Bill Text: NY A02255 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring a public hearing on the New York city transit authority annual operating budget

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A02255 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02255-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2255
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. NOLAN, MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         COLTON, DINOWITZ, PHEFFER, WRIGHT -- read once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring a
         public hearing on the New York city transit authority annual operating
         budget
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
    2  section 1203-c to read as follows:
    3    S 1203-C. ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET HEARING; FORM AND CONTENT OF  ANNUAL
    4  BUDGET.  1.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL,  AT  LEAST  SIXTY  DAYS PRIOR TO THE
    5  ADOPTION BY THE BOARD OF ITS ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, PUBLISH A PRELIMI-
    6  NARY BUDGET. AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS PRIOR  TO  ADOPTING  ITS  BUDGET,  THE
    7  BOARD  OF  THE  AUTHORITY SHALL, UPON THIRTY DAYS' PUBLIC NOTICE, HOLD A
    8  HEARING TO OBTAIN PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITS PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
    9    2. THE PRELIMINARY AND ADOPTED BUDGETS SHALL CONSIST OF PROPOSED UNITS
   10  OF APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICE AND PROPOSED  UNITS  OF  APPROPRI-
   11  ATION  FOR OTHER THAN PERSONAL SERVICE FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR. EACH
   12  PROPOSED UNIT OF APPROPRIATION SHALL REPRESENT THE AMOUNT  PROPOSED  FOR
   13  PERSONAL  SERVICE  OR  FOR  OTHER THAN PERSONAL SERVICE FOR A PARTICULAR
   14  PROGRAM, PURPOSE, OR ACTIVITY AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STATEMENT OF
   15  THE PROGRAMMATIC OBJECTIVES  OF  THE  PARTICULAR  PROGRAM,  PURPOSE,  OR
   16  ACTIVITY  INVOLVED. EACH PROPOSED UNIT OF APPROPRIATION CONTAINED IN THE
   17  BUDGET SHALL BE SUPPORTED BY LINE ITEMS SHOWING HOW THE TOTAL AMOUNT  OF
   18  SUCH  UNIT  IS  DETERMINED.  THE UNITS OF APPROPRIATION SHALL BE IN SUCH
   19  FORM AND CONTAIN SUCH INFORMATION AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE MEMBERS OF
   20  THE BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to  budg-
   22  ets of the authority which are proposed at least 6 months after this act
   23  shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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