NY State Senate Bill 2009-S4526

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Jun 21, 2010	amended on third reading 4526a
Jun 16, 2010	ordered to third reading cal.1001
Jun 15, 2010	committee discharged and committed to rules
Apr 13, 2010	reported and committed to finance
Jan 06, 2010	referred to investigations and government operations
Apr 24, 2009	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Jun 16, 2010 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4526
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 16, 2010
      
      aye (13)
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espada
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Serrano
      
      Smith
      
      Stachowski
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (7)
      
      Farley
      
      Johnson
      
      Larkin
      
      Saland
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Volker
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Hannon
      
      LaValle
      
      Padavan
  Apr 13, 2010 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S4526
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  2
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Apr 13, 2010
      
      aye (5)
      
      Diaz
      
      Espada
      
      Golden
      
      Klein
      
      Stachowski
      
      nay (2)
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Winner
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Johnson

Bill Amendments

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2009-S4526 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A653
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 4-B §§76 & 77, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S445, A5927
2013-2014: S3450, A79
2015-2016: S2672, A5717
2017-2018: S4583, A8600, A10579
2019-2020: S3287, A1835
2021-2022: S6819, A8636
2023-2024: S480, A3741

2009-S4526 - Summary

Creates the non-partisan legislative budget office; directs such office shall provide information to legislative committees of the senate and assembly with respect to the state budget, appropriation bills and other bills providing budget authority or tax expenditures; requires such office to report to the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.

2009-S4526 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4526               REVISED 05/03/10

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to creation of the
non-partisan legislative budget office


 PURPOSE :
Creates a nonpartisan budget office to provide budget related
information to the committees of the senate and assembly.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Creates a new Article 4-B of the Legislative Law.

 EXISTING LAW :
None.

 JUSTIFICATION :
A nonpartisan legislative budget office (LBO) should be created in
order to provide objective analysis of the state's budget and fiscal
situation.  Modeled on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the
mission of the LBO will be to provide budget, economic and policy
analysis for the residents of the state and its elected officials.
Their role at the LBO will be to increase the legislature's
understanding of the budget and how it affects New Yorkers.

Currently, the majority and minority parties of each house of the
legislature as well as the governor have a fiscal and budget staff to
provide them insight into the financial matters of the state. These
partisan offices provide information solely to their respective
membership. This costly and duplicative process entrenches the parties
and reinforces their positions.  Rather than using unbiased figures,
each house uses its numbers to the advantage of their priorities and
at the expense of their adversaries. The result has been a protracted
budget debate where positions are staked and compromise is limited. A
single nonpartisan budget office will ameliorate the situation and
provide all the members with raw data which they can utilize in
shaping a policy debate among their colleagues.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
Revenue neutral. Funding for a Legislative Budget Office would be
redirected from the Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and
Means Committee. The legislative fiscal committees would jointly
financially support an LBO, which would assume their revenue
estimating and program scoring responsibilities.  Its estimated annual
operating budget is $2 million.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4526 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4526

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in  relation  to  creation  of  the
  non-partisan legislative budget office

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

  Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article  4-B
to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 4-B
                 NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE
SECTION 76. NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE.
        77. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE; REPORT.
  S  76. NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
ARTICLE:
  A. "OFFICE" MEANS THE NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE  BUDGET  OFFICE  ESTAB-
LISHED IN THIS ARTICLE; AND
  B. "DIRECTOR" MEANS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDG-
ET OFFICE.
  2.  THERE  IS HEREBY CREATED A NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE.
THE HEAD OF SUCH OFFICE SHALL BE THE DIRECTOR WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED  BY
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY FOR A TERM OF SEVEN YEARS.
THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL  HOLD  NO  OTHER PUBLIC OFFICE WHILE SERVING AS THE
DIRECTOR. THE DIRECTOR SHALL RECEIVE SUCH COMPENSATION AS MAY  BE  FIXED
BY THE LEGISLATURE.
  S 77. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE; REPORT. 1. THE OFFICE SHALL:
  A. PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND
ASSEMBLY WITH RESPECT TO THE STATE BUDGET, APPROPRIATION BILLS AND OTHER
BILLS PROVIDING BUDGET AUTHORITY OR TAX EXPENDITURES;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00816-01-9

