentice shall be for a peri-
od of [two] FOUR years.
4. A certificate of registration expiring in any year, which has not
been revoked, may, upon payment of the fee prescribed by this article,
be renewed for additional periods of [two] FOUR years upon filing an
application therefor and the certificate mentioned in subdivision two on
condition, however, that no certificate of registration may be issued
after one renewal, unless the applicant for such certificate of regis-
tration has complied with all the provisions of this article relating to
apprentices.
S 4. Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 439 of the general business law,
subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 497 of the laws of 1985 and subdivi-
sion 4 as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of 1999, are amended to
read as follows:
1. All licenses, except temporary licenses, shall be for a period of
[two] FOUR years.
4. Any license or certificate, except a temporary license, which has
not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the payment of the renewal fee
prescribed by this article, be renewed for additional periods of [two]
FOUR years from its expiration, without further examination, upon the
filing of any application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed
by the secretary of state, accompanied by the certificate required by
paragraph (c) and the certificate of completion required by paragraph
(e-1) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirty-four of this
article.
S 5. Subdivisions 1, 2, 4 and 8 of section 440 of the general business
law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 1989, are amended to read
as follows:
1. The fee for a license to engage in the practice of barbering shall
be [twenty] FORTY dollars and for each renewal thereof the fee shall be
[twenty] FORTY dollars.
2. The fee for a license to conduct a barber shop shall be [thirty]
SIXTY dollars and for each renewal thereof the fee shall be [thirty]
SIXTY dollars.
4. The fee for the registration or the renewal of the registration of
an apprentice shall be [ten] TWENTY dollars.
8. The fees hereinabove set forth shall be those for licenses issued
for the license period of [two] FOUR years. Notwithstanding the
provisions of subdivision one of section four hundred thirty-nine of
this article, after [January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six] APRIL
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, the secretary of state shall assign stag-
gered expiration dates for outstanding licenses that have been previous-
ly renewed [on June thirtieth of each year] and such licenses shall
thereafter expire [two] FOUR years from the assigned date unless
renewed. [If the assigned date results in a term that exceeds twenty-
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four months, the applicant shall pay an additional prorated adjustment
together with the regular renewal fee.] The secretary of state shall
assign dates to existing licenses in a manner which shall result in a
term of not less than [two] FOUR years.
S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
PART Z
Section 1. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new
section 104 to read as follows:
S 104. ELECTRONIC REAL PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION. 1. NOTWITHSTAND-
ING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY
AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR ELECTRONIC REAL PROPERTY TAX
ADMINISTRATION (E-RPT). SUCH STANDARDS SHALL SET FORTH THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE VARIOUS TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH REAL PROPERTY
TAX ADMINISTRATION MAY BE EXECUTED ELECTRONICALLY, DISPENSING WITH THE
NEED FOR PAPER DOCUMENTS. SUCH TASKS SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED
TO:
(A) THE FILING OF EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS;
(B) THE FILING OF PETITIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS;
(C) THE FILING OF PETITIONS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS;
(D) THE FILING OF APPLICATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTIONS OF
ERRORS;
(E) THE ISSUANCE OF STATEMENTS OF TAXES;
(F) THE PAYMENT OF TAXES, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS FIVE
AND FIVE-B OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW;
(G) THE PROVISION OF RECEIPTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF TAXES;
(H) THE ISSUANCE OF TAXPAYER NOTICES REQUIRED BY LAW, INCLUDING
SECTIONS FIVE HUNDRED EIGHT, FIVE HUNDRED TEN, FIVE HUNDRED TEN-A, FIVE
HUNDRED ELEVEN, FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE AND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE-A
THROUGH FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX-B OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
(I) THE FURNISHING OF NOTICES AND CERTIFICATES UNDER THIS CHAPTER
RELATING TO STATE EQUALIZATION RATES, RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATIOS,
SPECIAL FRANCHISE ASSESSMENTS, RAILROAD CEILINGS, TAXABLE STATE LANDS,
ADVISORY APPRAISALS, AND THE CERTIFICATION OF ASSESSORS AND COUNTY
DIRECTORS OR REAL PROPERTY TAX SERVICES.
2. SUCH STANDARDS SHALL BE DEVELOPED AFTER CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION AND THE OFFICE
OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
3. (A) TAXPAYERS SHALL NOT BE OBLIGED TO ACCEPT NOTICES, STATEMENTS OF
TAXES, RECEIPTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF TAXES, OR OTHER DOCUMENTS ELECTRON-
ICALLY UNLESS THEY HAVE SO ELECTED. TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE NOT SO ELECTED
SHALL BE SENT SUCH COMMUNICATIONS IN THE MANNER OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY
LAW.
