Bill Text: NY S02265 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate once a month for the purpose of answering questions relating to the strategic direction, financial status and general governance of the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S02265 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02265-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2265

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law, in relation to monthly meetings
          between the governor and the legislature to allow the  legislature  to
          ask questions of the governor relating to matters concerning the state

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

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  170-g
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 170-g. Joint meeting of the governor and the assembly; joint meeting
     4  of  the  governor  and the senate. 1. Once each odd-numbered month, from
     5  January through June or during the pendency of the  regular  legislative
     6  session,  whichever  is longer, and on a regular or special session day,
     7  at the invitation of the speaker and minority leader  of  the  assembly,
     8  and  upon  agreement  by the speaker and the governor as to the date and
     9  time, the governor, for no less than one  hour,  shall  publicly  answer
    10  questions  pertaining  to  the strategic direction, financial status and
    11  general governance of the state from members  of  the  assembly  in  the
    12  assembly  chamber.  The  percentage  of time allotted for questions from
    13  members of the majority and minority parties shall be allotted based  on
    14  the  percentage  of  representation  of  each party in the assembly. The
    15  speaker and the minority leader shall determine, for the  time  allotted
    16  to each, which members of the assembly shall ask questions and the order
    17  in which the questions shall be asked.
    18    2.  Once each even-numbered month, from January through June or during
    19  the pendency of the regular legislative session,  whichever  is  longer,
    20  and on a regular or special session day, at the invitation of the tempo-
    21  rary president and the minority leader of the senate, and upon agreement
    22  by the temporary president and the governor as to the date and time, the
    23  governor,  for  no  less  than one hour, shall publicly answer questions
    24  pertaining to the strategic  direction,  financial  status  and  general

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03723-01-3

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     1  governance  of  the state from members of the senate in the senate cham-
     2  ber. The percentage of time allotted for questions from members  of  the
     3  majority  and minority parties shall be allotted based on the percentage
     4  of  representation  of each party in the senate. The temporary president
     5  of the senate and the minority leader  shall  determine,  for  the  time
     6  allotted  to  each,  which members of the senate shall ask questions and
     7  the order in which the questions shall be asked.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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