S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7591
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
July 7, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to providing funding
for the universal basic income pilot program; establishing the
universal basic income pilot program; making an appropriation there-
for; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Universal basic income pilot program. 1. Notwithstanding
any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the state comptroller, no
later than January 1, 2025, shall establish and implement a two year
pilot program to demonstrate the economic impacts and state-level cost
savings of a universal basic income.
2. The pilot program shall include 10,000 participants randomly chosen
from applicants from across the state. Participants shall agree to fully
participate in the study and analysis of the universal basic income
pilot program. Participants in the program shall receive $7,200 per year
for individuals and $14,400 per year for couples. Universal basic income
received by participants shall not be included in determining eligibil-
ity for the supplemental nutrition assistance program or temporary
assistance for needy families.
3. The comptroller shall establish eligibility criteria and a
selection process, including but not limited to the following:
(a) participants shall be within the ages of 21 and 65 years old;
(b) participants may receive social services from programs such as the
supplemental nutrition assistance program or temporary assistance for
needy families;
(c) participants shall have verifiable employment on a part-time or
full-time basis; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(d) each participant shall have an annual income of $35,600 per year
or less.
4. Not later than one year after the conclusion of the pilot program,
the comptroller shall compile a report, in cooperation with the depart-
ment of health, department of labor and New York city department of
health and mental hygiene, to the division of budget which shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) information from the department of health and New York city
department of health and mental hygiene on the effects of universal
basic income on the health, stress levels and mental health of partic-
ipants;
(b) information from the department of labor assessing the number of
individuals seeking employment in order to qualify for universal basic
income;
(c) socio-demographic information, including but not limited to the
age, race, ethnicity, education level, family composition, community of
residence, housing costs, additional income, and government benefits
received, of each participant and their family;
(d) data on how individuals allocated the funds they received;
(e) analysis of cost benefit and cost savings extrapolated from the
pilot to a true universal basic income scheme;
(f) recommendations on implementing a statewide universal basic income
program, including monthly payment amounts, that will maximize cost
savings and public benefits; and
(g) draft legislation to implement the recommended statewide universal
basic income program.
§ 2. Subdivision 7 of section 92-b of the state finance law, as added
by section 10 of part SS-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended
to read as follows:
7. When all the notes and bonds of the municipal assistance corpo-
ration for the city of New York have been fully paid and discharged,
together with interest thereon and interest on unpaid installments of
interest, and the chairman of the corporation makes the final certif-
ication required by subdivision seven of section ninety-two-d of this
article, the comptroller must notify the commissioner of taxation and
finance that all remaining funds held in the stock transfer tax fund
must be released to the stock transfer incentive fund. From that time
forward, all funds previously deposited in the stock transfer tax fund
pursuant to subdivision two of this section will be deposited directly
into the stock transfer incentive fund pursuant to all the rules, regu-
lations or instructions that the commissioner may prescribe, after
deducting the amount the commissioner determines to be necessary for
reasonable costs of the department in administering, collecting and
distributing the tax imposed by article twelve of the tax law, AND
BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, AFTER DEDUCTING THE
AMOUNT THE COMPTROLLER DETERMINES IS NECESSARY TO FUND THE UNIVERSAL
BASIC INCOME PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS
OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this article, to the extent those moneys are not required by the stock
transfer incentive fund for the purpose of administering and making
distributions in accordance with the provisions of section two hundred
eighty-a of the tax law, as certified by the commissioner of taxation
and finance, the balance will be appropriated to the city of New York
for the support of local government.
§ 3. The sum of two hundred eighty-eight million ($288,000,000), or so
much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the state
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comptroller, fifty percent out of any moneys in the state treasury in
the general fund to the credit of the universal basic income pilot
program, not otherwise appropriated, and fifty percent out of the moneys
in the stock transfer tax fund to the credit of the universal basic
income pilot program, and made immediately available, for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on
the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or
approved by the comptroller in the manner prescribed by law.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed five years after such date.