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ASSESSORS
AND OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, SPECIAL FRANCHISE OWNERS AND RAILROAD
COMPANIES SHALL BE OBLIGED TO ACCEPT AND RESPOND TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM
THE COMMISSIONER ELECTRONICALLY UNLESS HE, SHE OR IT HAS CERTIFIED TO
THE COMMISSIONER THAT HE, SHE OR IT IS INCAPABLE OF DOING SO DUE TO A
LACK OF THE NECESSARY HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE.
(C) THE STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF ELECTRONIC CONTACT INFORMA-
TION, SUCH AS E-MAIL ADDRESSES AND/OR SOCIAL NETWORK USERNAMES, FROM
TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE ELECTED TO RECEIVE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL
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BE EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION EIGHTY-NINE
OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
4. WHEN A DOCUMENT HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED ELECTRONICALLY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND THE STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE
COMMISSIONER HEREUNDER, IT SHALL BE DEEMED TO SATISFY THE APPLICABLE
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO THE SAME EXTENT AS IF IT HAD BEEN MAILED VIA THE
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.
S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 500 of the real property tax law, as
amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
1. The assessors in each city and town shall maintain an inventory of
all the real property located therein including the names of the owners
thereof and complete an annual update thereto on or before the first day
of March. The physical characteristics of real property included in such
inventory shall constitute a public record and shall be available for
public inspection and copying in accordance with paragraph (b) of subdi-
vision two of section eighty-seven of the public officers law except as
provided in paragraphs (d) and (f) of subdivision two of section eight-
y-seven of the public officers law. Disclosure of the inventory data
shall not be considered an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy as
defined in subdivision two of section eighty-nine of the public officers
law. FOR ASSESSMENT ROLLS WITH TAXABLE STATUS DATES OCCURRING ON AND
AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, ALL SUCH RECORDS SHALL BE MAIN-
TAINED ELECTRONICALLY, IN A FORMAT PRESCRIBED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER.
S 3. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
section 922 of the real property tax law, as amended by section 5 of
part B of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
Upon receipt of the tax roll and warrant, the collecting officer shall
mail OR, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS
CHAPTER, TRANSMIT ELECTRONICALLY to each owner of real property at the
tax billing address listed thereon a statement showing the amount of
taxes due on the property. The statement must contain:
S 4. Subdivision 1 of section 925 of the real property tax law, as
separately amended by chapters 513 and 568 of the laws of 2002, is
amended to read as follows:
1. (A) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, or of
any general, special or local law, code or charter, if payment for the
amount of any taxes on real property, accompanied by the statement of
such taxes, is enclosed in a postpaid wrapper properly addressed to the
appropriate collecting officer and is deposited in a post office or
official depository under the exclusive care and custody of the United
States [post office] POSTAL SERVICE, such payment shall, upon delivery,
be deemed to have been made to such officer on the date of the United
States postmark on such wrapper. If the postmark does not appear on such
wrapper or the postmark is illegible such payment shall be deemed to
have been made on the date of delivery to such collecting officer. As
used in this section, "taxes on real property" includes special ad valo-
rem levies and special assessments.
(B) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A PAYMENT
THAT HAS BEEN MADE ELECTRONICALLY PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE-B OF THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, BUT SHALL APPLY TO A PAYMENT THAT HAS BEEN MAILED
VIA THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BY A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACTING
PURSUANT TO INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO IT BY A TAXPAYER ELECTRONICALLY.
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S 5. Section 925-c of the real property tax law, as added by section
11 of part X of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
follows:
S 925-c. Payment of real property taxes via the internet. [1.]
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, or of any gener-
al, special or local law, code or charter, [if payment for the amount of
any taxes on real property, accompanied by sufficient language to iden-
tify the property and tax levy, is received via the internet, such
payment is considered received by the appropriate officer and paid by
the taxpayer at the time the internet transaction is completed and sent
by the taxpayer.
