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Assembly Bill A7508

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the distribution of appropriations for humanitarian aid including short term shelter services to migrant individuals and families

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2023-A7508 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2505

2023-A7508 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2023-A7508 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7508
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               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:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that the
 state of New York has a migrant crisis and that as the state distributes
 state or federal funding for the relief of  this  migrant  crisis,  such
 spending  must  be done in a transparent manner with the legislature and
 oversight from the comptroller.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule  and  regulation
 to  the  contrary,  any state or federal funds used for humanitarian aid
 including short term shelter services to migrant individuals  and  fami-
 lies,  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 shall have the governor report to the temporary president  of
 the  senate,  the  speaker  of  the assembly, the minority leader of the
 senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the  chair  of  the  senate
 finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee
 every  thirty days an accounting of all money distributed in relation to
 any appropriation.
   § 3. Section 8 of the state finance law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION OF LAW, EXAMINE AND
 AUDIT ALL STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED OR RECEIVED FOR THE  HUMA-
 NITARIAN  AID  INCLUDING SHORT TERM SHELTER SERVICES TO MIGRANT INDIVID-
 UALS AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMANITARIAN EMERGEN-
 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.
                                                            LBD11437-02-3

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