Bill Text: NY A04834 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4834 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the sufficiency of itemization in the state budget; requires budget bills to clearly reference the section in the accompanying bill or bills where the corresponding appropriation or reappropriation can be located and requires that the legislature not act upon bills that neglect to do so.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-01 - held for consideration in ways and means [A04834 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04834-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4834

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RA,  BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, WALSH, MONTESANO,
          B. MILLER, M. MILLER, HAWLEY,  MORINELLO,  PALMESANO,  NORRIS,  BYRNE,
          BYRNES,  MIKULIN, MANKTELOW, TAGUE, BRABENEC, ASHBY -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A.  SALKA -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
          Ways and Means

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law  and the state finance law, in
          relation to sufficiency of itemization in budget bills

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 53-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  53-a.  Budget  item identification and limitation. All budget bills
     4  submitted by the governor pursuant to section three of article seven  of
     5  the constitution, containing proposed legislation, shall clearly identi-
     6  fy  a  corresponding appropriation within the budget appropriation bills
     7  submitted by the governor for that fiscal year.  The  legislature  shall
     8  not act upon budget bills, pursuant to section three of article seven of
     9  the  constitution submitted by the governor, unless such bills have been
    10  sufficiently itemized by setting forth, with particularity, the  section
    11  of  the  corresponding  appropriation.  Provided,  however, this section
    12  shall not apply to proposed legislation that amends the tax law.
    13    § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 24 of the state
    14  finance law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2007, is amended  to
    15  read as follows:
    16    The  budget submitted annually by the governor shall be simultaneously
    17  accompanied by a bill or bills for all proposed appropriations and reap-
    18  propriations and for the proposed measures of taxation or  other  legis-
    19  lation,  if  any,  recommended therein. Such bills shall be submitted by
    20  the governor and shall be known as budget bills. Such budget bills shall
    21  clearly reference the section in the accompanying bill  or  bills  where
    22  the corresponding appropriation or reappropriation can be located.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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