STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6578 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JORDAN, MARTUCCI, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to repeal part EEE of a chapter of the laws of 2021, relating to establishing the excluded workers fund to provide payments to workers who suffered a loss of work-related earnings or a major source of household income during a state of emergency declared by the governor and who are otherwise ineligible for unemployment insurance or other state or federal unemployment benefit, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.2509-C and A.3009-C; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to localities budget, in relation to repealing the excluded workers fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Part EEE of a chapter of the laws of 2021, relating to 2 establishing the excluded workers fund to provide payments to workers 3 who suffered a loss of work-related earnings or a major source of house- 4 hold income during a state of emergency declared by the governor and who 5 are otherwise ineligible for unemployment insurance or other state or 6 federal unemployment benefit, as proposed in legislative bills numbers 7 S.2509-C and A.3009-C, is REPEALED. 8 § 2. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2021, enacting the aid to 9 localities budget, is amended by repealing the items hereinbelow set 10 forth in brackets and by adding to such section the other items under- 11 scored in this section. 12 [~~THE EXCLUDED WORKERS FUND ............................... 2,100,000,000~~ 13 ~~--------------~~ 14 ~~General Fund~~ 15 ~~Local Assistance Account - 10000~~ EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10874-01-1

S. 6578 2 1 ~~For services and expenses of administering~~ 2 ~~the excluded workers fund. Notwithstand-~~ 3 ~~ing any inconsistent provision of law,~~ 4 ~~this appropriation may be used for grants~~ 5 ~~in aid or expenses of contracts with not-~~ 6 ~~for-profit agencies to be determined~~ 7 ~~pursuant to a plan to be developed by the~~ 8 ~~department of labor in consultation with~~ 9 ~~the director of the budget. Notwithstand-~~ 10 ~~ing any other provision of law to the~~ 11 ~~contrary, no more than ten percent of the~~ 12 ~~funds appropriated herein may be trans-~~ 13 ~~ferred or suballocated to any aid to~~ 14 ~~localities, state operations, or capital~~ 15 ~~appropriation of any state department,~~ 16 ~~agency, or authority to accomplish the~~ 17 ~~intent or purposes stated herein ......... 2,100,000,000~~ 18 ~~--------------~~ 19 ~~Program account subtotal ............... 2,100,000,000~~ 20 ~~--------------~~] 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; and shall be deemed to 22 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021; provided, 23 however that section one of this act shall take effect on the same date 24 and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021, relating to 25 establishing the excluded workers fund to provide payments to workers 26 who suffered a loss of work-related earnings or a major source of house- 27 hold income during a state of emergency declared by the governor and who 28 are otherwise ineligible for unemployment insurance or other state or 29 federal unemployment benefit, as proposed in legislative bill numbers 30 S.2509-C and A.3009-C, takes effect.

Repeals the excluded workers fund

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