Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to finance |
Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S5293
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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
Actions
2009-S5293 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1272
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- State Finance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §53-e, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S49
2013-2014: S228
2009-S5293 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires disclosure of proposed recipients of member item appropriations; requires all members to be allowed an equal amount of appropriations for member items; makes the process of distributing member item funds more open to the public and provides for more equitable distribution of funds.
2009-S5293 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5293 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to legislative additions to the governor's proposed budget bills PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To make the process of distributing "member items" more open and equitable. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Adds a new section 53-e to the state finance law, to make the process of distributing member items: Provides that if there is any addition to the governor's budget bill for a member item, then every legislator in that house shall be entitled to direct an equal appropriation for use in his or her legislative district. The senate finance and assembly ways and means committee shall provide the following for each proposed additional appropriation as described in subdivision one of this section: * the formal name of the program, its sponsoring group, and its full address; the names of the sponsoring legislator or legislators; * a description of and justification for the program; and * whether a sponsoring legislator, or any of his or her family
2009-S5293 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5293 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to legislative addi- tions to the governor's proposed budget bills THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 53-e to read as follows: S 53-E. LEGISLATIVE ADDITIONS TO THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET BILLS. 1. IF THERE IS ANY ADDITION TO A GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET BILL PROPOSED OR SPONSORED FOR INCLUSION IN SUCH BILL BY ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY FOR PURPOSES OF FUNDING PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS WITHIN SUCH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER'S DISTRICT, THEN EACH INDIVIDUAL SENATOR SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN EQUAL APPROPRIATION AS ANY OTHER SENATOR AND EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN EQUAL APPROPRIATION AS ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY. 2. THE SENATE FINANCE AND THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING FOR EACH PROPOSED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION: THE FORMAL NAME OF THE PROGRAM; ITS SPONSORING GROUP; ITS FULL ADDRESS; ITS LEGISLATIVE SPONSOR OR SPONSORS; AND A DESCRIPTION OF AND JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PROGRAM. 3. THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE SHALL ESTABLISH FURTHER RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A PROPOSED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE BUDGET. 4. ANY PROPOSED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MUST BE INCLUDED IN A BUDGET BILL AS A LINE-ITEM. 5. ANY MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE WHO SPONSORS ANY PROPOSED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MUST DISCLOSE WHETHER OR NOT THEY, OR ANY SPOUSE OR RELATIVE DEFINED IN SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, IS AN EMPLOYEE OR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01672-01-9
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.