Assembly Bill A8194

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a temporary relocation assistance for asylum seekers fund to assist localities in providing services

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A8194 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §98-e, St Fin L

2023-A8194 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a temporary relocation assistance for asylum seekers fund to assist certain localities with a significant number of asylum seekers in providing services including healthcare, housing, free and/or subsidized legal services for low-income individuals, education and language services, free and/or subsidized child care programs, and job training and trade certificate programs.

2023-A8194 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8194
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   fund  to  support  localities  which  voluntarily  shelter and provide
   direct services to a significant population of  newly  arrived  asylum
   seekers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The state finance law is amended by adding a new  section
 98-e to read as follows:
   §  98-E.  TEMPORARY  RELOCATION ASSISTANCE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS FUND. 1.
 THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER  AND
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS
 THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS FUND.
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF SUCH FUND, ALL OTHER MONEYS REQUIRED TO BE PAID INTO OR  CREDITED  TO
 SUCH  FUND,  AND ALL MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE FUND OR DONATED TO IT BY ANY
 SOURCE. ANY FUNDS EXPENDED  BY  A  LOCALITY  FOR  SERVICES  OR  PROGRAMS
 SUPPORTING THE NEWLY ARRIVED ASYLUM SEEKERS AS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL  BE  MATCHED  UP  TO  TWO HUNDRED PERCENT BY THE STATE. OUT OF ANY
 FEDERAL FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE STATE FOR SUCH PURPOSES, EXPENDITURES BY A
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL BE MATCHED UP TO THREE HUNDRED PERCENT.
   3. (A) THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND SHALL BE TO SUPPORT COUNTIES AND  OTHER
 MUNICIPALITIES    WITH  A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION OF NEWLY ARRIVED ASYLUM
 SEEKERS WITH PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES  TO  SUCH  INDIVIDUALS.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SIGNIFICANT POPULATION" SHALL MEAN FIVE THOU-
 SAND  ASYLUM  SEEKERS  FOR A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF
 OVER ONE MILLION, AND A NUMBER OF ASYLUM SEEKERS WHICH IS AT  LEAST  TWO
 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION FOR ANY OTHER COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "DIRECT SERVICES" SHALL  INCLUDE,
 BUT  ARE  NOT  LIMITED  TO:  HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, FREE AND/OR SUBSIDIZED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13337-01-3

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