S. 4526                             2

  B.  EXAMINE  AND REVIEW ALL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE STATE FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RENDERING REVENUE ESTIMATES USED IN DETERMINING  WHETHER  ANY
PROPOSED STATE BUDGET IS BALANCED;
  C.  BE CHARGED WITH THE DUTY OF RENDERING ANTICIPATED REVENUE FORECAST
REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR FOR THE PURPOSES OF  FACILI-
TATING PASSAGE OF THE STATE BUDGET IN A TIMELY MANNER; AND
  D.  PROVIDE  ASSISTANCE  IN  DETERMINING THE FISCAL IMPACT OF PROPOSED
LEGISLATION.
  2. THE DIRECTOR MAY APPOINT BUDGET ANALYSTS, ASSISTANTS AND SUCH OTHER
EMPLOYEES AS HE OR SHE MAY DEEM NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE,  PRESCRIBE  SUCH
EMPLOYEE'S  DUTIES  AND  FIX  SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S  COMPENSATION  WITHIN THE
AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED AND  MADE  AVAILABLE  THEREFOR.  THE  DIRECTOR  MAY
REQUEST  AND  SHALL RECEIVE FROM ALL PUBLIC OFFICERS, DEPARTMENTS, AGEN-
CIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE STATE AND ITS POLITICAL  SUBDIVISIONS,  SUCH
ASSISTANCE  AND  DATA AS SHALL BE NECESSARY TO PROJECT ANTICIPATED STATE
REVENUES FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES.
  3. THE OFFICE SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF  THE
SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY WHICH SHALL INCLUDE:
  A.  DOCUMENTATION  OF  FISCAL  POLICIES OF THE STATE, INCLUDING BUDGET
AUTHORITY;
  B. WRITTEN ESTIMATES  OF  ANTICIPATED  STATE  REVENUES  FOR  BUDGETARY
PURPOSES;
  C. PROJECTED ECONOMIC FACTORS AND FORECASTS; AND
  D.  SUMMARIZATION  OF  THE BUDGET PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE CONSTITUTION.
  SUCH REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED ON THE FIRST OF MARCH EACH YEAR FOR THE
NEXT SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR. AFTER SUBMISSION TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT
OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, SUCH REPORT SHALL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, UPON REQUEST.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2009-S4526A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A653
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 4-B §§76 & 77, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S445, A5927
2013-2014: S3450, A79
2015-2016: S2672, A5717
2017-2018: S4583, A8600, A10579
2019-2020: S3287, A1835
2021-2022: S6819, A8636
2023-2024: S480, A3741

2009-S4526A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S4526A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4526A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to creation of the
non-partisan legislative budget office

PURPOSE:
Creates a nonpartisan budget office to provide budget related
information to the committees of the senate and assembly.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 creates a new Article 4-B of the Legislative Law and amends
Section 30 of the Legislative Law.
Section 76. Non-partisan Legislative Budget Office.
1. Definitions.
2. Appointment of the Director of the Legislative Budget Office. The
Director shall be appointed to a seven-year term by a joint resolution
requiring a super-majority vote of both the senate and assembly.
3. Appointment of a Deputy Director, who can temporarily succeed the
Director when the Director resigns or is removed before his or her
term expires.
4. Director prohibitions and compensation.
5. Removal of the Director through a two-thirds vote from the members
elected to either branch of the legislature.  Section 77. Powers and
duties of the office; report.
1. Types of fiscal analytical information the Director shall provide

to the Legislature.
2. Assistance the Legislative Budget Office shall provide to
committees of th Senate and Assembly.
3. Hiring authority of the Director.
4. Legislative Budget Office report on the Executive Budget.
5. Funding sources the Legislative Budget Office and spending
authority of its Director.
Section 2. amends Section 30 of the Legislative Law.  Legislative
budget office access to all state entities Authority of the
Legislative Budget Office to gain access to all state entities for the
purpose of obtaining information on state operations and financial
conditions.

EXISTING LAW:
None.

JUSTIFICATION:
A nonpartisan legislative budget office (LBO) should be created in
order to provide objective analysis of the state's budget and fiscal
situation. Modeled on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the
mission of the LBO will be to provide budget, economic and policy
analysis for the residents of the state and its elected officials.
Their role at the LBO will be to increase the legislature's
understanding of the budget and how it affects New Yorkers.

Currently, the majority and minority parties of each house of the
Legislature as well as the governor have a fiscal and budget staff to
provide them insight into the financial matters of the state. These
partisan offices provide information solely to their respective
membership. This costly and duplicative process entrenches the parties


and reinforces their positions. Rather than using unbiased figures,
each house uses its numbers to the advantage of their priorities and
at the expense of their adversaries. The result has been a protracted
budget debate where positions are staked and compromise is limited. A
single nonpartisan budget office will ameliorate the situation and
provide all the members with raw data which they can utilize in
shaping a policy debate among their colleagues.

