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Assembly Bill A660

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires all appropriations and reappropriations shall be specifically itemized to ensure accountability in the use of public funds

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2009-A660 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง43, St Fin L

2009-A660 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all appropriations and reappropriations shall be specifically itemized to demonstrate the purpose of such appropriation and to ensure accountability in the use of public funds; requires such specific itemization shall be in clear and plain language.

2009-A660 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   660

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring specif-
  ically itemized appropriations to ensure accountability

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 43 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter
169 of the laws of 1994, the second undesignated paragraph as amended by
chapter 137 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  S 43.  Specific appropriations limited as to  use;  certain  appropri-
ations  to  be  specific.   1. Money appropriated for a specific purpose
shall not be used for any other purpose, and the comptroller  shall  not
draw a warrant for the payment of any sum appropriated, unless it clear-
ly  appears  from  the detailed statement presented to him by the person
demanding the same as required by this chapter, that  the  purposes  for
which  such  money  is demanded are those for which it was appropriated.
The comptroller shall not audit any claim for salary,  labor  or  wages,
unless  an appropriation applicable thereto has been already made speci-
fying the amount thereof appropriated for such purpose.
  2. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the comptroller  shall  not
audit  any  claim or account or draw a warrant for the payment of moneys
for the purchase of an aircraft intended primarily for  the  purpose  of
carrying  passengers  or  the rent of an aircraft for such purpose for a
period longer than ten days. The provision of  this  section  shall  not
apply  to the necessary rental of automobiles for construction and main-
tenance work on the highways of the state or for grade  crossing  elimi-
nation work.
  3. ALL APPROPRIATIONS AND REAPPROPRIATIONS SHALL BE SPECIFICALLY ITEM-
IZED  AND  DETAILED  TO  DEMONSTRATE  THE PURPOSE OF SUCH APPROPRIATION,
INCLUDING THE REVENUE  SOURCE  OF  SUCH  APPROPRIATION,  AND  TO  ENSURE

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

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