STATE OF NEW YORK
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7345--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
August 25, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to
the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to
localities budget, in relation to supporting refugees from Afghanistan
and Ukraine
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "securing
2 and assisting vulnerable evacuees (SAVE) act".
3 § 2. Recent turmoil in Afghanistan and Ukraine has caused a signif-
4 icant flight of people from both nations, requiring other countries
5 throughout the world to assist in the resettlement of individuals and
6 families who have been displaced through no fault of their own. This
7 bill is intended to allocate adequate funding to support a potential
8 significant increase in the number of refugees that New York state will
9 be taking in as a result of these ongoing situations.
10 § 3. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to
11 localities budget, is amended by repealing the items herein below set
12 forth in brackets and by adding to such section the other items under-
13 scored in this section:
14 SPECIALIZED SERVICES PROGRAM ............. [2,785,196,000] 2,861,796,000
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16 General Fund
17 Local Assistance Account - 10000
18 Special Revenue Funds - Federal
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 Federal Health and Human Services Fund
2 Refugee Resettlement Account - 25160
3 For services related to refugee programs
4 including but not limited to the Cuban-
5 Haitian and refugee resettlement program
6 and the Cuban-Haitian and refugee targeted
7 assistance program provided pursuant to
8 the federal refugee assistance act of 1980
9 as amended.
10 Funds appropriated herein shall be available
11 for aid to municipalities and for payments
12 to the federal government for expenditures
13 made pursuant to the social services law
14 and the state plan for individual and
15 family grant program under the disaster
16 relief act of 1974.
17 Such funds are to be available for payment
18 of aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to
19 accrue to municipalities. Subject to the
20 approval of the director of the budget,
21 such funds shall be available to the
22 office of temporary and disability assist-
23 ance net of disallowances, refunds,
24 reimbursements, and credits.
25 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
26 of law, funds appropriated herein, subject
27 to the approval of the director of the
28 budget and in accordance with a memorandum
29 of understanding between the office of
30 temporary and disability assistance and
31 any other state agency, may be transferred
32 or suballocated to any other state agency
33 for expenses related to refugee programs.
34 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
35 of law, and subject to the approval of the
36 director of the budget, the amount appro-
37 priated herein may be increased or
38 decreased through transfer or interchange
39 with any other federal appropriation with-
40 in the office of temporary and disability
41 assistance (52304) .......................... 26,000,000
42 For services and expenses of supporting
43 Afghan and Ukrainian refugees. For the
44 purposes of this appropriation, supporting
45 Afghan and Ukrainian refugees shall mean
46 providing assistance for the resettlement
47 of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees who are
48 part of any program established by the
49 federal government for refugees from
50 Afghanistan in light of the Taliban take-
51 over of the country in 2021 and the
52 Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
53 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
54 of law, this appropriation shall be used
55 for grants in aid or expenses of contracts
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1 with not-for-profit agencies to be deter-
2 mined pursuant to a plan to be developed
3 by the office of temporary and disability
4 assistance and the office for new Ameri-
5 cans in the department of state, in
6 consultation with the director of the
7 budget. The funds appropriated herein may
8 be transferred or suballocated to any aid
9 to localities, state operations, or capi-
10 tal appropriation of any state department,
11 agency, or authority to accomplish the
12 intent or purposes stated herein ............ 50,000,000
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14 Program account subtotal .... [26,000,000] 76,000,000
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16 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
17 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021.
