2006 New York Code - Assessment Of Fees.

 
    §  606.  Assessment  of fees. 1. Assessment of fees by municipalities.
  Each municipality shall  assess  fees  for  services  provided  by  such
  municipality  in  accordance  with  a  fee  and revenue plan which shall
  include a schedule of fees that the municipality proposes to charge  for
  each  service identified by the commissioner and each additional service
  identified by the municipality for which a fee  is  to  be  charged.  In
  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  subdivision  four  of section six
  hundred two of this chapter, the commissioner shall review each fee  and
  revenue  plan submitted to him and, on the basis of such review, issue a
  notice of intent to disapprove the plan or approve  the  plan,  with  or
  without  conditions,  within  ninety days of his receipt of the plan. In
  determining whether to approve or disapprove a  plan,  the  commissioner
  shall  consider  the  extent  to  which the plan, once implemented, will
  satisfy standards which the commissioner has promulgated  through  rules
  and  regulations  after  consulting  with  the public health council and
  county health commissioners, boards and public  health  directors.  Such
  standards  shall  include a list of those environmental, personal health
  and other services for which fees shall be charged, the  calculation  of
  cost  by  each  municipality  and  the relationship of cost to fees, and
  provisions for prohibiting the assessment of fees which would impede the
  delivery of services deemed essential to the protection of the health of
  the public. Fees for personal health services shall be reflective of  an
  individual's  ability  to  pay  and  shall  not be inconsistent with the
  reimbursement guidelines of articles twenty-eight and thirty-six of this
  chapter and applicable federal  laws  and  regulations.  To  the  extent
  possible  revenues  generated  shall be used to enhance or expand public
  health services.
    2. Assessment of fees by the commissioner. In each  municipality,  the
  commissioner  shall  establish  a  fee  and  revenue  plan  for services
  provided by the department in a manner consistent with the standards and
  regulations established pursuant to subdivision one of this section.