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Capital Projects Budget ________________________________________________________________________STATE OF NEW YORK 9504--B IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2018 ___________ 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 recommit- ted 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. 20 c) The several amounts specified in this chapter as capital projects - 21 reappropriations, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accom- 22 plish the purpose of the appropriations, as appropriated by comprehen- 23 sive construction programs (hereinafter referred to by the abbreviation EXPLANATION--Matter in italics_______ (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12654-06-8 AB 2 12654-06-8 1 CCP), purposes, and projects, being the undisbursed and/or unexpended 2 balances of the prior year's appropriations, are reappropriated and 3 unless otherwise amended or repealed in part or total in this chapter 4 shall continue to be available for the same purposes as the prior appro- 5 priations or as otherwise amended for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 6 2018. 7 The capital projects reappropriations contained in this chapter may be 8 amended by repealing the items set forth in brackets and by adding ther- 9 eto the underscored material. Certain reappropriations in this chapter 10 are shown using abbreviated text, with three leader dots (an ellipsis) 11 followed by three spaces (... ) used to indicate where existing law 12 that is being continued is not shown. However, unless a change is clear- 13 ly indicated by the use of brackets [ ] for deletions and underscores 14 for additions, the purpose, amounts, funding source and all other 15 aspects pertinent to each item of appropriation shall be as last appro- 16 priated. 17 For the purpose of complying with section 25 of the state finance law, 18 the year, chapter and section of the last act reappropriating a former 19 original appropriation or any part thereof is, unless otherwise indi- 20 cated, chapter 54, section 1, of the laws of 2017. 21 d) No moneys appropriated by this chapter shall be available for 22 payment until a certificate of approval has been issued by the director 23 of the budget, who shall file such certificate with the department of 24 audit and control, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and 25 the chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee. 26 e) The appropriations contained in this chapter shall be available for 27 the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2018 except as otherwise noted. AB 3 12654-06-8 ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY CAPITAL PROJECTS - REAPPROPRIATIONS 2018-19 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 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) ... 500,000 ....... (re. $500,000) 15 By chapter 54, section 1, of the laws of 2011: 16 For alterations, rehabilitations and improvements of various facili- 17 ties, including personal service and payment of liabilities incurred 18 prior to April 1, 2011 (13GI1103) ... 500,000 ....... (re. $500,000) 19 By chapter 55, section 1, of the laws of 2010: 20 For alterations, rehabilitations and improvements of various facili- 21 ties, including personal service and payment of liabilities incurred 22 prior to April 1, 2010 (13GI1003) ... 500,000 ....... (re. $500,000) AB 4 12654-06-8 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS CAPITAL PROJECTS 2018-19 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 ..... 16,215,000 68,458,000 6 ---------------- ---------------- 7 All Funds ........................ 16,215,000 68,458,000 8 ================ ================ 9 NEW YORK WORKS (CCP) ......................................... 3,215,000 10 -------------- 11 Capital Projects Funds - Other 12 Capital Projects Fund 13 Administrative Services Purpose 14 For the purchase and replacement of vehicles 15 and equipment (60VS18AS) ....................... 600,000 16 For services and expenses related to the 17 purchase or replacement of laboratory 18 equipment (60ES18AS) ........................... 115,000 19 Capital Projects Funds - Other 20 Capital Projects Fund 21 Preservation of Facilities Purpose 22 For services and expenses related to New 23 York Works Infrastructure projects for 24 alterations, rehabilitation and improve- 25 ments at the state fair, including 26 personal service and the payment of 27 liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 28 2018. 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 (60NY1803) .................. 2,500,000 32 STATE FAIR (CCP) ............................................. 3,000,000 33 -------------- 34 Capital Projects Funds - Other 35 Capital Projects Fund 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 12654-06-8 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS CAPITAL PROJECTS 2018-19 1 ment, refurbishment and energy conserva- 2 tion of various facilities, including the 3 payment of liabilities incurred prior to 4 April 1, 2018 (60MN1803) ..................... 1,000,000 5 Capital Projects Funds - Other 6 Miscellaneous Capital Projects Fund 7 State Fair Capital Improvement Account 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, 2018 (60RI1803) ..................... 2,000,000 18 NEW FACILITIES PURPOSE (CCP) ................................ 10,000,000 19 -------------- 20 Capital Projects Funds - Other 21 Capital Projects Fund 22 New Facilities Purpose 23 For payment to agricultural or horticultural 24 corporations and county extension service 25 associations that are eligible to receive 26 premium reimbursement pursuant to section 27 286 of the agriculture and markets law for 28 the costs of construction, renovation, 29 alteration, rehabilitation, improvements, 30 installation, acquisition, repair or 31 replacement of fairground buildings, 32 equipment or permanent or temporary facil- 33 ities used to house or promote agricul- 34 ture, excluding parking facilities and 35 signage, to be allocated by the commis- 36 sioner in amounts not to exceed $200,000 37 to such eligible agricultural and horti- 38 cultural corporations or county extension 39 services on a non-competitive basis until 40 such funds are exhausted ..................... 5,000,000 41 For grants to municipal and incorporated 42 not-for-profit pounds, shelters and humane 43 societies. Use of the grant funds is 44 restricted to the costs of capital 45 projects including, but not limited to, 46 construction, renovation, rehabilitation, 47 installation, acquisition, or expansion of AB 6 12654-06-8 DEPARTMENT
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