2. Any local government authorizing the payment of taxes via the
internet pursuant to section five-b of the general municipal law shall
provide a confirmation page to the taxpayer following the completion of
the internet transaction. Such confirmation page shall include, at
least, the following:
(a) the date the transaction was completed and sent by the taxpayer;
and
(b) a notice to the taxpayer to print out and retain the confirmation
page as his or her receipt] REAL PROPERTY TAXES MAY BE PAID VIA THE
INTERNET UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION FIVE-B OF
THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
S 6. Subdivisions 3 and 3-a of section 955 of the real property tax
law, subdivision 3 as amended by section 7 of part B of chapter 389 of
the laws of 1997 and subdivision 3-a as added by chapter 365 of the laws
of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
3. No later than three weeks after a tax has been paid by a mortgage
investing institution pursuant to this title, the collecting officer
shall deliver [or], mail, OR, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE
HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, TRANSMIT ELECTRONICALLY a receipt to the
mortgagor for whom the real property tax escrow account is maintained.
Each such receipt shall be in the same format as a statement of taxes,
except that the word "Paid" (or an equivalent word or words) and the
date of payment shall be clearly displayed thereon. The receipt may
also display, if the collecting officer so elects, the name, title and
signature (or initials) of the collecting officer or of the authorized
subordinate who received the payment.
[3-a. (a) The collecting officer shall deliver or mail the receipt
required under subdivision three of this section unless a taxpayer
requests to receive such receipt electronically, in which case the
collecting officer shall make an electronic receipt available to the
taxpayer. The collecting officer shall notify all taxpayers that any
availability of electronic receipts does not preclude a taxpayer from
electing to receive a copy of his or her tax receipt in the mail or in
person.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall apply
only to a city, town, or village which by local law provides that elec-
tronic availability of such receipts shall be an authorized means of
delivery.]
S 7. Subdivision 1 of section 986 of the real property tax law, as
amended by section 8 of part B of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
1. The collecting officer shall upon request or by notice on the tax
bill of a person paying a tax, deliver [or], forward by mail, OR,
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER,
TRANSMIT ELECTRONICALLY a receipt to such person specifying the date of
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such payment, the name of such person, the description of the property
as shown on the tax roll, the name of the person to whom the same is
assessed, the amount of such tax and the date of delivery to such offi-
cer of the tax roll on account of which such tax was paid, except that
the collecting officer of the city of New York shall not be required to
give such a receipt unless payment of a tax is made in money or unless
the person paying the tax makes a request therefor in writing. Nothing
contained in this subdivision shall prevent the collecting officer from
delivering [or], forwarding by mail, OR TRANSMITTING ELECTRONICALLY a
receipt to any person paying a tax who does not request such a receipt
or make a proper notation on the tax bill. Provided, however, if a tax
is paid by a mortgage investing institution pursuant to title three-A of
this article, a receipt for each paid tax bill shall be delivered [or],
mailed, OR TRANSMITTED ELECTRONICALLY to the mortgagor pursuant to the
provisions of section nine hundred fifty-five of this article.
S 8. Subdivision 1 of section 1590 of the real property tax law, as
amended by section 3 of part X of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, and as
further amended by subdivision (b) of section 1 of part W of chapter 56
of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
1. (A) A municipal corporation, other than a school district or a
village, which prepares assessment rolls by means of electronic data
processing, shall annually submit to the commissioner the data files
used in the preparation of each tentative and final assessment roll and
summaries of the information from the final assessment roll including as
a minimum the number of parcels, the total assessed value thereof, and
the total taxable assessed value thereof. Such information shall be
submitted within ten days of the time of filing the tentative or final
assessment roll, as provided for pursuant to section five hundred six or
five hundred sixteen of this chapter or such other law as may be appli-
cable.
(B)(I) In addition, if the assessing unit maintains a website, then
within ten days of the filing of the tentative assessment roll, it shall
post a copy of such roll on its website, with a link thereto prominently
displayed on its home page, and shall not remove the same before the
final assessment roll has been filed. In lieu of posting a copy of such
roll on its website, the assessing unit may cause such copy to be posted
on the website of the county in which it is located for the same period
of time as otherwise required by this subdivision, provided that a link
thereto shall be prominently displayed on the website of the assessing
unit.
(II) IF THE ASSESSING UNIT DOES NOT MAINTAIN A WEBSITE, THEN, WITHIN
TEN DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL, IT SHALL CAUSE
A COPY OF SUCH ROLL TO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH
IT IS LOCATED FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THIS
SUBDIVISION.
(C) WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL, THE
ASSESSING UNIT SHALL CAUSE A COPY OF SUCH FINAL ROLL TO BE POSTED EITHER
ON ITS OWN WEBSITE OR ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE, IN THE SAME MANNER AND
SUBJECT TO THE SAME CONDITIONS AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
SUBDIVISION.
