§ 54-m. Local share requirements associated with increasing the age of\njuvenile jurisdiction above fifteen years of age. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law to the contrary, counties and the city of New\nYork shall not be required to contribute a local share of eligible\nexpenditures that would not have been incurred absent the provisions of\na chapter of the laws of two thousand seventeen that added this section\nunless the most recent budget adopted by a county that is subject to the\nprovisions of section three-c of the general municipal law exceeded the\ntax levy limit prescribed in such section or the local government is not\nsubject to the provisions of section three-c of the general municipal\nlaw; provided, however, that the state budget director shall be\nauthorized to waive any local share of expenditures associated with a\nchapter of the laws of two thousand seventeen that increased the age of\njuvenile jurisdiction above fifteen years of age, upon a showing of\nfinancial hardship by a county or the city of New York upon application\nin the form and manner prescribed by the division of the budget. In\nevaluating an application for a financial hardship waiver, the budget\ndirector shall consider the incremental cost to the locality related to\nincreasing the age of juvenile jurisdiction, changes in state or federal\naid payments, and other extraordinary costs, including the occurrence of\na disaster as defined in paragraph a of subdivision two of section\ntwenty of the executive law, repair and maintenance of infrastructure,\nannual growth in tax receipts, including personal income, business and\nother taxes, prepayment of debt service and other expenses, or such\nother factors that the director may determine.\n
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