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Assembly Bill A3757

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for continuing austerity contingency budget in the event of a budget stalemate

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2009-A3757 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4503
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Add Art 7 ยง4-a, Constn
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3137, S2963

2009-A3757 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that where the legislature has not passed a budget by the start of the fiscal year the budget bills for the previous year shall remain in effect with a five percent reduction in all appropriations except entitlement programs required by law and appropriations for debt service; such budget shall remain in effect until a balanced budget is passed.

2009-A3757 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3757

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, GREENE, PEOPLES -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  EDDINGTON, KOON, MAGEE -- read once  and  referred  to
  the Committee on Ways and Means

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing  an amendment to article 7 of the constitution, in relation to
  providing for a continuing austerity contingency budget in  the  event
  that  the budget submitted by the governor is not passed by the legis-
  lature before the start of the new fiscal year with or without permis-
  sible alterations

  Section 1.  Resolved (if the Senate concur), That  article  7  of  the
constitution be amended by adding a new section 4-a to read as follows:
  S  4-A.  IF, ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF THE STATE FISCAL YEAR WHICH
NEXT FOLLOWS SUBMISSION OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  BUDGET  BILLS  DESCRIBED  IN
SECTION  THREE  OF THIS ARTICLE, THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT PASSED, WITH OR
WITHOUT PERMISSIBLE ALTERATIONS, ONE OR MORE OF  SUCH  BILLS  CONTAINING
ALL  THE  PROPOSED  APPROPRIATIONS  AND REAPPROPRIATIONS INCLUDED IN THE
GOVERNOR'S SUBMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, THEN IN
SUCH EVENT ALL OF THE AUTHORITY TO RAISE AND SPEND  MONEYS  PURSUANT  TO
THE  PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BUDGET LAWS IN EFFECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR DURING
WHICH THE GOVERNOR'S SUBMISSION IS MADE SHALL CONTINUE IN EFFECT  DURING
THE  NEXT STATE FISCAL YEAR BUT SUCH SPENDING AUTHORITY SHALL BE LIMITED
BY A MANDATORY ACROSS-THE-BOARD FIVE  PERCENT  REDUCTION  IN  ALL  STATE
SPENDING,  EXCEPT  PAYMENTS FOR ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS MANDATED BY LAW AND
PAYMENTS FOR SERVICING THE STATE'S DEBT, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS NEW AUTHORI-
TY IS CONFERRED BY ADOPTION BY THE LEGISLATURE, WITH OR WITHOUT  PERMIS-
SIBLE  ALTERATIONS,  OF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THE BILLS SO SUBMITTED BY
THE GOVERNOR AND APPLICABLE TO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, WHICH ADOPTED  BILLS
IN  THE  AGGREGATE  CONSTITUTE,  IN  THE  JUDGMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE, A
BALANCED BUDGET.
  S 2.  Resolved (if the Senate concur),  That the  foregoing  amendment
be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.

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