Senate Bill S3949

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that the governor's article 7 appropriation bills be specifically itemized to assure accountability

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2009-S3949 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7939
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 7 §3, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1843, A6390
2013-2014: A2013
2015-2016: A5772

2009-S3949 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the governor's appropriation and reappropriation budget bills be specifically itemized to assure accountability; provides that the purpose of such appropriations shall be specified in clear and plain language and shall refer to the commonly used name and the pertinent provisions of law; applies also to thirty-day amendments of the executive budget.

2009-S3949 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3949

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 3 of article 7 of the constitution, in
  relation to requiring that the appropriations bills submitted  to  the
  legislature  by  the  governor  set forth with enough specificity each
  appropriation

  Section 1.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 3 of arti-
cle 7 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S 3. At the time of submitting  the  budget  to  the  legislature  the
governor shall submit a bill or bills containing all the proposed appro-
priations  and  reappropriations included in the budget and the proposed
legislation, if any, recommended therein.  ALL APPROPRIATIONS AND  REAP-
PROPRIATIONS  SHALL  BE  SPECIFICALLY  ITEMIZED BY THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH
THEY MAY BE USED TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE USE  OF  PUBLIC  FUNDS.
SUCH  PURPOSES  SHALL BE SPECIFIED IN CLEAR AND PLAIN LANGUAGE AND SHALL
REFER TO BOTH THE COMMONLY USED NAMES OF THE PROGRAMS  COVERED  BY  SUCH
APPROPRIATIONS  AND  THE  PROVISION  OF  LAW  (IF  ANY)  AUTHORIZING THE
PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, OR EXPENDITURES COVERED BY SUCH APPROPRIATIONS.
  The governor may at any time within thirty days thereafter  and,  with
the consent of the legislature, at any time before the adjournment ther-
eof,  amend  or supplement the budget and submit amendments to any bills
submitted by him or her or submit supplemental  bills.    ALL  APPROPRI-
ATIONS  AND  REAPPROPRIATIONS,  CONTAINED  IN SUCH AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLE-
MENTAL BILLS, SHALL BE SPECIFICALLY ITEMIZED BY THE  PURPOSE  FOR  WHICH
THEY  MAY  BE  USED. SUCH PURPOSES SHALL BE SPECIFIED IN CLEAR AND PLAIN
LANGUAGE AND SHALL REFER TO BOTH THE COMMONLY USED NAMES OF THE PROGRAMS
COVERED BY SUCH APPROPRIATIONS AND THE PROVISION OF LAW (IF ANY) AUTHOR-
IZING THE PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, OR EXPENDITURES COVERED BY  SUCH  APPRO-
PRIATIONS.
  The governor and the heads of departments shall have the right, and it
shall  be  the duty of the heads of departments when requested by either

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

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.