STATEMENT TO

[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2863

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator SARLO)

ADOPTED: MARCH 25, 2019

      These Senate floor amendments provide a schedule for awarding local aid to counties and municipalities.  Specifically, the amendments require: (1) the Department of Transportation (department) to distribute an aid application solicitation letter to each county and each municipality by April 1st of each year; (2) each county and each municipality to submit an application for funding by June 30th of each year; and (3) the department to distribute an award letter to each county and each municipality by October 1st of each year.  The amendments also clarify that the department is to execute an agreement with each county and each municipality concerning the project for which the aid is allotted to that county or municipality within 90 days from the date the department distributes the award letter or by December 31st of each year, whichever is earlier. 

      The floor amendments also require counties and municipalities to begin expending aid allotments within one year from the date of the fully executed agreement for that year’s allotment, rather than from the time the county or municipality is provided notice of the award amount.