New York A 9503: AID TO LOCALITIES BUDGET

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 7503--C A. 9503--C
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 21, 2020
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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 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- 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 --
again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from
said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government
AID TO LOCALITIES BUDGET
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. a) The several amounts specified in this chapter for aid to
2 localities, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the
3 purposes designated by the appropriations, are hereby appropriated and
4 authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the respective public
5 officers and for the several purposes specified.
6 b) Where applicable, appropriations made by this chapter for expendi-
7 tures from federal grants for aid to localities may be
8 allocated for spending from federal grants for any grant period begin-
9 ning, during, or prior to, the state fiscal year beginning on April 1,
10 2020 except as otherwise noted.
11 c) The several amounts named herein, or so much thereof as shall be
12 sufficient to accomplish the purpose designated, being the undisbursed
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 and/or unexpended balances of the prior year's appropriations, are here-
2 by reappropriated from the same funds and made available for the same
3 purposes as the prior year's appropriations, unless herein amended, for
4 the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2020. Certain reappropriations in
5 this chapter are shown using abbreviated text, with three leader dots
6 (an ellipsis) followed by three spaces (... ) used to indicate where
7 existing law that is being continued is not shown. However, unless a
8 change is clearly indicated by the use of brackets [ ] for deletions and
9 underscores for additions, the purposes, amounts, funding source and all
10 other aspects pertinent to each item of appropriation shall be as last
11 appropriated.
12 For the purpose of complying with the state finance law, the year,
13 chapter and section of the last act reappropriating a former original
14 appropriation or any part thereof is, unless otherwise indicated, chap-
15 ter 53, section 1, of the laws of 2019.
16 d) No moneys appropriated by this chapter shall be available for
17 payment until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director
18 of the budget, who shall file such certificate with the department of
19 audit and control, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and
20 the chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee.
21 e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if, on a cash
22 basis of accounting, a General Fund imbalance has occurred during any
23 Measurement Period, the budget director is hereby authorized to adjust
24 or reduce any general fund and/or state special revenue fund appropri-
25 ation contained herein and related cash disbursement by any amount need-
26 ed to maintain a balanced budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Provided
27 however that such adjustments or reductions shall be done uniformly
28 across-the-board to the extent practicable or by specific appropriations
29 as needed. Notwithstanding any provision set forth in this appropriation
30 bill or any other law to the contrary, to the extent any individual or
31 entity is entitled to any cash disbursement which is reduced in accord-
32 ance with this provision, such entitlement shall be adjusted or reduced
33 commensurate with adjustments or reductions made by the budget director
34 in accordance with this provision. The following types of appropriations
35 shall be exempt from such reduction pursuant to this provision: (a)
36 public assistance payments for families and individuals and payments for
37 eligible aged, blind and disabled persons related to supplemental social
38 security; (b) any reductions that would violate federal law; (c)
39 payments of debt service and