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Assembly Bill A4936

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires bills which increase a political subdivision's annual expenditures by $10,000 or more to include an appropriation to cover such increase

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2009-A4936 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง51, Leg L

2009-A4936 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every bill which requires a political subdivision of the state to annually expend additional funds of $10,000 or more, to include an appropriation to cover such additional expenditure or a new revenue source therefor.

2009-A4936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4936

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law,  in relation to certain bills
  requiring political subdivisions to expend monies

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

  Section  1. Section 51 of the legislative law, as added by chapter 985
of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
  S 51. Fiscal impact notes on bills affecting  political  subdivisions.
1.  For  the  purpose  of this section, the term "political subdivision"
means any county,  city,  town,  village,  special  district  or  school
district.
  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,  which  would  substantially  affect  the  revenues  or
expenses, or both, of any political subdivision.
  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.
  4. If the estimate or estimates contained in a fiscal note are inaccu-
rate, such inaccuracies shall not  affect,  impair  or  invalidate  such
bill.
  5.  EVERY  BILL  WHICH  IMPOSES A DUTY OR REQUIREMENT UPON A POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION TO EXPEND ADDITIONAL FUNDS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS  OR  MORE
DURING  ANY  FISCAL YEAR OF SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, SHALL INCLUDE AN
APPROPRIATION TO REIMBURSE  SUCH  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  FOR  THE  FULL
AMOUNT  OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS REQUIRED TO BE EXPENDED PURSUANT TO SUCH
BILL OR SHALL ESTABLISH A MEANS FOR SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO GENER-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05175-01-9

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