Bill Text: NY A09771 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for emergency appropriation through April 11, 2024 for the support of government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-08 - signed chap.114 [A09771 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A09771-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9771 IN ASSEMBLY April 7, 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 to amend chapter 113 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 113 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 21 period April 1 through April [8] 11, 2024 22 to state officers and employees of the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD12032-01-4A. 9771 2 1 executive branch, including the governor, 2 lieutenant governor, comptroller, and 3 attorney general, and to employees of the 4 legislature. This appropriation also 5 includes funding for payment of health 6 care and mental hygiene bonuses to eligi- 7 ble state employees, and payments for 8 services performed by mentally ill or 9 developmentally disabled persons who are 10 employed in state-operated special employ- 11 ment, work-for-pay or sheltered workshop 12 programs .................... [220,500,000] 475,000,000 13 -------------- 14 § 3. Section 3 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 15 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 113 16 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 17 § 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 18 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 19 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 20 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 21 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 22 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 23 For the payment of state operations non 24 personal service liabilities to the execu- 25 tive branch, including the comptroller, 26 and the attorney general, and legislature, 27 incurred in the ordinary course of busi- 28 ness, during the period April 1 through 29 April [8] 11, 2024, pursuant to existing 30 state law and for purposes for which the 31 legislature authorized the expenditure of 32 moneys during the 2023-2024 state fiscal 33 year; provided, however, that nothing 34 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 35 or restrict the power or authority of 36 state departments or agencies to conduct 37 their activities or operations in accord- 38 ance with existing law, and further 39 provided that nothing contained herein 40 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify or 41 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 42 state finance law prescribing when appro- 43 priations made for the 2023-2024 state 44 fiscal year shall have ceased to have 45 force and effect ......................... 46 .............................. [20,000,000] 22,000,000 47 -------------- 48 § 4. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 49 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 50 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 51 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 52 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.A. 9771 3 1 JUDICIARY 2 For the purpose of making payments for 3 personal service, including liabilities 4 incurred prior to April 1, 2024, on the 5 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 6 period April 1 through April 11, 2024 to 7 officers and employees of the judiciary ..... 80,000,000 8 For the payment of state operations nonper- 9 sonal service liabilities, the sum of 10 seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000), 11 or so much thereof as shall be sufficient 12 to accomplish the purpose designated, is 13 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 14 of any moneys in the general fund or other 15 funds to the credit of the state purposes 16 account not otherwise appropriated. The 17 comptroller is hereby authorized and 18 directed to utilize this appropriation for 19 the purpose of making payments for non- 20 personal service liabilities incurred by 21 the judiciary from April 1 through April 22 11, 2024 .................................... 17,000,000 23 For the payment of aid to localities liabil- 24 ities, the sum of twelve million five 25 hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000), or 26 so much thereof as shall be sufficient to 27 accomplish the purpose designated, is 28 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 29 of any moneys in the general fund or other 30 funds to the credit of the state purposes 31 account not otherwise appropriated. The 32 comptroller is hereby authorized and 33 directed to utilize this appropriation for 34 the purpose of making payments for aid to 35 localities liabilities incurred by the 36 judiciary from April 1 through April 11, 37 2024 ........................................ 12,500,000 38 For the payment of employee fringe benefit 39 programs including, but not limited to, 40 the judiciary's contributions to the 41 health insurance fund, the employees' 42 retirement system pension accumulation 43 fund, the social security contribution 44 fund, employee benefit fund programs, the 45 dental insurance plan, the vision care 46 plan, the unemployment insurance fund, and 47 for workers' compensation benefits, the 48 sum of sixty-seven million dollars 49 ($67,000,000), or so much thereof as shall 50 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose 51 designated, is hereby appropriated to the 52 judiciary out of any moneys in the general 53 fund or other funds to the credit of the 54 state purposes account not otherwise 55 appropriated. The comptroller is herebyA. 9771 4 1 authorized and directed to utilize this 2 appropriation for the purpose of making 3 payments for employee fringe benefit 4 liabilities incurred by the judiciary from 5 April 1 through April 11, 2024 .............. 67,000,000 6 -------------- 7 § 5. Section 5 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 8 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 113 9 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 10 § 5. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 11 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 12 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 13 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 14 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 15 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 16 AID TO LOCALITIES 17 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM .......... [14,960,000] 18,170,000 18 -------------- 19 General Fund 20 Local Assistance Account - 10000 21 For services and expenses related to the 22 Indian health program. The moneys hereby 23 appropriated shall be for payment of 24 financial assistance heretofore accrued or 25 hereafter to accrue (26840) .................. 