S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8919
I N S E N A T E
March 28, 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; and provid-
ing 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:
Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and
declares that the enactment of these appropriations provides sufficient
authority to the comptroller for the purpose of making payments for the
purposes described herein until such time as appropriation bills submit-
ted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the state constitution
for the support of government for the state fiscal year beginning April
1, 2024 are enacted.
§ 2. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as
shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby
appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the
public officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be
available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.
ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
For the purpose of making payments for
personal service, including liabilities
incurred prior to April 1, 2024, on the
payrolls scheduled to be paid during the
period April 1 through April 4, 2024 to
state officers and employees of the execu-
tive branch. This appropriation also
includes funding for payment of health
care and mental hygiene bonuses to eligi-
ble state employees, and payments for
services performed by mentally ill or
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD12030-01-4
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developmentally disabled persons who are
employed in state-operated special employ-
ment, work-for-pay or sheltered workshop
programs ................................... 213,500,000
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§ 3. The amount specified in this section, or so much thereof as shall
be sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, is hereby appropri-
ated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the public
officers and for the purpose specified, which amount shall be available
for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.
ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
For the payment of state operations non
personal service liabilities to the execu-
tive branch, including the comptroller,
and the attorney general, incurred in the
ordinary course of business, during the
period April 1 through April 4, 2024,
pursuant to existing state law and for
purposes for which the legislature author-
ized the expenditure of moneys during the
2023-2024 state fiscal year; provided,
however, that nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit or restrict the
power or authority of state departments or
agencies to conduct their activities or
operations in accordance with existing
law, and further provided that nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to super-
sede, nullify or modify the provisions of
section 40 of the state finance law
prescribing when appropriations made for
the 2023-2024 state fiscal year shall have
ceased to have force and effect ............. 10,000,000
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§ 4. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as
shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby
appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the
public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be
available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.
MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
GENERAL STATE CHARGES
STATE OPERATIONS
GENERAL STATE CHARGES ...................................... 16,770,000
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General Fund
State Purposes Account - 10050
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For employee fringe benefits according to
the following project schedule including
those benefits which are related to
employees paid from funds, accounts, or
programs where the division of the budget
has issued waivers .......................... 16,020,000
Project Schedule
PROJECT AMOUNT
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For the state's contribution
to the social security
contribution fund ............. 16,000,000
For the state's share of
contributions to the volun-
tary defined contribution
plan made on behalf of
eligible employees pursuant
to chapter 18 of the laws of
2012 who elect to partic-
ipate in such plan and who
are not otherwise eligible
to participate in the SUNY
optional retirement program ....... 20,000
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Project schedule total .... 16,020,000
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For the payment of the metropolitan commuter
transportation mobility tax pursuant to
article 23 of the tax law as added by
chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 on behalf
of the state employees employed in the
metropolitan commuter transportation
district ....................................... 750,000
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§ 5. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as
shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby
appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the
public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be
available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AID TO LOCALITIES
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM .......................... 4,280,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal USDA-Food and Nutrition Services Fund
Federal Food and Nutrition Services Account - 25022
For various federal food and nutritional
services. The moneys hereby appropriated
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shall be available for payment of finan-
cial assistance heretofore accrued (26986) ... 4,280,000
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§ 6. The amounts specified in this section, or so much thereof as
shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, is hereby
appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the
public officers and for the purposes specified, which amount shall be
available for the state fiscal year beginning April 1, 2024.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AID TO LOCALITIES
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM ..................... 180,000,000
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Enterprise Funds
Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund
Unemployment Insurance Benefit Account - 50650
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, the emergency
unemployment compensation program, the
extended benefit program, the federal
additional compensation program or any
other federally funded unemployment bene-
fit program (34787) ........................ 180,000,000
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§ 7. No expenditure may be made from any appropriation in this act,
until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the
budget and a copy of such certificate shall have been filed with the
state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the
chairman of the assembly ways and means committee provided, however,
that any expenditures from any appropriation in this act made by the
legislature or judiciary shall not require such certificate.
§ 8. All expenditures and disbursements made against the appropri-
ations in this act shall, upon final action by the legislature on appro-
priation bills submitted by the governor pursuant to article VII of the
state constitution for the support of government for the state fiscal
year beginning April 1, 2024, be transferred by the comptroller as
expenditures and disbursements to such appropriations for all state
departments and agencies, as applicable, in amounts equal to the amounts
charged against the appropriations in this act for each such department,
agency, and the legislature and the judiciary.
§ 9. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
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or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such
invalid provisions had not been included herein.
§ 10. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2024; provided,
however, that upon the transfer of expenditures and disbursements by the
comptroller as provided in section eight of this act, the appropriations
made by this act and subject to such section shall be deemed repealed.
