S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 6611--A A. 9711--A
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
January 19, 2010
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IN SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to
article seven of the Constitution -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapters 53, 54 and 55 of the laws of 2009, enacting the
education, labor and family assistance budget, the health and mental
hygiene budget, and the transportation, economic development and envi-
ronmental conservation budget, in relation to making appropriations
for the support of government
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2009, as amended by
chapter 50, section 4, of the laws of 2009 and chapter 502, section 2,
of the laws of 2009, enacting the education, labor and family assistance
budget, is amended by repealing the items hereinbelow set forth in
brackets and by adding to such section the other items underscored in
this section.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
STATE OPERATIONS AND AID TO LOCALITIES 2009-10
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, SECONDARY AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
PROGRAM
General Fund / Aid to Localities
Local Assistance Account - 001
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD12610-02-0
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For general support for public schools,
pursuant to a chapter of the laws of 2009;
including remaining 2008-09 school year
obligations ............ [16,525,341,000] 16,425,341,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other / Aid to Localities
State Lottery Fund - 160
For general support for public schools for
the 2009-10 school year, for grants
awarded pursuant to subparagraph 2-a of
paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section
92-C of the state finance law ............
............................ [547,000,000] 647,000,000
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
STATE OPERATIONS AND AID TO LOCALITIES 2009-10
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM
Enterprise Funds / State Operations
Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund - 481
For payment of unemployment insurance bene-
fits pursuant to article 18 of the labor
law or as authorized by the federal
government through the disaster unemploy-
ment assistance program .. [6,000,000,000] 7,000,000,000
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HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION
STATE OPERATIONS AND AID TO LOCALITIES 2009-10
STUDENT GRANT AND AWARD PROGRAMS
General Fund / Aid to Localities
Local Assistance Account - 001
For tuition assistance awards, including
part-time TAP, provided to eligible
students as defined in section 667 of the
education law and as further defined in
rules and regulations adopted by the
regents upon the recommendation of the
commissioner of education and distributed
in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the trustees of the higher
education services corporation upon the
recommendation of the president and
approval of the director of the budget.
The moneys hereby appropriated shall be
available for expenses already accrued or
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to accrue and shall include refunds,
reimbursements, credits and moneys
received by the higher education services
corporation as repayments of past tuition
assistance program disbursements in
accordance with audit allowances, upon
approval of the director of the budget,
for transfer to the federal department of
education fund appropriation of the state
grant programs in order to reduce state
cost should additional federal assistance
become available in the 2009-2010 state
fiscal year.
A portion of the moneys hereby appropriated
shall be transferred to the state student
financial aid audit account (FA) special
revenue fund in an amount sufficient to
support spending in the account.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
during the fiscal year commencing April 1,
2009, additional awards due and payable to
eligible students for accelerated study
shall be deferred until October 1, 2010.
Such additional awards shall be adjusted
on a pro rata basis pursuant to section
667 of the education law. However, nothing
contained herein shall prevent the payment
of such awards prior to October 1, 2010
should additional funds be provided there-
for ........................ [838,966,000] 864,125,000
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S 2. Section 1 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2009, as amended by chap-
ter 502, section 4, of the laws of 2009, enacting the health and mental
hygiene budget, is amended by repealing the items hereinbelow set forth
in brackets and by adding to such section the other items underscored in
this section.
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
STATE OPERATIONS AND AID TO LOCALITIES 2009-10
ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund / Aid to Localities
Local Assistance Account - 001
For transfer to the Commission on Quality of
Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disa-
bilities for services and expenses associ-
ated with legal services and support for
parents with psychiatric disabilities.
Funds appropriated herein are supported by
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savings resulting from the increased
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
(FMAP) provided pursuant to the American
recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 ....
