Bill Text: NY S06578 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repeals the excluded workers fund and appropriations made therefore.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S06578 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06578-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6578

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. JORDAN, MARTUCCI, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, STEC -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Finance

        AN  ACT to repeal part EEE of a chapter of the laws of 2021, relating to
          establishing the excluded workers fund to provide payments to  workers
          who  suffered  a  loss  of  work-related earnings or a major source of
          household income during a state of emergency declared by the  governor
          and  who  are otherwise ineligible for unemployment insurance or other
          state or federal unemployment  benefit,  as  proposed  in  legislative
          bills  numbers  S.2509-C  and  A.3009-C; and to amend a chapter of the
          laws of 2021, enacting the aid to localities budget,  in  relation  to
          repealing the excluded workers fund

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

     1    Section 1. Part EEE of a chapter of the  laws  of  2021,  relating  to
     2  establishing  the excluded   workers fund to provide payments to workers
     3  who suffered a loss of work-related earnings or a major source of house-
     4  hold income during a state of emergency declared by the governor and who
     5  are otherwise ineligible for unemployment insurance or  other  state  or
     6  federal  unemployment  benefit, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
     7  S.2509-C and A.3009-C, is REPEALED.
     8    § 2. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2021, enacting the  aid  to
     9  localities  budget,  is  amended  by repealing the items hereinbelow set
    10  forth in brackets and by adding to such section the other  items  under-
    11  scored in this section.
    12  [THE EXCLUDED WORKERS FUND ............................... 2,100,000,000
    13                                                            --------------

    14    General Fund
    15    Local Assistance Account - 10000

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10874-01-1
        S. 6578                             2

     1  For  services  and expenses of administering
     2    the excluded workers fund.   Notwithstand-
     3    ing  any  inconsistent  provision  of law,
     4    this appropriation may be used for  grants
     5    in  aid or expenses of contracts with not-
     6    for-profit  agencies  to   be   determined
     7    pursuant  to a plan to be developed by the
     8    department of labor in  consultation  with
     9    the  director of the budget. Notwithstand-
    10    ing any other  provision  of  law  to  the
    11    contrary,  no more than ten percent of the
    12    funds appropriated herein  may  be  trans-
    13    ferred  or  suballocated  to  any  aid  to
    14    localities, state operations,  or  capital
    15    appropriation  of  any  state  department,
    16    agency, or  authority  to  accomplish  the
    17    intent or purposes stated herein ......... 2,100,000,000
    18                                              --------------
    19      Program account subtotal ............... 2,100,000,000
    20                                              --------------]

    21    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; and shall be deemed to
    22  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021; provided,
    23  however that section one of this act shall take effect on the same  date
    24  and  in  the  same  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021, relating to
    25  establishing the excluded workers fund to provide  payments  to  workers
    26  who suffered a loss of work-related earnings or a major source of house-
    27  hold income during a state of emergency declared by the governor and who
    28  are  otherwise  ineligible  for unemployment insurance or other state or
    29  federal unemployment benefit, as proposed in  legislative  bill  numbers
    30  S.2509-C and A.3009-C, takes effect.