New York Senate Bill S08935 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8935  IN SENATE April 1, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CHU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT requiring the authorities budget office to conduct a study on the financial effects of making local governments responsible for upkeep in public areas immediately outside of properties owned or leased by public authorities; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The director of the authorities budget office shall conduct 2 a comprehensive study analyzing the financial impact on local govern- 3 ments being responsible for the upkeep in public areas immediately 4 outside of properties owned or leased by public authorities, including 5 but not limited to, sidewalks. 6 § 2. For the purposes of this act, the director of the authorities 7 budget office may conduct such study in conjunction with any other 8 department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, public authori- 9 ty, local government or municipality of the state deemed necessary. To 10 the maximum extent feasible, such commissioner shall be authorized to 11 request, receive, and utilize such resources and data of any other 12 department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, public authori- 13 ty, local government or municipality of the state as he or she may 14 reasonably request to properly carry his or her powers and duties pursu- 15 ant to this act. 16 § 3. The director of the authorities budget office shall publish such 17 report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the 18 speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate committee on labor and 19 the chair of the assembly committee on labor no later than December 31, 20 2024. 21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 22 deemed repealed January 1, 2025. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14011-01-4