New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Chapter XV - Local Government Services › Part 814 - Shared Municipal Services Incentive Awards › Section 814.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
As used in this Part, the following words and terms shall
				  have the stated meaning:
(a)
				Consolidation means two or more adjoining towns in the same county consolidate
				as one town pursuant to article 5-B of the Town Law; two or more adjoining
				villages consolidate as one village pursuant to article 18 of the Village Law,
				or; for the purpose of applications submitted prior to April 1, 2007 two or
				more school districts consolidate as one district pursuant to article 31 of the
				Education Law. For the purpose of grant applications submitted after April 1,
				2007, pursuant to State Finance Law section 54(10) as amended by chapter 56 of
				the Laws of 2007, consolidation shall also include consolidation of two or more
				special improvement districts or fire districts.
(b) Cooperative agreement means an agreement
				entered into by two or more municipalities pursuant to article 5-G of the
				General Municipal Law or other authorizing statutes for the performance among
				themselves or one for the other of their respective functions, powers and
				duties on a contract or cooperative basis.
(c) Dissolution means the dissolution of a
				town pursuant to article 5-A of the Town Law or the dissolution of a village
				pursuant to article 19 of the Village Law.
(d) Merger means the transfer of functions,
				powers or duties of a city, town or village within the same county, to each
				other or to the county, pursuant to the Alternate County Government Law, or;
				pursuant to any other legislative authority which may be enacted after the
				effective date hereof for such transfers of functions, powers or duties or for
				the merger of a county, city, town or village with any of such other units of
				local government.
(e) Municipality
				means a county, city, town, village and school district; for the purpose of
				grant applications submitted after April 1, 2007, pursuant to State Finance Law
				section 54(H) as amended by chapter 56 of the Laws of 2007, municipality shall
				also include special improvement districts and fire districts, and provided
				that for the purpose of such applications a school district shall be considered
				a municipality only in instances where a school district advances an
				application for a grant to cover costs associated with cooperative agreements
				or shared services, and further provided that for the purpose of such
				applications, a board of cooperative educational services shall be considered a
				municipality only in instances where such board of cooperative educational
				services advances a joint shared service application on behalf of school
				districts and other municipalities within the board of cooperative educational
				services region; provided, however, that any shared services agreements with a
				board of cooperative educational services:
(1) shall not generate additional state
				aid;
(2) shall be deemed not to be
				a part of the program, capital and administrative budgets of the board of
				cooperative educational services for the purposes of computing charges upon
				component school districts pursuant to subparagraph seven of paragraph b of
				subdivision four of section 1950  of the Education Law;
(3) shall be deemed to be a cooperative
				municipal service for purposes of subparagraph two of paragraph d of
				subdivision four of section 1950  of the Education Law.