S 9. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section 1591
to read as follows:
S 1591. PARCEL-BASED E-GOVERNMENT DATA SYSTEM. 1. THE COMMISSIONER IS
HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO IMPLEMENT A PARCEL-BASED ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
(E-GOVERNMENT) SYSTEM AS PROVIDED HEREIN.
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2. THE SYSTEM SHALL COMPILE ALL ASSESSMENT-RELATED DATA, INCLUDING
ASSESSMENT ROLLS, INVENTORY, AND SALES DATA. THE NECESSARY DATA AND
HARDWARE SERVERS SHALL RESIDE AT THE STATE, REGIONAL OR COUNTY LEVEL,
AND SHALL BE ACCESSED THROUGH APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AS
DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
3. THE SYSTEM SHALL, AT A MINIMUM: (A) MAKE AVAILABLE TO ALL ASSESSING
UNITS AND COUNTIES THE LATEST VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPED BY THE
COMMISSIONER FOR PROCESSING ASSESSMENT DATA, PROVIDED THAT SOFTWARE
UPDATES SHALL BE INCORPORATED AS NEEDED THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC MEANS THAT
SHALL REQUIRE NO ACTION ON THE PART OF THE USER;
(B) REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE INEFFICIENCIES AND REDUNDANCIES IN THE
EXISTING SYSTEM, SUCH AS BY ENABLING ASSESSORS TO FILE REPORTS WITH THE
COMMISSIONER ELECTRONICALLY;
(C) BE A SECURE SYSTEM THAT IS ACCESSIBLE ONLY TO AUTHORIZED USERS OF
GEOGRAPHICALLY REFERENCED PARCEL-LEVEL INFORMATION, PROVIDED THAT
DIFFERENT CLASSES OF USERS SHALL BE GIVEN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACCESS, AS
DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SHALL HAVE UNRESTRICTED
ACCESS TO THE DATA RELATING TO THE PROPERTY WITHIN THEIR BORDERS, AND
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO ALL DATA;
(D) ENABLE ALL DATA QUERIES TO BE MADE IN A UNIFORM MANNER, REGARDLESS
OF WHERE THE DATA MAY RESIDE; AND
(E) ENSURE THAT ALL DATA IS REGULARLY BACKED UP FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.
4. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO SERVICE AGREEMENTS
WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS TO ENSURE THAT THE SYSTEM MAINTAINS ITS FUNCTIONAL-
ITY AND THAT THE DATA THEREON IS KEPT CURRENT AND ACCESSIBLE.
S 10. Section 5-b of the general municipal law, as added by section 10
of part X of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, subdivision 1 as amended by
chapter 741 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S 5-b. Collection of fines, civil penalties, rent, rates, taxes, fees,
charges and other amounts via the internet. 1. The governing board of
any local government, as that term is defined in section ten of this
article, may, by local law, ordinance or resolution, determine that it
is in the public interest and authorize such local government to provide
for the acceptance of penalties, rents, rates, taxes, fees, charges,
revenue, financial obligations or other amounts, including penalties,
special assessments or interest via a municipal internet website OR THE
WEBSITE OF A THIRD-PARTY VENDOR THAT HAS CONTRACTED WITH THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT TO RECEIVE SUCH PAYMENTS ON ITS BEHALF. Submission via the
internet may not, however, be required as the sole method for the
collection of fines, civil penalties, rent, rates, taxes, fees, charges
and other amounts. Such payments shall be accepted via the internet in a
manner and condition defined by such local government. Any method used
to receive internet payments shall comply with article three of the
state technology law and any rules and regulations promulgated and
guidelines developed thereunder and, at a minimum must (a) authenticate
the identity of the sender; and (b) ensure the security of the informa-
tion transmitted.
2. Any local government authorizing the payment of taxes via the
internet shall provide OR DIRECT ITS VENDOR TO PROVIDE a confirmation
page to the taxpayer following the completion of the internet trans-
action. Such confirmation page shall include, at least, the following:
(a) the date the internet transaction was completed and sent by the
taxpayer; [and]
(b) THE AMOUNT PAID;
(C) A UNIQUE CONFIRMATION NUMBER; AND
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(D) a notice [to] ADVISING the taxpayer to print out and retain the
confirmation page as his or her receipt.