6,400,000 26 -------------- 27 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 28 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund 29 Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022 30 For various federal food and nutritional 31 services. The moneys hereby appropriated 32 shall be available for payment of finan- 33 cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986) 34 ............................... [8,560,000] 11,770,000 35 -------------- 36 § 6. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 37 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 38 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 39 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 40 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 41 JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION 42 OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDSA. 9771 5 1 AID TO LOCALITIES 2 COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS ..................................... 105,000 3 -------------- 4 General Fund 5 Local Assistance Account - 10000 6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 7 the money hereby appropriated may be 8 increased or decreased by interchange, 9 with any appropriation of the justice 10 center for the protection of people with 11 special needs, and may be increased or 12 decreased by transfer or suballocation 13 between these appropriated amounts and 14 appropriations of the office of mental 15 health, office for people with develop- 16 mental disabilities, office of addiction 17 services and supports, department of 18 health, and the office of children and 19 family services with the approval of the 20 director of the budget who shall file such 21 approval with the department of audit and 22 control and copies thereof with the chair- 23 man of the senate finance committee and 24 the chairman of the assembly ways and 25 means committee. 26 For surrogate decision-making committee 27 program contracts with local service 28 providers (48926) .............................. 105,000 29 -------------- 30 § 7. Section 6 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 31 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 113 32 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 33 § 6. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 34 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 35 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 36 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 37 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 38 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 39 AID TO LOCALITIES 40 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ...... [210,000,000] 375,000,000 41 -------------- 42 Enterprise Funds 43 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund 44 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650 45 For payment of unemployment insurance bene- 46 fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor 47 law or as authorized by the federalA. 9771 6 1 government through the disaster unemploy- 2 ment assistance program, the emergency 3 unemployment compensation program, the 4 extended benefit program, the federal 5 additional compensation program or any 6 other federally funded unemployment bene- 7 fit program (34787) ......... [210,000,000] 375,000,000 8 -------------- 9 § 8. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 10 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 11 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 12 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 13 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 14 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE 15 OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 16 AID TO LOCALITIES 17 COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM .................................. 49,450,000 18 -------------- 19 General Fund 20 Local Assistance Account - 10000 21 For services and expenses of the community 22 services program, net of disallowances, 23 for community programs for people with 24 developmental disabilities pursuant to 25 article 41 of the mental hygiene law, 26 and/or chapter 620 of the laws of 1974, 27 chapter 660 of the laws of 1977, chapter 28 412 of the laws of 1981, chapter 27 of the 29 laws of 1987, chapter 729 of the laws of 30 1989, chapter 329 of the laws of 1993 and 31 other provisions of the mental hygiene 32 law. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 33 provision of law, the following appropri- 34 ation shall be net of prior and/or current 35 year refunds, rebates, reimbursements, and 36 credits. 37 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 38 advances and reimbursement made pursuant 39 to subdivision (d) of section 41.15 and 40 section 41.18 of the mental hygiene law 41 shall be allocated pursuant to a plan and 42 in a manner prescribed by the agency head 43 and approved by the director of the budg- 44 et. The moneys hereby appropriated are 45 available to reimburse or advance locali- 46 ties and voluntary non-profit agencies for 47 expenditures made during local fiscal 48 periods commencing January 1, 2024, April 49 1, 2024 or July 1, 2024, and for advancesA. 9771 7 1 for the 3 month period beginning January 2 1, 2025. 3 Notwithstanding the provisions of article 41 4 of the mental hygiene law or any other 5 inconsistent provision of law, rule or 6 regulation, the commissioner, pursuant to 7 such contract and in the manner provided 8 therein, may pay all or a portion of the 9 expenses incurred by such voluntary agen- 10 cies arising out of loans which are funded 11 from the proceeds of bonds and notes 12 issued by the dormitory authority of the 13 state of New York. 14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 15 the money hereby appropriated may be 16 transferred to state operations and/or any 17 appropriation of the office for people 18 with developmental disabilities with the 19 approval of the director of the budget. 20 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 21 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 22 be used for state aid of up to 100 percent 23 of the net deficit costs of day training 24 programs and family support services. 