The effectiveness of the LBO rests squarely on its ability to serve
all members of the Legislature, regardless of the house in which they
serve or the side of the isle on which they sit. To achieve this end,
under this legislation, majority and minority members would be granted
equal access to the services of the LBO and reports it prepares. At
the committee level, the LBO would have to respond to requests for
information from the chairs and ranking members of Senate and Assembly
committees. At the member level, the LBO would have to provide
assistance in preparing fiscal notes for bills at the request of any
legislator based on a priority processing system developed by the
director in consolation with the chairs and ranking members of the
Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Assembly Ways and Means
Committee.

Further, to help build trust between the LBO and the Senate and
Assembly, the new office's Director would be selected regardless of
his or her political affiliation by the majority leaders of the Senate
and Assembly, in consultation with the minority leaders of the Senate
and Assembly. The Director shall then be appointed by a joint
resolution requiring a super majority vote of both the Senate and
Assembly.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Revenue neutral. The legislative budget office shall be funded from
the Legislative Budget, with equal allocations provided by the senate
and the assembly as they deem appropriate.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4526A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4526--A
    Cal. No. 1001

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, OPPENHEIMER, SERRANO, STAVISKY,
  THOMPSON,  VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
  to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations  and  Government
  Operations  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Investigations and
  Government Operations in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
  on Finance -- committee discharged and  said  bill  committed  to  the
  Committee  on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
  reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in  relation  to  creation  of  the
  non-partisan legislative budget office

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

  Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article  4-B
to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 4-B
                 NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE
SECTION 76. NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE.
        77. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE; REPORT.
  S  76. NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
ARTICLE:
  A. "OFFICE" MEANS THE NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE  BUDGET  OFFICE  ESTAB-
LISHED IN THIS ARTICLE; AND
  B. "DIRECTOR" MEANS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDG-
ET OFFICE.
  C.  "SUPER-MAJORITY  VOTE"  MEANS  A  VOTE REQUIRING TWO-THIRDS OF THE
MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE.
  2. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE  BUDGET  OFFICE.
THE  HEAD OF SUCH OFFICE SHALL BE THE DIRECTOR WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY
A JOINT RESOLUTION REQUIRING A SUPER-MAJORITY VOTE OF BOTH OF THE SENATE
AND ASSEMBLY FOR A TERM OF SEVEN YEARS.  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF  THE

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

                                                           LBD00816-04-0

S. 4526--A                          2

SENATE  AND  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SENATE
MINORITY LEADER AND ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER SHALL REACH A CONSENSUS  ON
A  CANDIDATE  FOR THE DIRECTOR POSITION ON WHICH THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
SHALL  VOTE.  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE SHALL BE
APPOINTED WITHOUT REGARD TO POLITICAL  AFFILIATION  AND  SOLELY  ON  THE
BASIS OF FITNESS TO PERFORM THE DUTIES ASSIGNED BY THIS ARTICLE.
  3.  A DEPUTY DIRECTOR SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR. ANY INDIVID-
UAL APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR TO FILL A VACANCY PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF A
TERM SHALL SERVE ONLY FOR THE UNEXPIRED PORTION OF THAT TERM. ANY  INDI-
VIDUAL SERVING AS DIRECTOR AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM MAY CONTINUE TO
SERVE  UNTIL  HIS  OR  HER SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED.   ANY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
SHALL SERVE UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF OFFICE OF  THE  DIRECTOR
WHO  APPOINTED  HIM OR HER, AND UNTIL HIS OR HER SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED,
UNLESS SOONER REMOVED BY THE DIRECTOR.
  4.  THE DIRECTOR SHALL HOLD NO OTHER PUBLIC OFFICE  WHILE  SERVING  AS
THE  DIRECTOR.  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL RECEIVE SUCH COMPENSATION AS MAY BE
FIXED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
  5. THE DIRECTOR MAY BE REMOVED BY EITHER THE ASSEMBLY OR THE SENATE BY
RESOLUTION REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO  EITHER
BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE.
  S 77. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE; REPORT. 1. THE OFFICE SHALL:
  A. PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND
ASSEMBLY WITH RESPECT TO THE STATE BUDGET, APPROPRIATION AND PROGRAMMAT-
IC BILLS AND OTHER BILLS PROVIDING BUDGET AUTHORITY OR TAX EXPENDITURES;
  B.  EXAMINE  AND  REVIEW ALL FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC INFORMATION OF
THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENDERING REVENUE ESTIMATES USED IN  DETER-
MINING WHETHER ANY PROPOSED STATE BUDGET IS BALANCED;
  C.  BE CHARGED WITH THE DUTY OF RENDERING ANTICIPATED REVENUE FORECAST
REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR FOR THE PURPOSES OF  FACILI-
TATING PASSAGE OF THE STATE BUDGET IN A TIMELY MANNER; AND
  D.  PROVIDE  ASSISTANCE  IN  DETERMINING THE FISCAL IMPACT OF PROPOSED
LEGISLATION AT THE REQUEST OF A MEMBER OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY.
  E. THE DIRECTOR SHALL DEVELOP, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  CHAIRS  AND
RANKING  MEMBERS  OF  THE  SENATE  STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND THE
ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE,  A  PRIORITY  SYSTEM  FOR  PROCESSING
REQUESTS  FROM LEGISLATORS FOR FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR THEIR LEGIS-
LATION.
  F. THE DIRECTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE  AND  ASSEMBLY
WITH  A  DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIORITY SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS FROM
LEGISLATORS FOR FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR THEIR LEGISLATION.
  2. AT THE REQUEST OF ANY COMMITTEE CHAIR  OR  RANKING  MEMBER  OF  THE
SENATE  OR  ASSEMBLY,  TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE TO SUCH COMMITTEE ANY INFORMATION WHICH WILL ASSIST
IN THE DISCHARGE OF MATTERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COMMITTEE.
  3. THE DIRECTOR MAY APPOINT BUDGET ANALYSTS, ASSISTANTS AND SUCH OTHER
EMPLOYEES AS HE OR SHE MAY DEEM NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE,  PRESCRIBE  SUCH
EMPLOYEE'S  DUTIES  AND  FIX  SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S  COMPENSATION  WITHIN THE
AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED AND MADE AVAILABLE THEREFOR.
  4. A. THE OFFICE SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF
THE  SENATE,  SENATE  MINORITY  LEADER,  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND
ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE:
  1. WRITTEN ESTIMATES  OF  ANTICIPATED  STATE  REVENUES  FOR  BUDGETARY
PURPOSES;
  2. PROJECTED ECONOMIC FACTORS AND FORECASTS;
  3.  SUMMARIZATION  OF  THE BUDGET PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE CONSTITUTION; AND