3. Payments received via the internet shall be considered received by
the appropriate officer and paid by the taxpayer at the time the inter-
net transaction is completed and sent by the taxpayer.
4. The underlying debt, lien, obligation, bill, account or other
amount owed to the local government for which payment by internet is
accepted by the local government shall not be expunged, cancelled,
released, discharged or satisfied, and any receipt or other evidence of
payment shall be deemed conditional, until the local government has
received final and unconditional payment of the full amount due.
5. The governing board, in enacting a local law, ordinance or resol-
ution pursuant to this section, shall designate which of its officers,
charged with the duty of collecting or receiving moneys on behalf of the
local government, shall be authorized to accept such payments via the
internet.
6. THE STATE COMPTROLLER MAY ISSUE SUCH GUIDELINES AS HE OR SHE DEEMS
APPROPRIATE GOVERNING THE USE OF THIRD PARTY VENDORS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
S 11. Subdivision 2 of section 89 of the public officers law, as added
by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b)
and subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) as amended and subparagraph (iv)
of paragraph (c) as added by chapter 223 of the laws of 2008, subpara-
graph (v) of paragraph (b) as amended and subparagraph (vi) of paragraph
(b) as added by chapter 545 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
follows:
2. (a) The committee on public access to records may promulgate guide-
lines regarding deletion of identifying details or withholding of
records otherwise available under this article to prevent unwarranted
invasions of personal privacy. In the absence of such guidelines, an
agency may delete identifying details when it makes records available.
(b) An unwarranted invasion of personal privacy includes, but shall
not be limited to:
i. disclosure of employment, medical or credit histories or personal
references of applicants for employment;
ii. disclosure of items involving the medical or personal records of a
client or patient in a medical facility;
iii. sale or release of lists of names and addresses if such lists
would be used for solicitation or fund-raising purposes;
iv. disclosure of information of a personal nature when disclosure
would result in economic or personal hardship to the subject party and
such information is not relevant to the work of the agency requesting or
maintaining it; [or]
v. disclosure of information of a personal nature reported in confi-
dence to an agency and not relevant to the ordinary work of such agency;
[or]
vi. information of a personal nature contained in a workers' compen-
sation record, except as provided by section one hundred ten-a of the
workers' compensation law; OR
VII. DISCLOSURE OF ELECTRONIC CONTACT INFORMATION, SUCH AS AN E-MAIL
ADDRESS OR A SOCIAL NETWORK USERNAME, THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED FROM A
TAXPAYER UNDER SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
(c) Unless otherwise provided by this article, disclosure shall not be
construed to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy
pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision:
i. when identifying details are deleted;
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ii. when the person to whom a record pertains consents in writing to
disclosure;
iii. when upon presenting reasonable proof of identity, a person seeks
access to records pertaining to him or her; or
iv. when a record or group of records relates to the right, title or
interest in real property, or relates to the inventory, status or char-
acteristics of real property, in which case disclosure and providing
copies of such record or group of records shall not be deemed an unwar-
ranted invasion of personal privacy, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING HEREIN SHALL
BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE THE DISCLOSURE OF ELECTRONIC CONTACT INFORMA-
TION, SUCH AS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS OR A SOCIAL NETWORK USERNAME, THAT HAS
BEEN COLLECTED FROM A TAXPAYER UNDER SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR OF THE
REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
S 12. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 35 to read as
follows:
S 35. USE OF ELECTRONIC MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF NEW YORK STATE LAW, WHERE THE DEPARTMENT HAS OBTAINED
AUTHORIZATION OF AN ONLINE SERVICES ACCOUNT HOLDER, IN SUCH FORM AS MAY
BE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE DEPARTMENT MAY USE ELECTRONIC
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION TO FURNISH ANY DOCUMENT IT IS REQUIRED TO MAIL
PER LAW OR REGULATION. IF THE DEPARTMENT FURNISHES SUCH DOCUMENT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION, DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF SUCH TRANSACTION
SHALL CONSTITUTE APPROPRIATE AND SUFFICIENT PROOF OF DELIVERY THEREOF
AND BE ADMISSIBLE IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
S 13. Section 29 of the tax law, as added by section 1 of part UU1 of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2008 and paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) as
amended by section 1 of part G of chapter 57 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
S 29. Mandatory electronic filing and payment. (a) For purposes of
this section, the following terms have the specified meanings:
(1) "Authorized tax document" means a tax document which the commis-
sioner has authorized to be filed electronically.
(2) "Electronic" means computer technology.
