Bill Text: NY A09845 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides for emergency appropriation through April 15, 2024 for the support of government.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-12 - substituted by s9036 [A09845 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09845-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9845

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 11, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN -- (at request of the Governor) -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

        AN  ACT  making  appropriations  for the support of government; to amend
          chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making appropriations for
          the support of government, in relation thereto; to amend  chapter  113
          of the laws of 2024, relating to making appropriations for the support
          of  government,  in  relation thereto; and to amend chapter 114 of the
          laws of 2024, relating to making appropriations  for  the  support  of
          government,  in relation thereto, and providing for the repeal of such
          provisions upon expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds and
     2  declares that the enactment of these appropriations provides  sufficient
     3  authority  to the comptroller for the purpose of making payments for the
     4  purposes described herein until such time as appropriation bills submit-
     5  ted by the governor pursuant to article VII of  the  state  constitution
     6  for  the support of government for the state fiscal year beginning April
     7  1, 2024 are enacted.
     8    § 2. Section 2 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to  making
     9  appropriations  for the support of government, as amended by chapter 114
    10  of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    11    § 2. The amounts specified in this section,  or  so  much  thereof  as
    12  shall  be  sufficient  to  accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby
    13  appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided,  to  the
    14  public  officers  and  for  the purpose specified, which amount shall be
    15  available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.

    16                     ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

    17  For  the  purpose  of  making  payments  for
    18    personal  service,  including  liabilities
    19    incurred prior to April 1,  2024,  on  the
    20    payrolls  scheduled  to be paid during the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD12033-01-4

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     1    period April 1 through April [11] 15, 2024
     2    to state officers  and  employees  of  the
     3    executive  branch, including the governor,
     4    lieutenant   governor,   comptroller,  and
     5    attorney general, and to employees of  the
     6    legislature.   This   appropriation   also
     7    includes funding  for  payment  of  health
     8    care  and mental hygiene bonuses to eligi-
     9    ble  state  employees,  and  payments  for
    10    services  performed  by  mentally  ill  or
    11    developmentally disabled persons  who  are
    12    employed in state-operated special employ-
    13    ment,  work-for-pay  or sheltered workshop
    14    programs ................................... 475,000,000
    15                                              --------------

    16    § 3. Section 3 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to  making
    17  appropriations  for the support of government, as amended by chapter 114
    18  of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    19    § 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall
    20  be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby  appropri-
    21  ated  and  authorized  to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public
    22  officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be  available
    23  for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.

    24                     ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

    25  For  the  payment  of  state  operations non
    26    personal service liabilities to the execu-
    27    tive branch,  including  the  comptroller,
    28    and the attorney general, and legislature,
    29    incurred  in  the ordinary course of busi-
    30    ness, during the period  April  1  through
    31    April  [11] 15, 2024, pursuant to existing
    32    state law and for purposes for  which  the
    33    legislature  authorized the expenditure of
    34    moneys during the 2023-2024  state  fiscal
    35    year;   provided,  however,  that  nothing
    36    contained herein shall be deemed to  limit
    37    or  restrict  the  power  or  authority of
    38    state departments or agencies  to  conduct
    39    their  activities or operations in accord-
    40    ance  with  existing  law,   and   further
    41    provided  that  nothing  contained  herein
    42    shall be deemed to supersede,  nullify  or
    43    modify the provisions of section 40 of the
    44    state  finance law prescribing when appro-
    45    priations made  for  the  2023-2024  state
    46    fiscal  year  shall  have  ceased  to have
    47    force and effect .........................
    48    .............................. [22,000,000]   32,000,000
    49                                --------------

    50    § 4. Section 4 of chapter 114 of the laws of 2024, relating to  making
    51  appropriations  for  the  support  of  government, is amended to read as
    52  follows:

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     1    § 4. The amounts specified in this section,  or  so  much  thereof  as
     2  shall  be  sufficient  to  accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby
     3  appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided,  to  the
     4  public  officers  and  for the purposes specified, which amount shall be
     5  available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.

     6                                  JUDICIARY

     7  For  the  purpose  of  making  payments  for
     8    personal  service,  including  liabilities
     9    incurred  prior  to  April 1, 2024, on the
    10    payrolls scheduled to be paid  during  the
    11    period April 1 through April [11] 15, 2024
    12    to officers and employees of the judiciary .. 80,000,000
    13  For  the payment of state operations nonper-
    14    sonal  service  liabilities,  the  sum  of
    15    seventeen  million  dollars ($17,000,000),
    16    or so much thereof as shall be  sufficient
    17    to  accomplish  the purpose designated, is
    18    hereby appropriated to the  judiciary  out
    19    of any moneys in the general fund or other
    20    funds  to the credit of the state purposes
    21    account not  otherwise  appropriated.  The
    22    comptroller   is   hereby  authorized  and
    23    directed to utilize this appropriation for
    24    the purpose of making  payments  for  non-
    25    personal  service  liabilities incurred by
    26    the judiciary from April 1  through  April
    27    [11] 15, 2024 ............................... 17,000,000
    28  For the payment of aid to localities liabil-
    29    ities,  the  sum  of  twelve  million five
    30    hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000), or
    31    so much thereof as shall be sufficient  to
    32    accomplish   the  purpose  designated,  is
    33    hereby appropriated to the  judiciary  out
    34    of any moneys in the general fund or other
    35    funds  to the credit of the state purposes
    36    account not  otherwise  appropriated.  The
    37    comptroller   is   hereby  authorized  and
    38    directed to utilize this appropriation for
    39    the purpose of making payments for aid  to
    40    localities  liabilities  incurred  by  the
    41    judiciary from April 1 through April  [11]
    42    15, 2024 .................................... 12,500,000
    43  For  the  payment of employee fringe benefit
    44    programs including, but  not  limited  to,
    45    the   judiciary's   contributions  to  the
    46    health  insurance  fund,  the   employees'
    47    retirement   system  pension  accumulation
    48    fund,  the  social  security  contribution
    49    fund,  employee benefit fund programs, the
    50    dental insurance  plan,  the  vision  care
    51    plan, the unemployment insurance fund, and
    52    for  workers'  compensation  benefits, the
    53    sum   of   sixty-seven   million   dollars
    54    ($67,000,000), or so much thereof as shall

