Senate Bill S5865

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the financial restructuring board for local governments and relates to public arbitration panels determinations of whether public employers are fiscally eligible

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S5865 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8086
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §54, St Fin L; add §160.05, Loc Fin L; amd §209, Civ Serv L

2013-S5865 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the financial restructuring board for local governments; relates to public arbitration panels for deciding whether public employers are fiscally eligible.

2013-S5865 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5865 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 5865                                                  A. 8086

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2013
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. MARTINS, VALESKY -- (at request of the
  Governor) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Rules

IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M. of A. FARRELL -- (at request of the
  Governor) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, the local  finance  law  and  the
  civil  service  law,  in relation to the financial restructuring board
  for local governments; and to amend the civil service law, in relation
  to public arbitration panels determinations of whether public  employ-
  ers are fiscally eligible

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

  Section 1. Paragraph t of subdivision 10 of section 54  of  the  state
finance  law,  as added by section 3 of part K of chapter 57 of the laws
of 2011 and as relettered by section 3 of part K of chapter  55  of  the
laws of 2013, and subparagraph (vii) as added and subparagraph (viii) as
renumbered  by  section 3-a of part K of chapter 55 of the laws of 2013,
is amended to read as follows:
  t. Local government performance and efficiency program.  (i) (1) Defi-
nitions.  For the purposes of this  [paragraph]  SUBPARAGRAPH,  "munici-
pality"  shall  mean  a  county,  city,  town, or village, but shall not
include the individual counties contained in the city of New York.
  [(ii)] (2) Purpose. [There is hereby established  a  local  government
performance  and  efficiency  program.]  The  purpose  of [this program]
AWARDS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH is to recognize municipalities
that have undertaken significant and innovative actions to  improve  the
overall  efficiency  of governmental operations and produce quantifiable
recurring financial savings that reduce  the  municipal  tax  burden  on
residents.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD12047-01-3

              

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