Relates to the amount and deposit of public safety communications surcharges; distributes a portion of such surcharges collected to the municipal first responder grants fund.
Requires state agencies to submit annual reports to the financial committees of the legislature accounting for all fines, fees and surcharges, the purpose of such fine, fee or surcharge, and where such fines, fees, interest and surcharges were deposited; directs unassigned fees to be deposited into the general fund.
Relates to the department of public service; limits increases in the amount of surcharges; establishes a one year moratorium on the collection of energy surcharges; establishes a moratorium on new surcharge assessments, taxes or fees.
Relates to using a portion of the public safety communications surcharge to support volunteer fire department initiatives; establishes the New York state volunteer fire department auxiliary fund.
Relates to using a portion of the public safety communications surcharge to support volunteer fire department initiatives; establishes the New York state volunteer fire department auxiliary fund.
Removes language requiring the state from moving public safety surcharge funds into the state general fund; increases from seventy-five million dollars to one million dollars available for grants or reimbursements to counties for the development, consolidation, or operation of public safety communications systems or networks designed to support statewide interoperable communications for first responders.
Removes language requiring the state from moving public safety surcharge funds into the state general fund; increases from seventy-five million dollars to one million dollars available for grants or reimbursements to counties for the development, consolidation, or operation of public safety communications systems or networks designed to support statewide interoperable communications for first responders.
Requires the deposit, into the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, of a portion of the sales tax collected on each gallon of motor fuel sold at retail; increases the amount to be deposited over time.
Provides funding for next generation 9-1-1 technology; provides additional aid to counties for the development, consolidation, or operation of public safety communications systems or networks designed to support statewide interoperable communications for first responders and to counties for costs related to the operations of public safety dispatch centers.
Relates to limiting mandatory surcharges and local driver responsibility fees for traffic tickets to ten percent of the amount of such traffic ticket.