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     1    be  sufficient  to  accomplish the purpose
     2    designated, is hereby appropriated to  the
     3    judiciary out of any moneys in the general
     4    fund  or  other funds to the credit of the
     5    state  purposes  account   not   otherwise
     6    appropriated.  The  comptroller  is hereby
     7    authorized and directed  to  utilize  this
     8    appropriation  for  the  purpose of making
     9    payments  for  employee   fringe   benefit
    10    liabilities incurred by the judiciary from
    11    April 1 through April [11] 15, 2024 ......... 67,000,000
    12                                              --------------

    13    §  5. Section 5 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making
    14  appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter  114
    15  of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    16    §  5.  The  amounts  specified  in this section, or so much thereof as
    17  shall be sufficient to accomplish the  purposes  designated,  is  hereby
    18  appropriated  and  authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the
    19  public officers and for the purposes specified, which  amount  shall  be
    20  available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.

    21                            DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

    22                              AID TO LOCALITIES

    23  CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM .......... [18,170,000]   22,450,000
    24                                              --------------

    25    General Fund
    26    Local Assistance Account - 10000

    27  For  services  and  expenses  related to the
    28    Indian health program.  The moneys  hereby
    29    appropriated   shall  be  for  payment  of
    30    financial assistance heretofore accrued or
    31    hereafter to accrue (26840) .................. 6,400,000
    32                                              --------------

    33    Special Revenue Funds - Federal
    34    Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund
    35    Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022

    36  For various  federal  food  and  nutritional
    37    services.  The  moneys hereby appropriated
    38    shall be available for payment  of  finan-
    39    cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986)
    40    .............................. [11,770,000]   16,050,000
    41                                --------------

    42    §  6. Section 6 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making
    43  appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter  114
    44  of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    45    §  6.  The  amounts  specified  in this section, or so much thereof as
    46  shall be sufficient to accomplish the  purposes  designated,  is  hereby

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     1  appropriated  and  authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the
     2  public officers and for the purposes specified, which  amount  shall  be
     3  available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.

     4                             DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

     5                              AID TO LOCALITIES

     6  UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ...... [375,000,000]  405,000,000
     7                                              --------------

     8    Enterprise Funds
     9    Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund
    10    Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650

    11  For  payment of unemployment insurance bene-
    12    fits pursuant to article 18 of  the  labor
    13    law   or  as  authorized  by  the  federal
    14    government through the disaster  unemploy-
    15    ment  assistance  program,  the  emergency
    16    unemployment  compensation  program,   the
    17    extended   benefit  program,  the  federal
    18    additional  compensation  program  or  any
    19    other  federally funded unemployment bene-
    20    fit program (34787) ......... [375,000,000]  405,000,000
    21                                --------------

    22    § 7. Section 7 of chapter 113 of the laws of 2024, relating to  making
    23  appropriations  for the support of government, as amended by chapter 114
    24  of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    25    § 7. The amounts specified in this section,  or  so  much  thereof  as
    26  shall  be  sufficient  to  accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby
    27  appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided,  to  the
    28  public  officers  and  for the purposes specified, which amount shall be
    29  available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.

    30                      DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES

    31                              AID TO LOCALITIES

    32  BLIND VETERAN ANNUITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ....................... 385,000
    33                                                            --------------

    34    General Fund
    35    Local Assistance Account - 10000

    36  For payment of annuities to  blind  veterans
    37    and  eligible  surviving  spouses.  Up  to
    38    $15,000  of  this  appropriation  may   be
    39    transferred to state operations for admin-
    40    istrative   costs   associated  with  this
    41    program (54606) ................................ 385,000
    42                                              --------------

    43  VETERANS' BENEFITS ADVISING PROGRAM ............. [154,000]      210,000
    44                                              --------------

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     1    Special Revenue Funds - Other
     2    Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund
     3    Homeless Veterans Assistance Account - 20204

     4  For  services  and expenses related to home-
     5    less veterans' housing, including  liabil-
     6    ities incurred prior to April 5, 2024 ....
     7    ................................. [154,000]      210,000
     8                                --------------

     9    §  8.  No  expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act,
    10  until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director  of  the
    11  budget  and  a  copy  of such certificate shall have been filed with the
    12  state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and  the
    13  chairman  of  the  assembly  ways and means committee provided, however,
    14  that any expenditures from any appropriation in this  act  made  by  the
    15  legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate.

    16    §  9.  All  expenditures  and disbursements made against the appropri-
    17  ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro-
    18  priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of  the
    19  state  constitution  for  the support of government for the state fiscal
    20  year beginning April 1, 2024,  be  transferred  by  the  comptroller  as
    21  expenditures  and  disbursements  to  such  appropriations for all state
    22  departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amounts
    23  charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department,
    24  agency, and the legislature and the judiciary.

    25    § 10. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdi-
    26  vision,  section  or  part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
    27  competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
    28  impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
    29  its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
    30  or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
    31  ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
    32  the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
    33  invalid provisions had not been included herein.

    34    § 11. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  be  deemed  to
    35  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2024; provided,
    36  however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the
    37  comptroller  as provided in section nine of this act, the appropriations
    38  made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed repealed.
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