Bill Text: NY S00874 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that special revenue funds shall not be transferred or loaned temporarily without specific statutory authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S00874 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S00874-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 874--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the transfer and temporary loan of special revenue funds THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 4 of the state finance law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 3 11. (A) NO MONEY OR OTHER FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 4 SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND THEREAFTER 5 FOR TRANSFER OR TEMPORARY LOAN WITHOUT SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR 6 SUCH TRANSFER OR TEMPORARY LOAN. THE STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL BE AUTHOR- 7 IZED TO LOAN SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS MONEY ONLY AFTER STATUTORY APPROVAL 8 FOR SUCH ACTION. THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF BUDGET SHALL NOT 9 AUTHORIZE OR PROVIDE ANY CERTIFICATES OF AUTHORIZATION. SUCH STATUTORY 10 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT BE SUPERSEDED, OVERRULED OR OBVIATED 11 BY ANY PROVISION OF LAW CONTAINING NOTWITHSTANDING LANGUAGE. 12 (B) THE DIVISION OF BUDGET, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE COMP- 13 TROLLER, SHALL DEVELOP PLANS FOR THE REPAYMENT OVER FIVE YEARS OF MONIES 14 TRANSFERRED FROM SUCH SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TO THE GENERAL FUND. BEFORE 15 THE ADOPTION OF SUCH PLANS THE DIVISION OF BUDGET SHALL CONDUCT A SERIES 16 OF PUBLIC HEARINGS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES, OFFICES 17 OR DEPARTMENTS ON SUCH PLANS. SUCH PLANS SHALL BE POSTED ON THE HOMEPAGE 18 OF THE WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY SUCH DIVISION. IF THE DIVISION OF BUDGET 19 FAILS TO PRODUCE SUCH PLANS WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF AUTHORIZ- 20 ING SUCH TRANSFERS, THEN THE DIVISION OF BUDGET SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF 21 SUCH FAILURE ON SUCH HOMEPAGE AND CONDUCT A TIMELY PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 22 FAILURE TO PRODUCE SUCH PLANS. THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET SHALL SUBMIT EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04608-02-3 S. 874--A 2 1 SUCH PLANS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE 2 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE 3 AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE WITHIN 4 FIFTEEN DAYS OF ADOPTION. 5 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.