Permits Onondaga county to collaborate with other counties with respect to operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone.

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S6471-2011 Actions

• Mar 27, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A9336
• Mar 26, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 22, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Mar 21, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.449
• Feb 13, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S6471-2011 Meetings

Local Government: Mar 21, 2012

S6471-2011 Calendars

Active List: Mar 27, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 22, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 26, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 27, 2012

S6471-2011 Votes

S6471-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6471

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the county law, in relation to permit-
ting Onondaga county to collaborate with other counties with respect to
operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone

PURPOSE:  To permit Onondaga County to collaborate with other counties
with respect to operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends subdivision 23 of section 224 of county law to desig-
nate a service area to include adjacent counties of Cayuga, Oswego and
Madison which are counties located adjacent to the Syracuse Hancock
International Airport.

JUSTIFICATION:  Currently, Onondaga County is authorized under subdivi-
sion 23 section 24 of county law to operate a Foreign Trade Zone within
Onondaga County. The Onondaga County legislature has requested that this
Foreign Trade Zone Service Area be expanded to include areas adjacent to
the Airport. The Foreign Trade Zone regulations define adjacency to be
areas located within sixty miles or ninety minutes driving time of a
United States Customs and Boarder Protection Port of Entry.  Imports and
exports are a major source of growth for Central New York. This expan-
sion would permit further regional economic development as businesses
will be incentivized to locate within this region, and current busi-
nesses will be better able to expand their distribution area and
increase international trade.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S6471-2011 Text

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

                                    6471

                              I N  SENATE

                              February 13, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  RITCHIE,  NOZZOLIO, VALESKY -- read
    twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
    Committee on Local Government

  AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to permitting Onondaga coun-
    ty  to  collaborate  with other counties with respect to operating and
    maintaining a foreign trade zone

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


    Section  1.    Subdivision  23  of  section  224 of the county law, as
  amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:

    23. The county of Onondaga may make application to the  Foreign  Trade
  Zones  Board  established  by  the  act of Congress, approved June eigh-
  teenth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, entitled "An act  to  provide  the
  establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports
  of  entry  of  the  United  States,  to  expedite  and encourage foreign
  commerce, and for other purposes," for a grant to Onondaga county of the
  privilege to have established, operated and maintained, a foreign  trade
  zone  or  zones  within  such  county  AND  ITS DESIGNATED SERVICE AREA,
  INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COUNTIES OF CAYUGA, OSWEGO AND MADISON,  pursuant
  to  the  provisions  of such act, and if such application be granted, to
  have established, operated and maintained such zone in  accordance  with
  law including [a sub-zone to be located in Cortland county which has the
  authority to create said sub-zone pursuant to subdivision twenty-three-a
  of  this  section]  SITES IN ONONDAGA COUNTY AND THE COUNTIES OF CAYUGA,
  OSWEGO, AND MADISON, WHICH ARE COUNTIES LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE SYRACUSE
  HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM
  "ADJACENT"  MEANS  THOSE  AREAS  LOCATED  WITHIN  SIXTY  MILES OR NINETY
  MINUTES DRIVING TIME OF A UNITED STATES CUSTOMS  AND  BORDER  PROTECTION
  PORT  OF  ENTRY. [Said sub-zone may only be created with the approval of
  the governing body of Cortland county.] The county of Onondaga may enter
  into such contracts and may appropriate such sums of money and may  take
  such  further  actions  as  it  may  deem  appropriate,  subject  to the
  provisions of this article, towards  the  promotion,  establishment  and
  maintenance of such zone or zones.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD13849-06-2