2006 New York Code - Planning For Construction Of Solid Waste Management Facilities

 
    §  1381.  State aid.  1. The commissioner may in the name of the state
  make or contract to make, within the limitation  of  the  appropriations
  therefor,  a  state  grant  for payment to any municipality or to two or
  more municipalities jointly of not more  than  fifty  per  cent  of  the
  entire   cost   of   the   preparation   of  detailed  plans,  including
  consideration  of  recycling  technology,   ultimate   land   use,   and
  environmental impact, for the construction of new solid waste management
  facilities  or  the  improvement  of  existing  solid  waste  management
  facilities, as determined and approved by the commissioner.
    2. Payments authorized pursuant to this title shall  be  made  in  two
  apportionments, as follows:
    (a)  the  first  payment,  not  to  exceed fifty per cent of the total
  grant, shall be payable when acceptable detailed plans are  approved  by
  the commissioner, and
    (b)  the  balance  of  the  grant  shall  be payable when construction
  contracts are awarded, or when  construction  begins,  whichever  occurs
  first.