Bill Text: NY S09055 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for emergency appropriation through April 18, 2024 for the support of government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-15 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9851 [S09055 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S09055-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9055 IN SENATE April 15, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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 115 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD12034-01-4S. 9055 2 1 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 2 period April 1 through April [15] 18, 2024 3 to state officers and employees of the 4 executive branch, including the governor, 5 lieutenant governor, comptroller, and 6 attorney general, and to employees of the 7 legislature. This appropriation also 8 includes funding for payment of health 9 care and mental hygiene bonuses to eligi- 10 ble state employees, and payments for 11 services performed by mentally ill or 12 developmentally disabled persons who are 13 employed in state-operated special employ- 14 ment, work-for-pay or sheltered workshop 15 programs ................... [475,000,000] 709,500,000 16 -------------- 17 § 3. Section 3 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 18 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 115 19 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 20 § 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall 21 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri- 22 ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public 23 officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available 24 for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 25 ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 26 For the payment of state operations non 27 personal service liabilities to the execu- 28 tive branch, including the comptroller, 29 and the attorney general, and legislature, 30 incurred in the ordinary course of busi- 31 ness, during the period April 1 through 32 April [15] 18, 2024, pursuant to existing 33 state law and for purposes for which the 34 legislature authorized the expenditure of 35 moneys during the 2023-2024 state fiscal 36 year; provided, however, that nothing 37 contained herein shall be deemed to limit 38 or restrict the power or authority of 39 state departments or agencies to conduct 40 their activities or operations in accord- 41 ance with existing law, and further 42 provided that nothing contained herein 43 shall be deemed to supersede, nullify or 44 modify the provisions of section 40 of the 45 state finance law prescribing when appro- 46 priations made for the 2023-2024 state 47 fiscal year shall have ceased to have 48 force and effect ......................... 49 ............................................. 32,000,000 50 --------------S. 9055 3 1 § 4. Section 4 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 2 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 113 3 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 4. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 5 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 6 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 7 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 8 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 9 MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 10 GENERAL STATE CHARGES 11 STATE OPERATIONS 12 GENERAL STATE CHARGES ....................... [45,650,000] 62,420,000 13 -------------- 14 General Fund 15 State Purposes Account - 10050 16 For employee fringe benefits according to 17 the following project schedule including 18 those benefits which are related to 19 employees paid from funds, accounts, or 20 programs where the division of the budget 21 has issued waivers ........... [44,550,000] 60,570,000 22 Project Schedule 23 PROJECT AMOUNT 24 -------------------------------------------- 25 For the state's contribution 26 to the social security 27 contribution fund .......... 28 ................ [44,000,000] 60,000,000 29 For the state's share of 30 contributions to the volun- 31 tary defined contribution 32 plan made on behalf of 33 eligible employees pursuant 34 to chapter 18 of the laws of 35 2012 who elect to partic- 36 ipate in such plan and who 37 are not otherwise eligible 38 to participate in the SUNY 39 optional retirement program 40 ................... [550,000] 570,000 41 -------------- 42 Project schedule total .. 43 .......... [44,550,000] 60,570,000 44 -------------- 45 For the payment of the metropolitan commuter 46 transportation mobility tax pursuant to 47 article 23 of the tax law as added byS. 9055 4 1 chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 on behalf 2 of the state employees employed in the 3 metropolitan commuter transportation 4 district ...................... [1,100,000] 1,850,000 5 -------------- 6 § 5. Section 4 of chapter 114 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 7 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 115 8 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 9 § 4. 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 JUDICIARY 15 For the purpose of making payments for 16 personal service, including liabilities 17 incurred prior to April 1, 2024, on the 18 payrolls scheduled to be paid during the 19 period April 1 through April [15] 18, 2024 20 to officers and employees of the judiciary .. 80,000,000 21 For the payment of state operations nonper- 22 sonal service liabilities, the sum of 23 seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000), 24 or so much thereof as shall be sufficient 25 to accomplish the purpose designated, is 26 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 27 of any moneys in the general fund or other 28 funds to the credit of the state purposes 29 account not otherwise appropriated. The 30 comptroller is hereby authorized and 31 directed to utilize this appropriation for 32 the purpose of making payments for non- 33 personal service liabilities incurred by 34 the judiciary from April 1 through April 35 [15] 18, 2024 ............................... 17,000,000 36 For the payment of aid to localities liabil- 37 ities, the sum of twelve million five 38 hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000), or 39 so much thereof as shall be sufficient to 40 accomplish the purpose designated, is 41 hereby appropriated to the judiciary out 42 of any moneys in the general fund or other 43 funds to the credit of the state purposes 44 account not otherwise appropriated. The 45 comptroller is hereby authorized and 46 directed to utilize this appropriation for 47 the purpose of making payments for aid to 48 localities liabilities incurred by the 49 judiciary from April 1 through April [15] 50 18, 2024 .................................... 