S 2209: Removes the local share requirements associated with increasing the age of juvenile jurisdiction.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2209 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the local share requirements associated with increasing the age of juvenile jurisdic- tion The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 54-m of the state finance law, as added by section 2 104 of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 § 54-m. Local share requirements associated with increasing the age of 5 juvenile jurisdiction above fifteen years of age. Notwithstanding any 6 other provision of law to the contrary, counties and the city of New 7 York shall not be required to contribute a local share of eligible 8 expenditures that would not have been incurred absent the provisions of 9 [a] chapter fifty-nine of the laws of two thousand seventeen [that added 10 this section unless the most recent budget adopted by a county that is 11 subject to the provisions of section three-c of the general municipal 12 law exceeded the tax levy limit prescribed in such section or the local 13 government is not subject to the provisions of section three-c of the 14 general municipal law; provided, however, that the state budget director 15 shall be authorized to waive any local share of expenditures associated 16 with a chapter of the laws of two thousand seventeen that increased the 17 age of juvenile jurisdiction above fifteen years of age, upon a showing 18 of financial hardship by a county or the city of New York upon applica- 19 tion in the form and manner prescribed by the division of the budget. In 20 evaluating an application for a financial hardship waiver, the budget 21 director shall consider the incremental cost to the locality related to 22 increasing the age of juvenile jurisdiction, changes in state or federal 23 aid payments, and other extraordinary costs, including the occurrence of 24 a disaster as defined in paragraph a of subdivision two of section twen- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04369-01-5 
 S. 2209 2 1 ty of the executive law, repair and maintenance of infrastructure, annu- 2 al growth in tax receipts, including personal income, business and other 3 taxes, prepayment of debt service and other expenses, or such other 4 factors that the director may determine]. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.