Senate Bill S3979

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate once a month to answer questions relating to the state

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  • 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

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2019-S3979 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8794
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7938
2011-2012: S401
2013-2014: S3436
2015-2016: S2677
2017-2018: S5014, A8620
2021-2022: S1433, A4529
2023-2024: S2265, A4417

2019-S3979 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2019-S3979 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3979
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, LIU, MONTGOMERY, 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:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  170-c
 to read as follows:
   § 170-C. JOINT MEETING OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE ASSEMBLY; JOINT MEETING
 OF  THE  GOVERNOR  AND THE SENATE. 1. ONCE EACH ODD-NUMBERED MONTH, FROM
 JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OR DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE  REGULAR  LEGISLATIVE
 SESSION,  WHICHEVER  IS LONGER, AND ON A REGULAR OR SPECIAL SESSION DAY,
 AT THE INVITATION OF THE SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,
 AND  UPON  AGREEMENT  BY THE SPEAKER AND THE GOVERNOR AS TO THE DATE AND
 TIME, THE GOVERNOR, FOR NO LESS THAN ONE  HOUR,  SHALL  PUBLICLY  ANSWER
 QUESTIONS  PERTAINING  TO  THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION, FINANCIAL STATUS AND
 GENERAL GOVERNANCE OF THE STATE FROM MEMBERS  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  IN  THE
 ASSEMBLY  CHAMBER.  THE  PERCENTAGE  OF TIME ALLOTTED FOR QUESTIONS FROM
 MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY PARTIES SHALL BE ALLOTTED BASED  ON
 THE  PERCENTAGE  OF  REPRESENTATION  OF  EACH PARTY IN THE ASSEMBLY. THE
 SPEAKER AND THE MINORITY LEADER SHALL DETERMINE, FOR THE  TIME  ALLOTTED
 TO EACH, WHICH MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL ASK QUESTIONS AND THE ORDER
 IN WHICH THE QUESTIONS SHALL BE ASKED.
   2.  ONCE EACH EVEN-NUMBERED MONTH, FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OR DURING
 THE PENDENCY OF THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION,  WHICHEVER  IS  LONGER,
 AND ON A REGULAR OR SPECIAL SESSION DAY, AT THE INVITATION OF THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND UPON AGREEMENT
 BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNOR AS TO THE DATE AND TIME, THE
 GOVERNOR,  FOR  NO  LESS  THAN ONE HOUR, SHALL PUBLICLY ANSWER QUESTIONS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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