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Assembly Bill A4759

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that legislation which affects the revenues or expenses of a political subdivision contain a detailed fiscal impact note identifying the source of such annual cost to the political subdivision

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2019-A4759 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §51, add §51-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A3842

2019-A4759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that legislation which affects the revenues or expenses of a political subdivision contain a detailed fiscal impact note identifying the source of such annual cost to the political subdivision; further requires that any such legislation requires a 3/5 vote to pass.

2019-A4759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4759
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SCHMITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to fiscal impact notes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 51 of the legislative law, as
 added by chapter 985 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   2. [The legislature shall by concurrent resolution of the  senate  and
 assembly prescribe rules requiring fiscal notes to accompany, on a sepa-
 rate form, bills and amendments to bills, except as otherwise prescribed
 by  such  rules,  which]  A  BILL  THAT would [substantially] affect the
 revenues or expenses,  or  both,  of  any  political  subdivision  SHALL
 CONTAIN  A DETAILED FISCAL IMPACT NOTE STATING THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST
 TO THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AFFECTED AND THE SOURCE OF  SUCH  ESTIMATE.
 THE  FISCAL IMPACT NOTE MUST CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCE OF SUCH
 ANNUAL COST TO THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. AN OMISSION  OF  SUCH  FUNDING
 SOURCE IN THE FISCAL IMPACT NOTE, SHALL INVALIDATE SUCH BILL.
   §  2.  The  legislative law is amended by adding a new section 51-b to
 read as follows:
   § 51-B. PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION IMPOSING COSTS  ON  POLITICAL  SUBDIVI-
 SIONS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
 SION"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, SPECIAL DISTRICT OR
 SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   2. ANY BILL INTRODUCED IN THE ASSEMBLY OR SENATE THAT WOULD AFFECT THE
 REVENUES OR EXPENSES,  OR  BOTH,  OF  ANY  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  SHALL
 REQUIRE A VOTE OF THREE-FIFTHS OF EACH HOUSE TO PASS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08007-01-9

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