Bill Text: NY A09852 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for emergency appropriation through April 19, 2024 for the support of government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-18 - signed chap.117 [A09852 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A09852-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9852 IN ASSEMBLY April 18, 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 116 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. LBD12035-01-4A. 9852 2 1 period April 1 through April [18] 19, 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 ................................... 709,500,000 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 116 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 [18] 19, 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 ............................ 32,000,000 48 -------------- 49 § 4. Section 4 of chapter 114 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 50 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 116 51 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:A. 9852 3 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 [18] 19, 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 [18] 19, 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 [18] 42 19, 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 shallA. 9852 4 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 [18] 19, 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 116 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 ......... [25,660,000] 26,730,000 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 ...............................[19,260,000] 20,330,000 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 116 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 47 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to theA. 9852 5 1 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 2 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 3 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 4 AID TO LOCALITIES 5 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ...... [570,000,000] 585,000,000 6 -------------- 7 Enterprise Funds 8 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund 9 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650 10 For payment of unemployment insurance bene- 11 fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor 12 law or as authorized by the federal 13 government through the disaster unemploy- 14 ment assistance program, the emergency 15 unemployment compensation program, the 16 extended benefit program, the federal 17 additional compensation program or any 18 other federally funded unemployment bene- 19 fit program (34787) ......... [570,000,000] 585,000,000 20 -------------- 21 § 7. Section 7 of chapter 113 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 22 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 116 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 24 § 7. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 25 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 26 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 27 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 28 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 29 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 30 AID TO LOCALITIES 31 BLIND VETERAN ANNUITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ....................... 385,000 32 -------------- 33 General Fund 34 Local Assistance Account - 10000 35 For payment of annuities to blind veterans 36 and eligible surviving spouses. Up to 37 $15,000 of this appropriation may be 38 transferred to state operations for admin- 39 istrative costs associated with this 40 program (54606) ................................ 385,000 41 -------------- 42 VETERANS' BENEFITS ADVISING PROGRAM ............. [252,000] 266,000 43 --------------A. 9852 6 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 ................................. [252,000] 266,000 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.
