Local Government Assistance
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Local Government Assistance programs provide a range of State aid and assistance for all classes of local governments. Key General Fund-supported programs include the Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) program, which allocates unrestricted State aid to cities, towns and villages. Additionally, the Citizen Empowerment Tax Credits, Citizens Re-Organization Empowerment Grants, and the Local Government Efficiency Grant program, provide grants to local governments to encourage increased efficiency, municipal shared services and/or governmental consolidation.
Budget Highlights
The Executive Budget recommends $857 million in All Funds appropriations to fund miscellaneous State aid and assistance programs, including $824 million in General Fund support to local governments under several aid programs. The Budget also recommends $2.5 million in General Fund state operating support for the Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments and $30 million in Fiduciary Funds to cover contingency appropriation requirements. 2013-14 All Funds appropriations levels were $856 million.
AIM funding to cities, towns and villages is recommended to be maintained at $715 million. In addition, $39 million in appropriations for Citizen Empowerment Tax Credits, Citizens Re-Organization Empowerment Grants, and the Local Government Efficiency Grant program are recommended to be maintained. The Executive Budget also maintains $40 million in new appropriations and $40 million in reappropriations to be awarded by the Financial Restructuring Board through the Local Government Performance and Efficiency Program.
| Category | Available 2013-14 |
Appropriations Recommended 2014-15 |
Change From 2013-14 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2014-15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 0 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 0 |
| Aid To Localities | 856,336,217 | 854,463,217 | (1,873,000) | 82,786,000 |
| Total | 856,336,217 | 856,963,217 | 627,000 | 82,786,000 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/20/2014