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3 Co-sponsors
History
- Substituted by A7179
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1109
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Companion bill
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Relates to the construction of the H. Lee Dennison building
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Robert Sweeney
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5029
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the Suffolk county judicial facilities agency and the H. Lee Dennison building
Purpose
To authorize the Suffolk County judicial facilities agency to purchase and lease property.
Read the full memo (781 words)
Summary of provisions
Subdivision 6 of section 2350-b of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 2005 is amended to include the H. Lee Dennison building and the north County Complex.
Amends subdivisions 15 and 17 section 2350-b of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 2005, to include the H. Lee Dennison building and the North County Complex and two new subdivisions are added to include the definitions for the H Lee Dennison building and the North County Complex.
Subdivision 1 of section 2350-c of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 2005 is amended by changing the effective date from 2005 to 2013 and allows the county to utilize the properties of the H. Lee Dennison Building and the North County Complex while they are owned by the Suffolk county judicial facilities agency.
Subdivision 1 of section 2350-f of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 2005 is amended to include the H. Lee Dennison Building and the North County complex.
Subdivision 1 of section 2350-g of the public authorities law is amended by adding new paragraph (c) which allows for bonding, not to exceed $70M, of the H. Lee Dennison Building and the North County Complex.
Paragraph (a), (e) and (h) of subdivision 4 and subdivision 10 of section 2350-g of the public authorities law, paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 2005 and paragraphs (e) and (h) of subdivision 4 and subdivision 10 as added by chapter 200 of the laws of 1999 are amended to include that any bonds and renewals as a result of this bill shall mature not later than December 31, 2013.
Subdivisions 1 and 4 of sections 2350-m of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 200 of the laws of 1999 adds a comma between "construction" and "use".
Subdivision 2 of section 2350-o of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 2005, is amended to include section 222 of the labor law in accordance with the agency choosing to utilize a project labor agreement.
Subdivision 5 of section 2350-s of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 762 of the laws of 200.5 is amended to include the word "senate" prior to "finance committee".
Subdivision 2 of section 2350-v of the public authorities law is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to provide that the provisions of this act must comply with both the public authorities accountability act of 2005 and the public authorities reform act of 2009.
Subdivision 1 of section 2350-ff of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 762 of the laws of 2005 is amended to replace the word "authority" with "agency".
Subsection 14 contains the effective date.
Justification
According to Suffolk County, the $70M sale and lease back is the final and most critical component to the county's 3 year budget mitigation plan and is included in the current 2013 County budget. This legislation would authorize the County, at its option, to utilize the Suffolk County judicial facilities agency to achieve that purpose In order to replace the $70M of budgeted revenue generated by the sale lease back transaction, general fund taxes would have had to increase from $49M to $119M - an increase of 143%.
The $70M is estimated in the county's cash flow for October. Absent these funds, the county maintains that its operations will be severely curtailed. The county cannot increase the size of its DTAN short term borrowing and the County's TAN borrowing is not until December. The consequences would be an inability to meet its financial obligations.
The county states that at this point it cannot raise taxes or effectuate the amount of lay-offs needed to make up for a loss of $70M due to notice requirements in the respective collective bargaining agreements. The cuts needed would be almost half of the county's total staff. The alternative to staff reduction would be cuts to contracted services, including: the mental health delivery system, day care and other non-mandated programs such as: HEAP, food pantries, youth services, handicapped and veteran services. Capital projects would have to be halted resulting in loss of jobs in the private sector.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None to the State
Effective date
Immediately.
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