Bill Text: NY S04059 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the governor to attach fiscal notes to executive orders affecting revenues or expenses of political subdivisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-26 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04059 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04059-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4059
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 26, 2019
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        Introduced by Sen. ANTONACCI -- 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 requiring the governor
          to  attach  fiscal  notes  to  executive  orders affecting revenues or
          expenses of political subdivisions
          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 13 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 13. Fiscal notes on executive orders  affecting  political  subdivi-
     4  sions. 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "political subdivi-
     5  sion"  means any county, city, town, village, special district or school
     6  district.
     7    2. The governor shall attach a fiscal note to  every  executive  order
     8  which  would  affect the revenues or expenses, or both, of any political
     9  subdivision. Such fiscal notes shall fully disclose the costs and source
    10  of funding of every provision of the executive order which would  affect
    11  the revenue or expenses of any political subdivision.
    12    3.  Fiscal  notes shall not, however, be required for executive orders
    13  which provide discretionary authority to political subdivisions.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10161-01-9