N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law § 27.15: State aid; snowmobile enforcement

§ 27.15 State aid; snowmobile enforcement. 1. Every county, city, town

or village enforcing the provisions of this chapter relating to

snowmobiles shall be entitled to receive state aid as hereinafter

provided. A county, city, town or village seeking reimbursement for

expenditures incurred in enforcement of this article, including

expenditures incurred for signs and markers therefor, shall submit to

the commissioner by January first of each year an estimate of such

expenditures for the current fiscal year, in such form and containing

such information as the commissioner may require. Within one month after

the close of the fiscal year, each such county, city, town or village

shall submit to the commissioner a statement of authorized expenditures

actually incurred, in such form and containing such information as he

may require. For the purpose of this section, "fiscal year" shall mean

the period from April first through March thirty-first.

2. The amount of state aid to be allocated to counties, cities, towns

or villages shall be determined by the commissioner as hereinafter

provided. The commissioner shall determine the percentage proportion

which the authorized expenditures of each individual county, city, town

or village, but not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for each county

including the municipalities therein, shall bear to the total authorized

expenditures of all the counties, cities, towns or villages for

enforcement of such provisions during the fiscal year. Such percentage

proportion shall then be applied against an amount equal to twenty-five

percent of the amount received by the state in fees received for

registration of snowmobiles during such fiscal year, to the extent only

and not exceeding the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. The amount

thus determined shall constitute the maximum amount of state aid to

which each county, city, town or village shall be entitled. Provided,

however, that no county, city, town or village shall receive state aid

in an amount in excess of three-quarters of its authorized expenditures

as approved by the commissioner for such fiscal year. The commissioner

shall certify to the comptroller the amount thus determined for each

county, city, town or village as the amount of state aid to be

apportioned to such county, city, town or village.