(3) "Original tax document" means a tax document that is filed during
the calendar year for which that tax document is required or permitted
to be filed.
(4) "Tax" means any tax or other matter administered by the commis-
sioner pursuant to this chapter or any other provision of law[;
provided, however, that the term "tax" does not include the taxes
imposed by, or pursuant to the authority of, articles twenty-two, thir-
ty, thirty-A or thirty-B of this chapter].
(5) "Tax document" means a return, report or any other document relat-
ing to a tax or other matter administered by the commissioner.
(6) "Tax return preparer" means any person who prepares for compen-
sation, or who employs or engages one or more persons to prepare for
compensation, any authorized tax document. For purposes of this section,
the term "tax return preparer" also includes a payroll service.
(7) "Tax software" means any computer software program intended for
tax return preparation purposes. For purposes of this section, the term
"tax software" includes, but is not limited to, an off-the-shelf soft-
ware program loaded onto a tax return preparer's or taxpayer's computer,
an online tax preparation application, or a tax preparation application
hosted by the department.
(b) If a tax return preparer [prepared more than one hundred] PREPARES
ANY original tax [documents during any calendar year beginning on or
after January first, two thousand seven, and if, in any succeeding
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calendar year that tax return preparer prepares one or more authorized
tax documents] DOCUMENT using tax software, then[, for that succeeding
calendar year and for each subsequent calendar year thereafter,] THAT
ORIGINAL TAX DOCUMENT AND all SUBSEQUENT authorized tax documents
prepared by that tax return preparer must be filed electronically, in
accordance with instructions prescribed by the commissioner.
(c) If a taxpayer does not utilize a tax return preparer to prepare an
authorized tax document [during any calendar year beginning on or after
January first, two thousand eight], but instead prepares that document
itself using tax software, then[, for that calendar year and for each
subsequent calendar year thereafter,] all authorized tax documents
prepared by the taxpayer using tax software must be filed electron-
ically, in accordance with instructions prescribed by the commissioner.
(d) [Any] THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE tax liability or other amount
due shown on, or required to be paid with, an authorized tax document
required to be filed electronically pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c)
of this section [must] TO be paid by the taxpayer electronically, in
accordance with instructions prescribed by the commissioner.
(e) Failure to electronically file or electronically pay. (1) If a
tax return preparer is required to file authorized tax documents elec-
tronically pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section, and that prepar-
er fails to file one or more of those documents electronically, then
that preparer will be subject to a penalty of [fifty] FIVE HUNDRED
dollars for [each] THE FIRST failure to electronically file an author-
ized tax document, AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH SUCCEEDING FAILURE
TO ELECTRONICALLY FILE AN AUTHORIZED TAX DOCUMENT, unless it is shown
that the failure is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful
neglect.
(2) If a taxpayer is required to ELECTRONICALLY FILE ANY AUTHORIZED
TAX DOCUMENTS OR electronically pay any tax liability or other amount
due shown on, or required to be paid with, an authorized tax document
required to be filed electronically pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c)
of this section, and that taxpayer fails to ELECTRONICALLY FILE ONE OR
MORE OF THOSE TAX DOCUMENTS OR electronically pay one or more of those
liabilities or other amounts due, then that taxpayer will be subject to
a penalty of fifty dollars for each INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER'S failure to
ELECTRONICALLY FILE AN AUTHORIZED TAX DOCUMENT REQUIRED BY OR PURSUANT
TO THE AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO, THIRTY, THIRTY-A OR THIRTY-B OF
THIS CHAPTER OR electronically pay ANY PERSONAL INCOME TAX IMPOSED BY OR
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF ANY OF THOSE ARTICLES, AND ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS FOR EACH FAILURE TO ELECTRONICALLY FILE ANY OTHER AUTHORIZED TAX
DOCUMENT OR ELECTRONICALLY PAY ANY OTHER TAX, UNLESS IT IS SHOWN THAT
THE FAILURE IS DUE TO REASONABLE CAUSE AND NOT DUE TO WILLFUL NEGLECT.
IN ADDITION, ANY TAXPAYER THAT FAILS TO ELECTRONICALLY FILE AN AUTHOR-
IZED TAX DOCUMENT FOR ANY TAX OTHER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER WHO
FAILS TO FILE AN AUTHORIZED TAX DOCUMENT FOR ANY PERSONAL INCOME TAX
IMPOSED BY OR PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO, THIRTY,
THIRTY-A OR THIRTY-B WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTY IMPOSED UNDER THE
APPLICABLE ARTICLE FOR THE FAILURE TO FILE A RETURN OR REPORT, WHETHER A
PAPER RETURN OR REPORT HAS BEEN FILED OR NOT.
