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                                  8374--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 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:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "securing
 and assisting vulnerable evacuees (SAVE) act".
   §  2.  Recent  turmoil in Afghanistan and Ukraine has caused a signif-
 icant flight of people from  both  nations,  requiring  other  countries
 throughout  the  world  to assist in the resettlement of individuals and
 families who have been displaced through no fault of their  own.    This
 bill  is  intended  to  allocate adequate funding to support a potential
 significant increase in the number of refugees that New York state  will
 be taking in as a result of these ongoing situations.
   §  3. Section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to
 localities budget, is amended by repealing the items  herein  below  set
 forth  in  brackets and by adding to such section the other items under-
 scored in this section:
 
 SPECIALIZED SERVICES PROGRAM ............. [2,785,196,000] 2,861,796,000
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   General Fund
   Local Assistance Account - 10000
 
   Special Revenue Funds - Federal
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   Federal Health and Human Services Fund
   Refugee Resettlement Account - 25160
 
 For  services  related  to  refugee programs
   including but not limited  to  the  Cuban-
   Haitian  and  refugee resettlement program
   and the Cuban-Haitian and refugee targeted
   assistance program  provided  pursuant  to
   the federal refugee assistance act of 1980
   as amended.
 Funds appropriated herein shall be available
   for aid to municipalities and for payments
   to the federal government for expenditures
   made  pursuant  to the social services law
   and the  state  plan  for  individual  and
   family  grant  program  under the disaster
   relief act of 1974.
 Such funds are to be available  for  payment
   of  aid heretofore accrued or hereafter to
   accrue to municipalities. Subject  to  the
   approval  of  the  director of the budget,
   such  funds  shall  be  available  to  the
   office of temporary and disability assist-
   ance   net   of   disallowances,  refunds,
   reimbursements, and credits.
 Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision
   of law, funds appropriated herein, subject
   to  the  approval  of  the director of the
   budget and in accordance with a memorandum
   of understanding  between  the  office  of
   temporary  and  disability  assistance and
   any other state agency, may be transferred
   or suballocated to any other state  agency
   for expenses related to refugee programs.
 Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision
   of law, and subject to the approval of the
   director of the budget, the amount  appro-
   priated   herein   may   be  increased  or
   decreased through transfer or  interchange
   with any other federal appropriation with-
   in  the office of temporary and disability
   assistance (52304) .......................... 26,000,000
 FOR  SERVICES  AND  EXPENSES  OF  SUPPORTING
   AFGHAN  AND  UKRAINIAN  REFUGEES.  FOR THE
   PURPOSES OF THIS APPROPRIATION, SUPPORTING
   AFGHAN AND UKRAINIAN REFUGEES  SHALL  MEAN
   PROVIDING  ASSISTANCE FOR THE RESETTLEMENT
   OF AFGHAN AND UKRAINIAN REFUGEES  WHO  ARE
   PART  OF  ANY  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED BY THE
   FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT  FOR   REFUGEES   FROM
   AFGHANISTAN  IN LIGHT OF THE TALIBAN TAKE-
   OVER  OF  THE  COUNTRY  IN  2021  AND  THE
   RUSSIAN   INVASION  OF  UKRAINE  IN  2022.
   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION
   OF LAW, THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL  BE  USED
   FOR GRANTS IN AID OR EXPENSES OF CONTRACTS
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   WITH  NOT-FOR-PROFIT AGENCIES TO BE DETER-
   MINED PURSUANT TO A PLAN TO  BE  DEVELOPED
   BY  THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY
   ASSISTANCE  AND  THE OFFICE FOR NEW AMERI-
   CANS  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE,   IN
   CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE
   BUDGET. THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED HEREIN  MAY
   BE  TRANSFERRED OR SUBALLOCATED TO ANY AID
   TO LOCALITIES, STATE OPERATIONS, OR  CAPI-
   TAL APPROPRIATION OF ANY STATE DEPARTMENT,
   AGENCY,  OR  AUTHORITY  TO  ACCOMPLISH THE
   INTENT OR PURPOSES STATED HEREIN ............ 50,000,000
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     Program account subtotal .... [26,000,000]  76,000,000
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   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021.