STATE OF NEW YORK
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9055
IN SENATE
April 15, 2024
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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.
LBD12034-01-4
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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
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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
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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
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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
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42 Project schedule total ..
43 .......... [44,550,000] 60,570,000
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45 For the payment of the metropolitan commuter
46 transportation mobility tax pursuant to
47 article 23 of the tax law as added by
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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
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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 the
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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1 ...............................[16,050,000] 19,260,000
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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
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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
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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
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41 General Fund
42 Local Assistance Account - 10000
43 For payment of annuities to blind veterans
44 and eligible surviving spouses. Up to
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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
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6 VETERANS' BENEFITS ADVISING PROGRAM ............. [210,000] 252,000
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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
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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.