(3) The penalties provided for by this subdivision must be paid upon
notice and demand, and will be assessed, collected and paid in the same
manner as the tax to which the electronic transaction relates. However,
if the electronic transaction relates to another matter administered by
the commissioner, then the [penally] PENALTY will be assessed, collected
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and paid in the same manner as prescribed by article twenty-seven of
this chapter.
(4) IF A TAXPAYER OR TAX RETURN PREPARER FAILS TO ELECTRONICALLY FILE
AN AUTHORIZED TAX DOCUMENT WHEN REQUIRED TO DO SO PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
SION (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION, THE TAXPAYER SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE INTEREST ON ANY OVERPAYMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OVERPAYMENT
PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER UNTIL SUCH DOCUMENT IS FILED ELECTRONICALLY.
(f) The provisions of sections nine and ten of this chapter are not
affected by this section and will remain in full force and effect.
(g) The commissioner is authorized to promulgate any regulations
necessary to implement this section.
S 14. Paragraph 10 of subsection (g) of section 658 of the tax law is
REPEALED.
S 15. Paragraph 10 of subdivision (g) of section 11-1758 of the admin-
istrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
S 16. Paragraph 5 of subsection (u) of section 685 of the tax law is
REPEALED.
S 17. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (t) of section 11-1785 of the admin-
istrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
S 18. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 3 of subsection (c) of section 658
of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of part H-1 of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
(A) Every subchapter K limited liability company, every limited
liability company that is a disregarded entity for federal income tax
purposes, and every partnership which has any income derived from New
York sources, determined in accordance with the applicable rules of
section six hundred thirty-one of this article as in the case of a
nonresident individual, shall, within [thirty] SIXTY days after the last
day of the taxable year, make a payment of a filing fee. The amount of
the filing fee is the amount set forth in subparagraph (B) of this para-
graph. The minimum filing fee is twenty-five dollars for taxable years
beginning in two thousand eight and thereafter. Limited liability compa-
nies that are disregarded entities for federal income tax purposes must
pay a filing fee of twenty-five dollars for taxable years beginning on
or after January first, two thousand eight.
S 19. Subdivision 4 of section 1315 of the abandoned property law, as
amended by section 2 of part II of chapter 57 of the laws of 2010, is
amended to read as follows:
4. Any amount representing an unpaid check or draft issued by the
state of New York which shall have remained unpaid after one year from
the date of issuance OR A DEBIT CARD ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING A TAX REFUND WHICH SHALL NOT HAVE
BEEN ACTIVATED FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE in accordance with
section one hundred two of the state finance law shall be deemed aban-
doned property and shall be paid to the state comptroller.
S 20. Section 102 of the state finance law, as amended by section 7 of
part P of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
S 102. Amounts of unpaid checks, DRAFTS OR DEBIT CARDS to be paid into
abandoned property fund. Upon audit and statement of the comptroller,
the amounts of all checks or drafts on bank accounts of any funds of the
state, AND THE AMOUNTS OF ALL DEBIT CARDS ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE STATE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING A TAX REFUND which checks or drafts have not
been paid OR WHICH DEBIT CARDS HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVATED and which shall
have been outstanding for more than one year from the respective dates
thereof, shall be paid into the abandoned property fund pursuant to
subdivision four of section one thousand three hundred fifteen of the
S. 2810--A 35 A. 4010--A
abandoned property law. The proper disbursing officers or agents of such
funds shall notify the bank or banks on which such checks [or], drafts
OR DEBIT CARDS were drawn not to pay OR PERMIT THE ACTIVATION OF the
same. The comptroller shall keep a record of all such checks [or],
drafts OR DEBIT CARDS and upon presentation to him by the lawful holder
of any such check [or], draft OR DEBIT CARD at any time, the amount of
which shall thus have been paid into the state treasury to the credit of
the general fund, the comptroller, to the extent appropriations are
available, shall issue a new check [or], draft OR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT to
the payee upon submission of proof satisfactory to the comptroller as to
the legitimacy of the claim and, if insufficient appropriations are
available, shall include in his next request for appropriations by the
legislature the amount or amounts of any such checks [or], drafts OR
DEBIT CARDS so presented to him, for the purpose of payment without
interest to the lawful holder or holders thereof.
