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________________________________________________________________________STATE OF NEW YORK S. 1504--A A. 2004--A SENATE - ASSEMBLY January 15, 2019 ___________ 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 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 AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government CAPITAL PROJECTS 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 capi- 2 tal projects, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to accomplish the 3 purpose of the appropriations, are appropriated by comprehensive 4 construction programs (hereinafter referred to by the abbreviation CCP), 5 purposes, and projects designated by the appropriations, and authorized 6 to be made available as hereinafter provided to the respective public 7 officers; such appropriations shall be deemed to provide all costs 8 necessary and pertinent to accomplish the intent of the appropriations 9 and are appropriated in accordance with the provisions of section 93 of 10 the state finance law. 11 b) Any amounts specified in this chapter for advances for capital 12 projects, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to accomplish the 13 purpose of the appropriations, are appropriated by comprehensive 14 construction programs (hereinafter referred to by the abbreviation CCP), 15 purposes and projects designated by the appropriations as advances from 16 the capital projects fund in accordance with the provisions of sections 17 40-a and 93 of the state finance law, and are authorized to be paid as 18 hereinafter provided as an advance for a share, part or whole of the 19 cost for such programs, purposes and projects hereinafter specified. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics_______ (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12554-02-9 AB 2 12554-02-9 1 c) The several amounts specified in this chapter as capital projects - 2 reappropriations, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accom- 3 plish the purpose of the appropriations, as appropriated by comprehen- 4 sive construction programs (hereinafter referred to by the abbreviation 5 CCP), purposes, and projects, being the undisbursed and/or unexpended 6 balances of the prior year's appropriations, are reappropriated and 7 unless otherwise amended or repealed in part or total in this chapter 8 shall continue to be available for the same purposes as the prior appro- 9 priations or as otherwise amended for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 10 2019. 11 The capital projects reappropriations contained in this chapter may be 12 amended by repealing the items set forth in brackets and by adding ther- 13 eto the underscored material. Certain reappropriations in this chapter 14 are shown using abbreviated text, with three leader dots (an ellipsis) 15 followed by three spaces (... ) used to indicate where existing law 16 that is being continued is not shown. However, unless a change is clear- 17 ly indicated by the use of brackets [ ] for deletions and underscores 18 for additions, the purpose, amounts, funding source and all other 19 aspects pertinent to each item of appropriation shall be as last appro- 20 priated. 21 For the purpose of complying with section 25 of the state finance law, 22 the year, chapter and section of the last act reappropriating a former 23 original appropriation or any part thereof is, unless otherwise indi- 24 cated, chapter 54, section 1, of the laws of 2018. 25 d) No moneys appropriated by this chapter shall be available for 26 payment until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director 27 of the budget, who shall file such certificate with the department of 28 audit and control, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and 29 the chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee. 30 e) The appropriations contained in this chapter shall be available for 31 the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2019 except as otherwise noted. AB 3 12554-02-9 ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY CAPITAL PROJECTS - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2019-20 1 APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS 2 Special Revenue Funds - Other ...... 0 1,500,000 3 ---------------- ---------------- 4 All Funds ........................ 0 1,500,000 5 ================ ================ 6 MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS OF EXISTING FACILITIES (CCP) 7 Special Revenue Funds - Other 8 Combined Expendable Trust Fund 9 Miscellaneous Gifts Account -_______ 20100 10 Preservation of Facilities Purpose 11 By chapter 54, section 1, of the laws of 2012: 12 For alterations, rehabilitations and improvements of various facili- 13 ties, including personal service and payment of liabilities incurred 14 prior to April 1, 2012 (13GI1203) (81010)_______ .......................... 15 500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000) 16 By chapter 54, section 1, of the laws of 2011: 17 For alterations, rehabilitations and improvements of various facili- 18 ties, including personal service and payment of liabilities incurred 19 prior to April 1, 2011 (13GI1103) (81010)_______ .......................... 20 500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000) 21 By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2010: 22 For alterations, rehabilitations and improvements of various facili- 23 ties, including personal service and payment of liabilities incurred 24 prior to April 1, 2010 (13GI1003) (81010)_______ .......................... 25 500,000 ............................................. (re. $500,000) AB 4 12554-02-9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS CAPITAL PROJECTS 2019-20 1 For the comprehensive construction programs, purposes and 2 projects as herein specified in accordance with the 3 following: 4 APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS 5 Capital Projects Funds - Other ..... 9,415,000 36,482,000 6 ---------------- ---------------- 7 All Funds ........................ 9,415,000 36,482,000 8 ================ ================ 9 NEW YORK WORKS (CCP) ......................................... 5,715,000 10 -------------- 11 Capital Projects Funds - Other 12 Capital Projects Fund - 30000 13 Administrative Services Purpose 14 For the purchase and replacement of vehicles 15 and equipment (60VS19AS) (11420) ............... 600,000 16 For services and expenses related to the 17 purchase or replacement of laboratory 18 equipment (60ES19AS) (11421) ................... 115,000 19 Capital Projects Funds - Other 20 Capital Projects Fund - 30000 21 Preservation of Facilities Purpose 22 For services and expenses related to New 23 York Works Infrastructure projects for 24 alterations, rehabilitation, improvements, 25 and land acquisition at the state fair, 26 including personal service and the payment 27 of liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 28 2019. All or a portion of the funds appro- 29 priated hereby may be suballocated or 30 transferred to any department, agency or 31 public authority (60NY1903) (10300) .......... 5,000,000 32 STATE FAIR (CCP) ............................................. 3,700,000 33 -------------- 34 Capital Projects Funds - Other 35 Capital Projects Fund - 30000 36 Preservation of Facilities Purpose 37 For payment of the costs including personal 38 services, nonpersonal services, fringe 39 benefits and indirect costs, of alter- 40 ations, rehabilitation and improvements 41 including preventive maintenance, replace- AB 5 12554-02-9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS CAPITAL PROJECTS 2019-20 1 ment, refurbishment and energy conserva- 2 tion of various facilities, including the 3 payment of liabilities incurred prior to 4 April 1, 2019 (60MN1903) (11493) ............. 1,700,000 5 Capital Projects Funds - Other 6 Miscellaneous Capital Projects Fund 7 State Fair Capital Improvement Account - 32208 8 Preservation of Facilities Purpose 9 For payment of the costs including personal 10 services, nonpersonal services, fringe 11 benefits and indirect costs, of alter- 12 ations, rehabilitation and improvements 13 including preventive maintenance, replace- 14 ment, refurbishment and energy conserva- 15 tion of various facilities, including the 16 payment of liabilities incurred prior to 17 April 1, 2019 (60RI1903) (11493) ............. 2,000,000 AB 6 12554-02-9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS CAPITAL PROJECTS - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2019-20 1 NEW FACILITIES PURPOSE (CCP) 2 Capital Projects Funds - Other 3 Capital Projects Fund -_______ 30000 4 New Facilities Purpose 5 By chapter 54, section 1, of the laws of 2018: 6 For payment to agricultural or horticultural corporations and county 7 extension service associations that are eligible to receive premium 8 reimbursement pursuant to section 286 of the agriculture and markets 9 law for: the costs of construction, renovation, alteration, rehabil- 10 itation, improvements, installation, acquisition, repair or replace- 11 ment of fairground buildings, equipment or permanent or temporary 12 facilities used to house or promote agriculture, excluding parking 13 facilities and signage;
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