S. 4526--A                          3

  4. REVENUE SOURCES THAT COULD  BE  USED  AS  ALTERNATIVES  TO  REVENUE
SOURCES OUTLINED IN THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET.
  B.  SUCH REPORT SHALL BE SUBMITTED ON THE FIRST OF MARCH EACH YEAR FOR
THE NEXT SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR. AFTER SUBMISSION TO THE TEMPORARY PRES-
IDENT OF THE SENATE, SENATE MINORITY LEADER, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY
AND ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER, SUCH REPORT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC, UPON REQUEST.
  5. A. THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE SHALL BE FUNDED  FROM  LEGISLATIVE
APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDED ANNUALLY, WITH EQUAL ALLOCATIONS PROVIDED BY THE
SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY AS EACH HOUSE DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
  B.  THE DIRECTOR MAY PROCURE, WITHIN THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED AND MADE
AVAILABLE THEREFOR, UP-TO-DATE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, OBTAIN  THE  SERVICES
OF EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.
  S  2.  Section 30 of the legislative law, as amended by chapter 766 of
the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S 30. Duties of finance and ways and means committees and  secretaries
AND  OF  THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE AND ITS DIRECTOR.  The committees
and their secretaries AND OF  THE  LEGISLATIVE  BUDGET  OFFICE  AND  ITS
DIRECTOR  shall  have access at all reasonable times to offices of state
departments, commissions, boards, bureaus and offices,  to  institutions
and to all state authorities and public works of the state and they may,
for  the purpose of obtaining information as to the method of operation,
general condition, management and  needs  thereof,  examine  the  books,
papers  and public records therein.  Notwithstanding any other provision
of law such state departments, commissions,  boards,  bureaus,  offices,
state  authorities  and institutions shall through their proper officers
or deputies furnish to such committees AND THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE
such data, information or statements as may be necessary for the  proper
exercise of their powers and duties and for the purpose of carrying into
effect  the  provisions  of this article. The finance and ways and means
committee in exercising the powers and performing the duties  prescribed
by this article may act jointly, or separately, as they deem advisable.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Jun 16, 2010 - Rules Committee Vote

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Apr 13, 2010 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote

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Bill Amendments

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2009-S4526 - Details

2009-S4526 - Summary

2009-S4526 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4526 - Bill Text download pdf

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2009-S4526A (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S4526A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S4526A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4526A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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2009-S4526 - Bill Text download pdf

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2009-S4526A (ACTIVE) - Details

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