S 21. Subdivision (a) of section 1135 of the tax law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
(3) (I) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ARTICLE
AND TO ENSURE THE COLLECTION AND PAYMENT OVER OF THE TAXES IMPOSED BY
THIS ARTICLE AND PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF
THIS CHAPTER, THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO REQUIRE ANY PERSON
REQUIRED TO COLLECT TAX WHO FAILS TO COLLECT, TRUTHFULLY ACCOUNT FOR,
PAY OVER TAX, OR FILE RETURNS OF THE TAX AS REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE,
AND WHOSE TOTAL TAX DUE FOR THE FOUR MOST RECENT QUARTERLY PERIODS FOR
WHICH DATA IS AVAILABLE EXCEEDS THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, TO USE A SYSTEM
(CONSISTING OF EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, SERVICES OR SOME COMBINATION OF
THESE) CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT: (A) CAPTURES INFORMATION
INCLUDING THE SUBJECT OF THE TRANSACTION, THE AMOUNT CHARGED, THE TIME
AND DATE OF THE TRANSACTION, AND THE AMOUNT OF SALES TAX COLLECTED, IF
ANY; (B) CALCULATES THE TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE OR PURSUANT TO THE
AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER ON EACH TRANSACTION FOR
WHICH SUCH PERSON IS REQUIRED TO COLLECT AND PAY OVER TAX; (C) DETER-
MINES THE AMOUNT OF SUCH TAXES REQUIRED TO BE REMITTED WITH SUCH
PERSON'S RETURN; (D) DOCUMENTS EACH EXEMPT TRANSACTION AND ASSOCIATES
ANY REQUIRED EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION WITH THE
EXEMPT TRANSACTION; AND (E) MAINTAINS THE RECORDS REQUIRED FOR EACH SUCH
TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENT OF
THIS CHAPTER. SUCH PERSON SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROCESS ALL OF ITS SALES,
RENTS OR OCCUPANCIES USING SUCH SYSTEM.
(II) A PERSON REQUIRED TO COLLECT TAX THAT USES A SYSTEM DESCRIBED IN
SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH THAT IS CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL BE RELIEVED OF LIABILITY FOR: (A) INCORRECTLY CALCULATING THE
AMOUNT OF TAX DUE ON ANY TRANSACTION OR THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO BE REMIT-
TED WITH SUCH PERSON'S RETURN WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH TRANSACTION PROC-
ESSED THROUGH SUCH SYSTEM THAT OCCURS AS A RESULT OF AN ERROR CAUSED BY
SUCH SYSTEM, PROVIDED SUCH PERSON COLLECTS THE AMOUNT OF TAX CALCULATED
BY THE SYSTEM FOR EACH SALE AND REMITS THE TAX THE SYSTEM DETERMINES IS
REQUIRED TO BE REMITTED WITH SUCH PERSON'S RETURN; AND (B) THE FAILURE
OF SUCH SYSTEM TO ACCURATELY MAINTAIN THE DOCUMENTATION OR RECORDS
REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
(III) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, NOTH-
ING IN THIS PARAGRAPH OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL
AFFECT THE LIABILITY OF A PERSON REQUIRED TO COLLECT TAX FOR THE TAX
IMPOSED, COLLECTED OR REQUIRED TO BE COLLECTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
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S 22. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1136 of the tax law,
as amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
follows:
(1) Every person required to register with the commissioner as
provided in section eleven hundred thirty-four OF THIS PART whose taxa-
ble receipts, amusement charges and rents total less than three hundred
thousand dollars, or in the case of any such person who is a distributor
whose sales of automotive fuel total less than one hundred thousand
gallons, in every quarter of the preceding four quarters, shall only
file a return quarterly with the commissioner. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
IF THE COMMISSIONER IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS OR HER DISCRETION DEEMS IT
NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE REVENUES TO BE OBTAINED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, HE
OR SHE MAY GIVE NOTICE REQUIRING SUCH PERSON, IN ADDITION TO FILING A
QUARTERLY RETURN, TO FILE EITHER SHORT-FORM OR LONG-FORM PART QUARTERLY
RETURNS, AS SPECIFIED IN SUCH NOTICE.
S 23. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
sections thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and seventeen of this act
shall apply to tax documents filed or required to be filed on or after
the sixtieth day after this act shall become a law.
S 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such
invalid provisions had not been included herein.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
the applicable effective date of Parts A through Z of this act shall be
as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.
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