Unfunded mandates; delay of implementation.

Unfunded mandates; delay of implementation.Allows a county, city, or town, in its discretion, to delay implementingan unfunded mandate until the next fiscal year after the fiscal yearin which any unfunded mandate became effective. The locality shalldo so by ordinance that states with specificity the unfunded mandatethat the locality seeks to delay implementing and the date on whichthe unfunded mandate shall become effective after the delay. The bill defines "unfunded mandate" as an act that imposes on a localitythe responsibility of providing funding for new programs or increasedlevels of service under existing programs and for which the Commonwealthdoes not provide sufficient funding to cover the required costs of such new programs or increased services, whether by appropriationor other means.