.................................. 300,000
FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF VARIOUS COMMU-
NITY MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY PROGRAMS,
INCLUDING COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC EMER-
GENCY PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 41.51
OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW ...................... 500,000
FOR TRANSFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO
REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE STATE
SHARE OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FOR
VARIOUS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ............... 1,000,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other / Aid to Localities
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund - 339
Mental Hygiene Program Fund Account
For services and expenses associated with
the restoration of the proposed one
percent reduction in the 2008-09 cost of
living adjustment. Funds appropriated
herein are supported by savings resulting
from the increased Federal Medical Assist-
ance Percentage (FMAP) provided pursuant
to the American recovery and reinvestment
act of 2009; provided, however, that the
amount of this appropriation available for
expenditure and disbursement on and after
November 1, 2009 shall be reduced by 12.5
percent of the amount that was undisbursed
as of November 1, 2009 ......... 4,019,000
FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF VARIOUS COMMU-
NITY MENTAL HEALTH NON-RESIDENTIAL
PROGRAMS, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 41 OF THE
MENTAL HYGIENE LAW .......................... 14,500,000
FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF VARIOUS COMMU-
NITY MENTAL HEALTH RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS,
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 41 OF THE MENTAL
HYGIENE LAW ................................. 10,177,000
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CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAM
General Fund / Aid to Localities
Local Assistance Account - 001
For services and expenses associated with
the restoration of the proposed one
percent reduction in the 2008-09 cost of
living adjustment. Funds appropriated
herein are supported by savings resulting
from the increased Federal Medical Assist-
ance Percentage (FMAP) provided pursuant
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to the American recovery and reinvestment
act of 2009 ...................... 874,000
FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF VARIOUS COMMU-
NITY MENTAL HEALTH NON-RESIDENTIAL
PROGRAMS, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 41 OF THE
MENTAL HYGIENE LAW ........................... 1,000,000
FOR TRANSFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO
REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE STATE
SHARE OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FOR
VARIOUS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ................. 500,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Other / Aid to Localities
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund - 339
Mental Hygiene Program Fund Account
For services and expenses associated with
the restoration of the proposed one
percent reduction in the 2008-09 cost of
living adjustment. Funds appropriated
herein are supported by savings resulting
from the increased Federal Medical Assist-
ance Percentage (FMAP) provided pursuant
to the American recovery and reinvestment
act of 2009 ...................... 751,000
FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF VARIOUS
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH NON-RESIDENTIAL
PROGRAMS, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 41 OF THE
MENTAL HYGIENE LAW ......................... 2,900,000
FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF VARIOUS
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY
PROGRAMS ..................................... 900,000
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COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND WORKFORCE REINVESTMENT PROGRAM
Special Revenue Funds - Other / Aid to Localities
Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund - 339
Mental Hygiene Program Fund Account
For services and expenses associated with
the restoration of the proposed one
percent reduction in the 2008-09 cost of
living adjustment. Funds appropriated
herein are supported by savings resulting
from the increased Federal Medical Assist-
ance Percentage (FMAP) provided pursuant
to the American recovery and reinvestment
act of 2009 ....................... 77,000
FOR SERVICES AND EXPENSES OF VARIOUS ADULT
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH RESIDENTIAL
PROGRAMS ....................................... 523,000
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S 3. Section 1 of chapter 55 of the laws of 2009, enacting the trans-
portation, economic development and environmental conservation budget,
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is amended by repealing the items hereinbelow set forth in brackets and
by adding to such section the other items underscored in this section.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
STATE OPERATIONS AND AID TO LOCALITIES 2009-10
REGULATION OF UTILITIES PROGRAM
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS - FEDERAL / STATE OPERATIONS
FEDERAL OPERATING GRANTS FUND - 290
FOR REGULATORY AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES
AS FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND
REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009. FUNDS APPROPRI-
ATED HEREIN SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ALL APPLI-
CABLE REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN SUCH ACT ........... 1,250,000
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CAPITAL PROJECTS 2009-10
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (CCP)
Federal Capital Projects Fund - 291
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Purpose
For Transit Capital Assistance funded by
Title 12 of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. Funds appropri-
ated herein shall be subject to all appli-
cable reporting and accountability
requirements contained in such act.
For the payment of the costs of mass trans-
portation capital projects and facilities
including replacement of buses meeting
federal standards for replacement, related
bus equipment and the acquisition, design
and construction, including engineering
and consulting costs, of mass transit bus
garages or other mass transportation
projects and facilities, including liabil-
ities incurred prior to April 1, 2009
(170509FS) .................... 26,300,000
FOR PAYMENT BY THE STATE OF THE FEDERAL
SHARE OF THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION
RELATED PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN
RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009.
FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN SHALL BE SUBJECT
TO ALL APPLICABLE REPORTING AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN SUCH
ACT.
FOR PROJECTS ADMINISTERED BY FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES OTHER THAN THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMIN-
ISTRATION OR FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINIS-
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TRATION, INCLUDING PAYMENT OF LIABILITIES
INCURRED PRIOR TO APRIL 1, 2010, AND
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION,
RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION AND REHABILI-
TATION, INCLUDING THE COST OF ACQUISITION
OF REAL PROPERTY, THE ACQUISITION OF
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER RELATED INCIDENTAL
EXPENSES THERETO AND FOR THE FEDERAL SHARE
OF CONSULTANT SERVICES IN CARRYING OUT
FEDERALLY APPROVED STUDIES (170609FS) ........ 5,000,000
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2009.