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Assembly Bill A3868

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the governor from inserting policy into appropriations

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2019-A3868 (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:
2015-2016: A6894
2017-2018: A4375
2021-2022: A4669
2023-2024: A3597
2025-2026: A7387

2019-A3868 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the governor from inserting policy into appropriations.

2019-A3868 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3868
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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.    THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL  ONLY
 INCLUDE  MONETARY ITEMS AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS AND RE-APPROPRIATIONS
 FOR THE APPLICABLE FISCAL YEAR AND ALL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES  TO  EXISTING
 LAW,  TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT, SHALL BE SET FORTH IN SEPARATE LEGISLATION
 FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE LEGISLATURE.
   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.
                                                            LBD89092-01-9

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