BILL NUMBER:A10225
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to
requiring that legislative bills contain fiscal impact statements list-
ing estimated costs to an affected entity; in relation to requiring
fiscal impact statements to be displayed on the digital board of the
assembly chamber during deliberation of bills
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation would require bills
before the New York State Legislature to contain estimated costs to an
affected entity; and require fiscal impact costs to be displayed on the
digital board of the Assembly chamber during deliberation of such bill.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 and 3 of
section 51 of the legislative law is amended to add any bill that
relates to New York State or any political subdivision shall contain a
fiscal impact note and such fiscal impact note shall be display upon the
digital display in the Assembly chamber during the consideration of such
bill or amendment.
JUSTIFICATION: This bill would require fiscal impact notes to be
contained in all legislative bills that would have fiscal implications
on any political subdivisions. Fiscal costs to our local municipalities
should really be considered when voting on a bill. This bill would also
require fiscal impact to be displayed on the digital display in the
Assembly chamber when a bill is being debated and voted on. This would
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10225
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 11, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring that
legislative bills contain fiscal impact statements listing estimated
costs to an affected entity; in relation to requiring fiscal impact
statements to be displayed on the digital board of the assembly cham-
ber during deliberation of bills
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 51 of the legislative law,
as added by chapter 985 of the laws of 1983, are amended to read as
follows:
2. [The legislature shall by concurrent resolution of the senate and
assembly prescribe rules requiring fiscal notes to accompany, on a sepa-
rate form, bills and amendments to bills, except as otherwise prescribed
by such rules,] A BILL WHICH ENACTS OR AMENDS ANY PROVISION OF LAW
RELATING TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SIONS, AND which would substantially affect the revenues or expenses, or
both, of any political subdivision SHALL CONTAIN A FISCAL IMPACT NOTE
STATING THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COSTS TO SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AND THE
SOURCE OF SUCH ESTIMATE. FOR EVERY BILL OR AMENDMENT THEREOF WHICH IS TO
BE VOTED UPON BY THE ASSEMBLY, SUCH FISCAL IMPACT NOTE SHALL BE
DISPLAYED UPON THE DIGITAL DISPLAY IN THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER DURING THE
CONSIDERATION OF SUCH BILL OR AMENDMENT.
3. Fiscal notes shall not, however, be required for bills: (a) subject
to the provisions of section fifty of this chapter, or (b) accompanied
by special home rule requests submitted by political subdivisions, or
(c) which provide discretionary authority to political subdivisions[, or
(d) submitted pursuant to section twenty-four of the state finance law].
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16062-01-0
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