A07508 Summary:
BILL NO | A07508 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Ra |
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COSPNSR | Angelino, DeStefano, Jensen, Byrnes, Slater, Bendett, Gray, Brown E, Novakhov, Gandolfo, Morinello, Lemondes, Tague, Hawley, Gallahan, Durso, Brabenec, Flood, McGowan, Mikulin, Goodell, Norris, Barclay, McDonough, Tannousis, Palmesano, Brook-Krasny |
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Amd 8, St Fin L | |
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Provides that the comptroller shall examine and audit all state or federal funds appropriated or received for the humanitarian aid including short term shelter services to migrant individuals and families, including costs associated with humanitarian emergency response and relief centers for individuals entering short term shelter on or after April 1, 2022 in New York city or any other municipality in New York state. |
A07508 Actions:
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05/25/2023 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2024 | held for consideration in ways and means |
A07508 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A7508 SPONSOR: Ra
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the distribution of appropriations for humanitarian aid including short term shelter services to migrant individuals and families   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill requires the governor to report to the legislature how funds for humanitarian aid for migrants is being spent and also requires the state comptroller to audit how funds for humanitarian aid for migrants are being spent.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one defines the legislative intent. Section two requires the governor to submit a report every 30 days to the legislature detailing how state and any federal funds are being spent on humanitarian aid for migrants. Section three requires the comptroller to audit how funds for migrant humanitarian aid are spent and to report these findings every 30 days. Section four establishes the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: New York State is facing a migrant crisis. To alleviate the migrant crisis, the State Budget for fiscal year 2023-2024 provided one billion dollars to the city of New York for migrant humanitarian needs. However, this one billion comes with little direction or oversight as to how it will be spent. This bill would allow the legislature to know how this money, and future appropriated state or federal funds for these purposes, will be spent by municipalities.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Costs associated with creating audits and reports.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
A07508 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7508 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 25, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the distribution of appropriations for humanitarian aid including short term shelter services to migrant individuals and families The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that the 2 state of New York has a migrant crisis and that as the state distributes 3 state or federal funding for the relief of this migrant crisis, such 4 spending must be done in a transparent manner with the legislature and 5 oversight from the comptroller. 6 § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule and regulation 7 to the contrary, any state or federal funds used for humanitarian aid 8 including short term shelter services to migrant individuals and fami- 9 lies, including costs associated with humanitarian emergency response 10 and relief centers for individuals entering short term shelter on or 11 after April 1, 2022 in New York city or any other municipality in New 12 York state shall have the governor report to the temporary president of 13 the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the 14 senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the chair of the senate 15 finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee 16 every thirty days an accounting of all money distributed in relation to 17 any appropriation. 18 § 3. Section 8 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new 19 subdivision 21 to read as follows: 20 21. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, examine and 21 audit all state or federal funds appropriated or received for the huma- 22 nitarian aid including short term shelter services to migrant individ- 23 uals and families, including costs associated with humanitarian emergen- 24 cy response and relief centers for individuals entering short term EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11437-02-3A. 7508 2 1 shelter on or after April 1, 2022 in New York city or any other munici- 2 pality in New York state. Upon thorough examination, audit, and iden- 3 tification of distributions to New York city or any other municipality 4 in New York state, make a report to the legislature containing said 5 findings every thirty days an accounting of all money distributed in 6 relation to this appropriation. 7 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 8 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022.