25 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 26 16.23 of the mental hygiene law and any 27 other inconsistent provision of law, with 28 relation to the operation of certified 29 family care homes, including family care 30 homes sponsored by voluntary not-for-pro- 31 fit agencies, moneys from this appropri- 32 ation may be used for payments to purchase 33 general services including but not limited 34 to respite providers, up to a maximum of 35 14 days, at rates to be established by the 36 commissioner and approved by the director 37 of the budget in consideration of factors 38 including, but not limited to, geographic 39 area and number of clients cared for in 40 the home and for payment in an amount 41 determined by the commissioner for the 42 personal needs of each client residing in 43 the family care home. 44 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivi- 45 sion 12 of section 8 of the state finance 46 law and any other inconsistent provision 47 of law, moneys from this appropriation may 48 be used for expenses of family care homes 49 including payments to operators of certi- 50 fied family care homes for damages caused 51 by clients to personal and real property 52 in accordance with standards established 53 by the commissioner and approved by the 54 director of the budget. 55 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 56 of law, moneys from this appropriation mayA. 9771 8 1 be used for appropriate day program 2 services and residential services includ- 3 ing, but not limited to, direct housing 4 subsidies to individuals, start-up 5 expenses for family care providers, envi- 6 ronmental modifications, adaptive technol- 7 ogies, appraisals, property options, 8 feasibility studies and preoperational 9 expenses. 10 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 11 of law except pursuant to chapter 57 of 12 the laws of 2023 authorizing a 4.0 percent 13 cost of living adjustment, for the period 14 commencing on April 1, 2023 and ending 15 March 31, 2024 the commissioner shall not 16 apply any other cost of living adjustment 17 for the purpose of establishing rates of 18 payments, contracts or any other form of 19 reimbursement. 20 Notwithstanding section 6908 of the educa- 21 tion law and any other provision of law, 22 rule or regulation to the contrary, direct 23 support staff in programs certified or 24 approved by the office for people with 25 developmental disabilities, including the 26 home and community based services waiver 27 programs that the office for people with 28 developmental disabilities is authorized 29 to administer with federal approval pursu- 30 ant to subdivision (c) of section 1915 of 31 the federal social security act, are 32 authorized to provide such tasks as OPWDD 33 may specify when performed under the 34 supervision, training and periodic 35 inspection of a registered professional 36 nurse and in accordance with an authorized 37 practitioner's ordered care. 38 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 39 to the contrary, and consistent with 40 section 33.07 of the mental hygiene law, 41 the directors of facilities licensed but 42 not operated by the office for people with 43 developmental disabilities who act as 44 federally-appointed representative payees 45 and who assume management responsibility 46 over the funds of a resident may continue 47 to use such funds for the cost of the 48 resident's care and treatment, consistent 49 with federal law and regulations. 50 Funds appropriated herein shall be available 51 in accordance with the following: 52 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 53 to the contrary, funds appropriated herein 54 are available to reimburse in- and out-of- 55 state private residential schools, pursu- 56 ant to subdivision (c) of section 13.37-aA. 9771 9 1 and subdivision (g) of section 13.38 of 2 the mental hygiene law, for costs of 3 supporting the residential and day program 4 services available to individuals who are 5 over the age of 21 years of age, provided 6 that the amount paid for residential 7 services and/or maintenance costs is net 8 of any supplemental security income bene- 9 fit to which the individual receiving 10 services is eligible, and provided further 11 that funding for nonresidential services 12 will be in an amount not to exceed the 13 maximum reimbursement for appropriate day 14 services delivered by the office for 15 people with developmental disabilities 16 certified or approved providers other than 17 in- and out-of-state private residential 18 schools, unless otherwise authorized by 19 the director of the budget. 20 Notwithstanding section 163 of the state 21 finance law, section 142 of the economic 22 development law, and article 41 of the 23 mental hygiene law, the commissioner of 24 the office for people with developmental 25 disabilities may make the funds appropri- 26 ated herein available as state aid, a loan 27 or a grant, pursuant to terms and condi- 28 tions established by the commissioner of 29 the office for people with developmental 30 disabilities, to cover a portion of the 31 development costs of private, public 32 and/or non-profit organizations, including 33 corporations and partnerships established 34 pursuant to the private housing finance 35 law and/or any other statutory provisions, 36 for supportive housing units that have 37 been set aside for individuals with intel- 38 lectual and developmental disabilities. 39 Further, the office for people with devel- 40 opmental disabilities shall have a lien on 41 the real property developed with such 42 state aid, loans or grants, which shall be 43 in the amount of the loan or grant, for a 44 maximum term of 30 years, or other longer 45 term consistent with the requirements of 46 another regulatory agency. 47 For services and expenses related to the 48 provision of residential services to 49 people with developmental disabilities 50 (37802) ..................................... 28,968,000 51 For services and expenses related to the 52 provision of day program services to 53 people with developmental disabilities 54 (37803) ...................................... 6,627,000 55 For services and expenses related to the 56 provision of family support services toA. 9771 10 1 people with developmental disabilities 2 (37804) ...................................... 8,087,000 3 For services and expenses related to the 4 provision of workshop, day training and 5 employment services to people with devel- 6 opmental disabilities. Notwithstanding any 7 other provision of law, up to $800,000 of 8 this appropriation may be transferred to 9 the New York State Education Departments' 10 Adult Career and Continuing Education 11 Services - Vocational Rehabilitation 12 (ACCES-VR) program to support the Long- 13 Term Sheltered Employment program operated 14 by FEDCAP Rehabilitation Services, Inc. 15 (37805) ...................................... 4,667,000 16 For other services and expenses provided to 17 people with developmental disabilities 18 including but not limited to hepatitis B, 19 care at home waiver, epilepsy services, 20 Special Olympics New York, Inc. and volun- 21 tary fingerprinting (37806) .................. 1,101,000 22 -------------- 23 § 9. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 24 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 25 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 26 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 27 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 28 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 29 AID TO LOCALITIES 30 DEDICATED MASS TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND PROGRAM ............ 51,000,000 31 -------------- 32 Special Revenue Funds - Other 33 Dedicated Mass Transportation Trust Fund 34 Railroad Account - 20852 35 To the metropolitan transportation authority 36 for deposit in the metropolitan transpor- 37 tation authority dedicated tax fund for 38 the expenses of the New York city transit 39 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface 40 transit operating authority, and the 41 Staten Island rapid transit operating 42 authority, the Long Island rail road 43 company and the Metro-North commuter rail- 44 road company which includes the New York 45 state portion of the Harlem, Hudson, Port 46 Jervis, Pascack, and the New Haven commu- 47 ter railroad service regardless of whether 48 the services are provided directly or 49 pursuant to joint service agreements.A. 9771 11 1 No expenditure shall be made hereunder until 2 a certificate of approval has been issued 3 by the director of the budget and a copy 4 of such certificate filed with the state 5 comptroller, the chairperson of the senate 6 finance committee and the chairperson of 7 the assembly ways and means committee. 8 Moneys appropriated herein may be made 9 available at such times and upon such 10 conditions as may be deemed appropriate by 11 the commissioner of transportation and the 12 director of the budget in accordance with 13 the following: 14 To the metropolitan transportation authority 15 for the operating expenses of the Long 16 Island rail road company and the Metro- 17 North commuter railroad company which 18 include operating expenses for the New 19 York state portion of Harlem, Hudson, Port 20 Jervis, Pascack, and New Haven commuter 21 railroad services regardless of whether 22 such services are provided directly or 23 pursuant to joint service agreements 24 (54282) ...................................... 7,700,000 25 -------------- 26 Special Revenue Funds - Other 27 Dedicated Mass Transportation Trust Fund 28 Transit Authorities Account - 20851 29 To the metropolitan transportation authority 30 for deposit in the metropolitan transpor- 31 tation authority dedicated tax fund for 32 the expenses of the New York city transit 33 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface 34 transit operating authority, and the 35 Staten Island rapid transit operating 36 authority, the Long Island rail road 37 company and the Metro-North commuter rail- 38 road company which includes the New York 39 state portion of the Harlem, Hudson, Port 40 Jervis, Pascack, and the New Haven commu- 41 ter railroad service regardless of whether 42 the services are provided directly or 43 pursuant to joint service agreements. 44 No expenditure shall be made hereunder until 45 a certificate of approval has been issued 46 by the director of the budget and a copy 47 of such certificate filed with the state 48 comptroller, the chairperson of the senate 49 finance committee and the chairperson of 50 the assembly ways and means committee. 51 Moneys appropriated herein may be made 52 available at such times and upon such 53 conditions as may be deemed appropriate by 54 the commissioner of transportation and theA. 9771 12 1 director of the budget in accordance with 2 the following: 3 To the metropolitan transportation authority 4 for the operating expenses of the New York 5 city transit authority, the Manhattan and 6 Bronx surface transit operating authority, 7 and the Staten Island rapid transit oper- 8 ating authority (53173) ..................... 43,300,000 9 -------------- 10 § 10. Section 7 of chapter 113 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 11 appropriations for the support of government, is amended to read as 12 follows: 13 § 7. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 14 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 15 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 16 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 17 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 18 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 19 AID TO LOCALITIES 20 VETERANS' BENEFITS ADVISING PROGRAM ............. [112,000] 154,000 21 -------------- 22 Special Revenue Funds - Other 23 Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund 24 Homeless Veterans Assistance Account - 20204 25 For services and expenses related to home- 26 less veterans' housing, including liabil- 27 ities incurred prior to April 5, 2024 .... 28 ................................. [112,000] 154,000 29 -------------- 30 § 11. No expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act, 31 until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the 32 budget and a copy of such certificate shall have been filed with the 33 state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the 34 chairman of the assembly ways and means committee provided, however, 35 that any expenditures from any appropriation in this act made by the 36 legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate. 37 § 12. All expenditures and disbursements made against the appropri- 38 ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro- 39 priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the 40 state constitution for the support of government for the state fiscal 41 year beginning April 1, 2024, be transferred by the comptroller as 42 expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for all state 43 departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amounts 44 charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department, 45 agency, and the legislature and the judiciary. 46 § 13. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdi- 47 vision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court ofA. 9771 13 1 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 2 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 3 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 4 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 5 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 6 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 7 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 8 § 14. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 9 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2024; provided, 10 however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the 11 comptroller as provided in section twelve of this act, the appropri- 12 ations made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed 13 repealed.
