New York S 6281: Relates to the role of the commissioner of veterans' services in regards to the veterans' home assistance fund and the military family relief fund

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S06281 Summary:

BILL NOS06281 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00947

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRASHBY, ADDABBO, HELMING, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§81 & 89-i, St Fin L

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Directs that moneys in the veterans' home services fund shall be payable on vouchers certified by the commissioner of veterans' services; directs a report to be submitted by such commissioner; directs that moneys in the military family relief fund shall be payable on vouchers certified by the commissioner of veterans' services.

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BILL NOS06281 

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03/07/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.763

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2025PASSED SENATE

05/19/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2025referred to veterans' affairs

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

04/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.849

04/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/07/2026PASSED SENATE

05/07/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/07/2026referred to veterans' affairs

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6281

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the role of the
 commissioner of veterans' services in regards to the veterans' home
 assistance fund and the military family relief fund

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 7 of section 81 of the state finance
 2 law, subdivision 5 as amended by section 1 of part J of chapter 59 of
 3 the laws of 2017 and subdivision 7 as added by chapter 432 of the laws
 4 of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
 5 5. Moneys shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
 6 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner
 7 of [health] veterans' services, for veterans' homes operated by the
 8 department of health, and by the chancellor of the state university of
 9 New York, for the veterans' home operated by the state university of New
 10 York.
 11 7. On or before the first of February each year, the commissioner of
 12 [health] veterans' services shall provide a written report to the tempo-
 13 rary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the
 14 senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means commit-
 15 tee, chair of the senate committee on health, chair of the assembly
 16 health committee, the state comptroller and the public. Such report
 17 shall include how the monies of the fund were utilized during the
 18 preceding calendar year and shall include:
 19 (a) the amount of money dispersed from the fund and the award process
 20 used for such disbursements;
 21 (b) the recipients of awards from the fund;
 22 (c) the amount awarded to each;
 23 (d) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 S LBD02880-01-5

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 1 (e) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include esti-
 2 mates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeed-
 3 ing fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior fiscal
 4 year.
 5 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 89-i of the state finance law, as added
 6 by chapter 374 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 7 4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
 8 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner
 9 of [taxation and finance] veterans' services.
 10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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