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Assembly Bill A249

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the content of article VII bills submitted by the governor

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2019-A249 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 7 §3, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8425
2021-2022: A588

2019-A249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that article VII bills submitted by the governor must relate specifically to either an appropriation or a proposal to raise revenue, and be necessary in order to effectuate such appropriation or revenue proposal.

2019-A249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    249
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, BRONSON, SCHIMMINGER -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing  an amendment to section 3 of article 7 of the constitution in
   relation to appropriations included in the governor's budget proposal
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 3 of  article
 7 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  3.  At  the  time  of  submitting the budget to the legislature the
 governor shall submit a bill or bills containing all the proposed appro-
 priations and reappropriations included in the budget and  the  proposed
 legislation,  if  any,  recommended therein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, ANY SUCH
 PROPOSED LEGISLATION MUST RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO EITHER AN APPROPRIATION
 OR A PROPOSAL TO RAISE REVENUE, AND BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO  EFFECTUATE
 SUCH APPROPRIATION OR REVENUE PROPOSAL.
   The  governor  may at any time within thirty days thereafter and, with
 the consent of the legislature, at any time before the adjournment ther-
 eof, amend or supplement the budget and submit amendments to  any  bills
 submitted by him or her or submit supplemental bills.
   The governor and the heads of departments shall have the right, and it
 shall  be  the duty of the heads of departments when requested by either
 house of the legislature or an appropriate committee thereof, to  appear
 and  be heard in respect to the budget during the consideration thereof,
 and to answer inquiries relevant thereto. The procedure for such appear-
 ances and inquiries shall be provided by law.
   § 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 three months previous to the time of such election.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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