12,500,000 51 For the payment of employee fringe benefit 52 programs including, but not limited to, 53 the judiciary's contributions to theS. 9055 5 1 health insurance fund, the employees' 2 retirement system pension accumulation 3 fund, the social security contribution 4 fund, employee benefit fund programs, the 5 dental insurance plan, the vision care 6 plan, the unemployment insurance fund, and 7 for workers' compensation benefits, the 8 sum of sixty-seven million dollars 9 ($67,000,000), or so much thereof as shall 10 be sufficient to accomplish the purpose 11 designated, is hereby appropriated to the 12 judiciary out of any moneys in the general 13 fund or other funds to the credit of the 14 state purposes account not otherwise 15 appropriated. The comptroller is hereby 16 authorized and directed to utilize this 17 appropriation for the purpose of making 18 payments for employee fringe benefit 19 liabilities incurred by the judiciary from 20 April 1 through April [15] 18, 2024 ......... 67,000,000 21 -------------- 22 § 6. Section 5 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 23 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 115 24 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 25 § 5. 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 HEALTH 31 AID TO LOCALITIES 32 CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM ......... [22,450,000] 25,660,000 33 -------------- 34 General Fund 35 Local Assistance Account - 10000 36 For services and expenses related to the 37 Indian health program. The moneys hereby 38 appropriated shall be for payment of 39 financial assistance heretofore accrued or 40 hereafter to accrue (26840) .................. 6,400,000 41 -------------- 42 Special Revenue Funds - Federal 43 Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund 44 Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022 45 For various federal food and nutritional 46 services. The moneys hereby appropriated 47 shall be available for payment of finan- 48 cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986)S. 9055 6 1 ...............................[16,050,000] 19,260,000 2 -------------- 3 § 7. Section 6 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 4 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 115 5 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 6 § 6. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 7 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 8 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 9 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 10 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 11 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 12 AID TO LOCALITIES 13 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ...... [405,000,000] 570,000,000 14 -------------- 15 Enterprise Funds 16 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund 17 Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650 18 For payment of unemployment insurance bene- 19 fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor 20 law or as authorized by the federal 21 government through the disaster unemploy- 22 ment assistance program, the emergency 23 unemployment compensation program, the 24 extended benefit program, the federal 25 additional compensation program or any 26 other federally funded unemployment bene- 27 fit program (34787) ......... [405,000,000] 570,000,000 28 -------------- 29 § 8. Section 7 of chapter 113 of the laws of 2024, relating to making 30 appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter 115 31 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 32 § 7. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as 33 shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby 34 appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the 35 public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be 36 available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024. 37 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES 38 AID TO LOCALITIES 39 BLIND VETERAN ANNUITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ....................... 385,000 40 -------------- 41 General Fund 42 Local Assistance Account - 10000 43 For payment of annuities to blind veterans 44 and eligible surviving spouses. Up toS. 9055 7 1 $15,000 of this appropriation may be 2 transferred to state operations for admin- 3 istrative costs associated with this 4 program (54606) ................................ 385,000 5 -------------- 6 VETERANS' BENEFITS ADVISING PROGRAM ............. [210,000] 252,000 7 -------------- 8 Special Revenue Funds - Other 9 Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund 10 Homeless Veterans Assistance Account - 20204 11 For services and expenses related to home- 12 less veterans' housing, including liabil- 13 ities incurred prior to April 5, 2024 .... 14 ................................. [210,000] 252,000 15 -------------- 16 § 9. No expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act, 17 until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the 18 budget and a copy of such certificate shall have been filed with the 19 state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the 20 chairman of the assembly ways and means committee provided, however, 21 that any expenditures from any appropriation in this act made by the 22 legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate. 23 § 10. All expenditures and disbursements made against the appropri- 24 ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro- 25 priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the 26 state constitution for the support of government for the state fiscal 27 year beginning April 1, 2024, be transferred by the comptroller as 28 expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for all state 29 departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amounts 30 charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department, 31 agency, and the legislature and the judiciary. 32 § 11. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdi- 33 vision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 34 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 35 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 36 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 37 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 38 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 39 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 40 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 41 § 12. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 42 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2024; provided, 43 however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the 44 comptroller as provided in section ten of this act, the appropriations 45 made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed repealed.
