The
State Legislature is back at the Capitol working to finalize the State
Budget for fiscal year 2020-21 which begins today. Many of the final
bills are still being negotiated and as a result, we are awaiting
details on things like amending discovery reform, siting of renewable
energy projects, expansion of
prevailing wage, along with other initiatives.
Here is what we know at this time:
The Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) – The
Budget makes no changes to the amount of AIM funding for cities,
villages and towns and the associated AIM-related payments that certain
villages and towns receive from county sales tax revenue.
Transportation Funding – CHIPS
is funded at the current $438 million and the Budget includes the
additional $65 million in Extreme Winter Recovery funding.
Discovery Reform Implementation Aid – The
Budget includes $40 million, which would be transferred from the Office
of the Manhattan District Attorney, to support local services and
expenses related to discovery reform implementation, including but not
limited to, digital evidence transmission technology, administrative
support, computers, hardware and operating software, data connectivity,
development of training materials, staff training, overtime costs,
litigation readiness, and pretrial services. Eligible entities include,
but are not limited to counties, cities with populations less than one
million, and law enforcement and prosecutorial entities within towns and
villages.
Mid-Year Budget Reduction – The
Budget includes language that would permit the State Budget Director to
make uniform reductions to appropriations if the State Budget becomes
unbalanced because revenues fall below projections or expenditures rise
above projections during a given period. The proposed reductions would
be shared with the Legislature and they will have ten days to prepare
and adopt their own plan. If the Legislature does not do so, the Budget
Director’s proposed reductions would go into effect automatically.
We will continue to provide you with updates as more information becomes available.
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