Bill Text: NY A09762 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for emergency appropriation through April 8, 2024 for the support of government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - signed chap.113 [A09762 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A09762-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9762 IN ASSEMBLY April 4, 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 and to amend chapter 111 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, is amended to read as 10 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 21 period April 1 through April [4] 8, 2024 22 to state officers and employees of the 23 executive branch. This appropriation also 24 includes funding for payment of health EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD12031-02-4A. 9762 2 1 care and mental hygiene bonuses to eligi- 2 ble state employees, and payments for 3 services performed by mentally ill or 4 developmentally disabled persons who are 5 employed in state-operated special employ- 6 ment, work-for-pay or sheltered workshop 7 programs .................... [213,500,000] 220,500,000 8 -------------- 9 § 3. Section 3 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 10 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 § 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 13 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 14 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 15 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 16 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 17 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 18 For the payment of state operations non 19 personal service liabilities to the execu- 20 tive branch, including the comptroller, 21 and the attorney general, incurred in the 22 ordinary course of business, during the 23 period April 1 through April [4] 8, 2024, 24 pursuant to existing state law and for 25 purposes for which the legislature author- 26 ized the expenditure of moneys during the 27 2023-2024 state fiscal year; provided, 28 however, that nothing contained herein 29 shall be deemed to limit or restrict the 30 power or authority of state departments or 31 agencies to conduct their activities or 32 operations in accordance with existing 33 law, and further provided that nothing 34 contained herein shall be deemed to super- 35 sede, nullify or modify the provisions of 36 section 40 of the state finance law 37 prescribing when appropriations made for 38 the 2023-2024 state fiscal year shall have 39 ceased to have force and effect .......... 40 .............................. [10,000,000] 20,000,000 41 -------------- 42 § 4. Section 4 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 43 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 44 follows: 45 § 4. 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 the 48 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 49 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.A. 9762 3 1 MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 2 GENERAL STATE CHARGES 3 STATE OPERATIONS 4 GENERAL STATE CHARGES ....................... [16,770,000] 45,650,000 5 -------------- 6 General Fund 7 State Purposes Account - 10050 8 For employee fringe benefits according to 9 the following project schedule including 10 those benefits which are related to 11 employees paid from funds, accounts, or 12 programs where the division of the budget 13 has issued waivers ........... [16,020,000] 44,550,000 14 Project Schedule 15 PROJECT AMOUNT 16 -------------------------------------------- 17 For the state's contribution 18 to the social security 19 contribution fund .......... 20 ................ [16,000,000] 44,000,000 21 For the state's share of 22 contributions to the volun- 23 tary defined contribution 24 plan made on behalf of 25 eligible employees pursuant 26 to chapter 18 of the laws of 27 2012 who elect to partic- 28 ipate in such plan and who 29 are not otherwise eligible 30 to participate in the SUNY 31 optional retirement program 32 .................... [20,000] 550,000 33 -------------- 34 Project schedule total .. 35 .......... [16,020,000] 44,550,000 36 -------------- 37 For the payment of the metropolitan commuter 38 transportation mobility tax pursuant to 39 article 23 of the tax law as added by 40 chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 on behalf 41 of the state employees employed in the 42 metropolitan commuter transportation 43 district ........................ [750,000] 1,100,000 44 -------------- 45 § 5. Section 5 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 46 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 47 follows:A. 9762 4 1 § 5. 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 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 7 AID TO LOCALITIES 8 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM .......... [4,280,000] 14,960,000 9 -------------- 10 General Fund 11 Local Assistance Account - 10000 12 For services and expenses related to the 13 Indian health program. The moneys hereby 14 appropriated shall be for payment of 15 financial assistance heretofore accrued or 16 hereafter to accrue (26840) .................. 6,400,000 17 -------------- 18 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 19 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund 20 Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022 21 For various federal food and nutritional 22 services. The moneys hereby appropriated 23 shall be available for payment of finan- 24 cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986) 25 ............................... [4,280,000] 8,560,000 26 -------------- 27 § 6. Section 6 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 28 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 § 6. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 31 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 32 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 33 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 34 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 35 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 36 AID TO LOCALITIES 37 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ...... [180,000,000] 210,000,000 38 -------------- 39 Enterprise Funds 40 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund 41 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650A. 9762 5 1 For payment of unemployment insurance bene- 2 fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor 3 law or as authorized by the federal 4 government through the disaster unemploy- 5 ment assistance program, the emergency 6 unemployment compensation program, the 7 extended benefit program, the federal 8 additional compensation program or any 9 other federally funded unemployment bene- 10 fit program (34787) ......... [180,000,000] 210,000,000 11 -------------- 12 § 7. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 13 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 14 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 15 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 16 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 17 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 18 AID TO LOCALITIES 19 VETERANS' BENEFITS ADVISING PROGRAM ............................ 112,000 20 -------------- 21 Special Revenue Funds - Other 22 Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund 23 Homeless Veterans Assistance Account - 20204 24 For services and expenses related to home- 25 less veterans' housing, including liabil- 26 ities incurred prior to April 5, 2024 .......... 112,000 27 -------------- 28 § 8. No expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act, 29 until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the 30 budget and a copy of such certificate shall have been filed with the 31 state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the 32 chairman of the assembly ways and means committee provided, however, 33 that any expenditures from any appropriation in this act made by the 34 legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate. 35 § 9. All expenditures and disbursements made against the appropri- 36 ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro- 37 priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the 38 state constitution for the support of government for the state fiscal 39 year beginning April 1, 2024, be transferred by the comptroller as 40 expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for all state 41 departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amounts 42 charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department, 43 agency, and the legislature and the judiciary. 44 § 10. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdi- 45 vision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 46 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 47 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined inA. 9762 6 1 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 2 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 3 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 4 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 5 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 6 § 11. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 7 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2024; provided, 8 however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the 9 comptroller as provided in section nine of this act, the appropriations 10 made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed repealed.