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Assembly Bill A6434A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Creates a cap on state operating funds spending

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2011-A6434 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§28 & 29, St Fin L

2011-A6434 - Summary

Creates a cap on state spending.

2011-A6434 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6434

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  D. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the state finance law,  in  relation  to  capping  state
  spending

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

  Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding two new sections
28 and 29 to read as follows:
  S 28. ESTABLISHMENT OF ANNUAL SPENDING  CAP.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED AN
ALL FUNDS STATE SPENDING CAP. COMMENCING STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO  THOUSAND
THIRTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN, ALL STATE SPENDING SHALL BE CAPPED AT
THE AMOUNT EXPENDED UNDER THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ENACTED BUDGET.
  2. THE GOVERNOR SHALL NOT SUBMIT, AND THE LEGISLATURE  SHALL  NOT  ACT
UPON,  A BUDGET THAT CONTAINS ANY INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR IN
ALL FUNDS SPENDING.
  3. THE GOVERNOR SHALL CERTIFY IN WRITING THAT STATE ALL FUNDS SPENDING
IN THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET DOES NOT EXCEED THE ANNUAL  ALL  FUNDS  SPENDING
FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
  4.  THE  COMPTROLLER  SHALL PROVIDE, WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF ACTION BY THE
LEGISLATURE UPON THE BUDGET, A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THE STATE ALL
FUNDS SPENDING AS SET FORTH IN THE STATE BUDGET AS ENACTED  EXCEEDS  THE
SPENDING CAP.
  5. IF THE COMPTROLLER FINDS THAT STATE ALL FUNDS SPENDING AS SET FORTH
IN THE STATE BUDGET AS ENACTED EXCEEDS THE SPENDING CAP, THE LEGISLATURE
SHALL  TAKE  CORRECTIVE  ACTION TO ENSURE THAT FUNDING IS LIMITED TO THE
AMOUNT OF THE SPENDING CAP.
  S 29. PROVISIONS REGARDING DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY. 1. UPON A FINDING
OF AN EMERGENCY BY THE GOVERNOR, HE OR SHE MAY DECLARE AN  EMERGENCY  BY
AN  EXECUTIVE  ORDER WHICH SHALL SET FORTH THE REASONS FOR SUCH DECLARA-
TION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10085-02-1

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2011-A6434A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§28 & 29, St Fin L

2011-A6434A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a cap on state spending.

2011-A6434A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6434--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. D. MILLER, KATZ, McLAUGHLIN, BURLING, TENNEY,
  SALADINO, GRAF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH,  CROUCH,
  GOODELL,  JORDAN, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways  and  Means  in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  state finance law, in relation to capping state
  spending

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

  Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding two new sections
28 and 29 to read as follows:
  S  28.  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  ANNUAL SPENDING CAP. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  A
STATE  OPERATING  FUNDS  STATE  SPENDING CAP. COMMENCING THE FIRST STATE
FISCAL YEAR AFTER THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE BECOME A LAW  STATE  OPERATING
FUNDS SPENDING SHALL BE CAPPED AT THE AMOUNT EXPENDED UNDER THE PREVIOUS
YEAR'S ENACTED BUDGET.
  2.  THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL NOT SUBMIT, AND THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT ACT
UPON, A BUDGET THAT CONTAINS ANY INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR  IN
STATE OPERATING FUNDS SPENDING.
  3.  THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL CERTIFY IN WRITING THAT STATE OPERATING FUNDS
SPENDING IN THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET DOES NOT EXCEED THE ANNUAL STATE  OPER-
ATING FUNDS SPENDING FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
  4.  THE  COMPTROLLER  SHALL PROVIDE, WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF ACTION BY THE
LEGISLATURE UPON THE BUDGET, A DETERMINATION AS  TO  WHETHER  THE  STATE
OPERATING  FUNDS  SPENDING  AS  SET FORTH IN THE STATE BUDGET AS ENACTED
EXCEEDS THE SPENDING CAP.
  5. IF THE COMPTROLLER FINDS THAT STATE OPERATING FUNDS SPENDING AS SET
FORTH IN THE STATE BUDGET AS  ENACTED  EXCEEDS  THE  SPENDING  CAP,  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10085-04-2

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