Assembly Bill A5531

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the annual establishment of a legislative budget conference committee and subcommittees to resolve difference on the executive budget

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A5531 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§22, 40 & 92, add §24-a, St Fin L; add §53-a, amd §54, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5743
2011-2012: A6263, A9076
2013-2014: A4333
2017-2018: A6098

2015-A5531 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the legislative budget and deposits to the tax stabilization reserve fund; requires that no later than March fifteenth of each year the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the minority leader of the assembly shall jointly convene a general budget conference committee to resolve the differences between each house concerning the executive budget; further alters the amounts of the deposits to the tax stabilization reserve fund; provides that subsequent to April first of each year, the legislature may not consider other legislation until a budget is passed, with exceptions

2015-A5531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5531

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. OAKS, BLANKENBUSH, BUTLER, CORWIN, FINCH, GRAF,
  RA, RAIA, TEDISCO, WALTER, LUPINACCI,  BORELLI,  MURRAY,  LAWRENCE  --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.  BARCLAY, CERETTO, CROUCH, DiPIETRO,
  DUPREY, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, GARBARINO, GIGLIO, HAWLEY,  JOHNS,  KOLB,
  LOPEZ,  McDONOUGH,  PALMESANO, SALADINO, STEC, TENNEY -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the state  finance  law  and  the  legislative  law,  in
  relation  to the legislative budget and deposits to the tax stabiliza-
  tion reserve fund

  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 a new section
24-a to read as follows:
  S 24-A. LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REVIEW; CONFERENCE COMMITTEES. 1. NO  LATER
THAN  MARCH  FIFTEENTH  OF  EACH  YEAR,  THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY
AND  THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL JOINTLY CONVENE A GENERAL
BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF EACH  HOUSE  OF  THE
LEGISLATURE  TO  ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO RESOLVE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
EACH HOUSE CONCERNING THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET.  THE GENERAL BUDGET  CONFER-
ENCE  COMMITTEE SHALL BE COMPRISED OF TEN MEMBERS: FOUR APPOINTED BY THE
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE; FOUR APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF  THE
ASSEMBLY;  ONE  APPOINTED  BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE; AND ONE
APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY. THE  ADOPTION  OF  ANY
DECISION OF THE GENERAL BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SHALL BE AFFIRMED BY
A  MAJORITY  VOTE  OF  THE  MEMBERS  OF  EACH  HOUSE  OF THE LEGISLATURE
APPOINTED TO SUCH COMMITTEE.
  2. THE GENERAL BUDGET  CONFERENCE  COMMITTEE  SHALL  ESTABLISH  BUDGET
CONFERENCE SUBCOMMITTEES, EACH TO BE COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES
OF THE LEGISLATURE, TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EACH HOUSE CONCERNING
THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET, BASED ON THE PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE GENERAL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05889-01-5
              

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