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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9036
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 11, 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 114
    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.
                                                                   LBD12033-01-4
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     1    payrolls  scheduled  to be paid during the
     2    period April 1 through April [11] 15, 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
    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  114
    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 [11] 15, 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    .............................. [22,000,000]   32,000,000
    50                                --------------
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     1    §  4. Section 4 of chapter 114 of the laws of 2024, relating to making
     2  appropriations for the support of government,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  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                                  JUDICIARY
 
    10  For  the  purpose  of  making  payments  for
    11    personal  service,  including  liabilities
    12    incurred  prior  to  April 1, 2024, on the
    13    payrolls scheduled to be paid  during  the
    14    period April 1 through April [11] 15, 2024
    15    to officers and employees of the judiciary .. 80,000,000
    16  For  the payment of state operations nonper-
    17    sonal  service  liabilities,  the  sum  of
    18    seventeen  million  dollars ($17,000,000),
    19    or so much thereof as shall be  sufficient
    20    to  accomplish  the purpose designated, is
    21    hereby appropriated to the  judiciary  out
    22    of any moneys in the general fund or other
    23    funds  to the credit of the state purposes
    24    account not  otherwise  appropriated.  The
    25    comptroller   is   hereby  authorized  and
    26    directed to utilize this appropriation for
    27    the purpose of making  payments  for  non-
    28    personal  service  liabilities incurred by
    29    the judiciary from April 1  through  April
    30    [11] 15, 2024 ............................... 17,000,000
    31  For the payment of aid to localities liabil-
    32    ities,  the  sum  of  twelve  million five
    33    hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000), or
    34    so much thereof as shall be sufficient  to
    35    accomplish   the  purpose  designated,  is
    36    hereby appropriated to the  judiciary  out
    37    of any moneys in the general fund or other
    38    funds  to the credit of the state purposes
    39    account not  otherwise  appropriated.  The
    40    comptroller   is   hereby  authorized  and
    41    directed to utilize this appropriation for
    42    the purpose of making payments for aid  to
    43    localities  liabilities  incurred  by  the
    44    judiciary from April 1 through April  [11]
    45    15, 2024 .................................... 12,500,000
    46  For  the  payment of employee fringe benefit
    47    programs including, but  not  limited  to,
    48    the   judiciary's   contributions  to  the
    49    health  insurance  fund,  the   employees'
    50    retirement   system  pension  accumulation
    51    fund,  the  social  security  contribution
    52    fund,  employee benefit fund programs, the
    53    dental insurance  plan,  the  vision  care
    54    plan, the unemployment insurance fund, and
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     1    for  workers'  compensation  benefits, the
     2    sum   of   sixty-seven   million   dollars
     3    ($67,000,000), or so much thereof as shall
     4    be  sufficient  to  accomplish the purpose
     5    designated, is hereby appropriated to  the
     6    judiciary out of any moneys in the general
     7    fund  or  other funds to the credit of the
     8    state  purposes  account   not   otherwise
     9    appropriated.  The  comptroller  is hereby
    10    authorized and directed  to  utilize  this
    11    appropriation  for  the  purpose of making
    12    payments  for  employee   fringe   benefit
    13    liabilities incurred by the judiciary from
    14    April 1 through April [11] 15, 2024 ......... 67,000,000
    15                                              --------------
 
    16    §  5. Section 5 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making
    17  appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter  114
    18  of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    19    §  5.  The  amounts  specified  in this section, or so much thereof as
    20  shall be sufficient to accomplish the  purposes  designated,  is  hereby
    21  appropriated  and  authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the
    22  public officers and for the purposes specified, which  amount  shall  be
    23  available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.
 
    24                            DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 
    25                              AID TO LOCALITIES
 
    26  CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM .......... [18,170,000]   22,450,000
    27                                              --------------
 
    28    General Fund
    29    Local Assistance Account - 10000
 
    30  For  services  and  expenses  related to the
    31    Indian health program.  The moneys  hereby
    32    appropriated   shall  be  for  payment  of
    33    financial assistance heretofore accrued or
    34    hereafter to accrue (26840) .................. 6,400,000
    35                                              --------------
 
    36    Special Revenue Funds - Federal
    37    Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund
    38    Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022
 
    39  For various  federal  food  and  nutritional
    40    services.  The  moneys hereby appropriated
    41    shall be available for payment  of  finan-
    42    cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986)
    43    .............................. [11,770,000]   16,050,000
    44                                --------------
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     1    §  6. Section 6 of chapter 111 of the laws of 2024, relating to making
     2  appropriations for the support of government, as amended by chapter  114
     3  of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
     4    §  6.  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                             DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
    10                              AID TO LOCALITIES
 
    11  UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ...... [375,000,000]  405,000,000
    12                                              --------------
 
    13    Enterprise Funds
    14    Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund
    15    Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650
 
    16  For  payment of unemployment insurance bene-
    17    fits pursuant to article 18 of  the  labor
    18    law   or  as  authorized  by  the  federal
    19    government through the disaster  unemploy-
    20    ment  assistance  program,  the  emergency
    21    unemployment  compensation  program,   the
    22    extended   benefit  program,  the  federal
    23    additional  compensation  program  or  any
    24    other  federally funded unemployment bene-
    25    fit program (34787) ......... [375,000,000]  405,000,000
    26                                --------------
 
    27    § 7. Section 7 of chapter 113 of the laws of 2024, relating to  making
    28  appropriations  for the support of government, as amended by chapter 114
    29  of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    30    § 7. 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 VETERANS' SERVICES
 
    36                              AID TO LOCALITIES
 
    37  BLIND VETERAN ANNUITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ....................... 385,000
    38                                                            --------------
 
    39    General Fund
    40    Local Assistance Account - 10000
 
    41  For payment of annuities to  blind  veterans
    42    and  eligible  surviving  spouses.  Up  to
    43    $15,000  of  this  appropriation  may   be
    44    transferred to state operations for admin-
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     1    istrative   costs   associated  with  this
     2    program (54606) ................................ 385,000
     3                                              --------------
 
     4  VETERANS' BENEFITS ADVISING PROGRAM ............. [154,000]      210,000
     5                                              --------------
 
     6    Special Revenue Funds - Other
     7    Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund
     8    Homeless Veterans Assistance Account - 20204
 
     9  For  services  and expenses related to home-
    10    less veterans' housing, including  liabil-
    11    ities incurred prior to April 5, 2024 ....
    12    ................................. [154,000]      210,000
    13                                --------------
 
    14    §  8.  No  expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act,
    15  until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director  of  the
    16  budget  and  a  copy  of such certificate shall have been filed with the
    17  state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and  the
    18  chairman  of  the  assembly  ways and means committee provided, however,
    19  that any expenditures from any appropriation in this  act  made  by  the
    20  legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate.
 
    21    §  9.  All  expenditures  and disbursements made against the appropri-
    22  ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro-
    23  priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of  the
    24  state  constitution  for  the support of government for the state fiscal
    25  year beginning April 1, 2024,  be  transferred  by  the  comptroller  as
    26  expenditures  and  disbursements  to  such  appropriations for all state
    27  departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amounts
    28  charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department,
    29  agency, and the legislature and the judiciary.
 
    30    § 10. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdi-
    31  vision,  section  or  part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
    32  competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
    33  impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
    34  its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
    35  or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
    36  ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
    37  the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
    38  invalid provisions had not been included herein.
 
    39    § 11. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  be  deemed  to
    40  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2024; provided,
    41  however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the
    42  comptroller  as provided in section nine of this act, the appropriations
    43  made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed repealed.