| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to budget and revenue |
| May 29, 2019 |
referred to budget and revenue |
Senate Bill S6248
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 26th Senate District
2019-S6248 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S6248 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6248
SPONSOR: KRUEGER
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the
creation of a public database of projects funded in the state budget
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To increase accountability and tran-
sparency in the distribution of New York State budget funds by providing
a searchable database of the distribution of state funds, updated annu-
ally with the passage of each new budget.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Adds a new section to executive law, section 184, that requires the
state division on budget to maintain a public database of all projects
funded in the state budget, including the last name of legislators who
submitted the funding request of such projects. The data base will be
published online on the division of budget website, and shall be updated
annually.
2019-S6248 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6248
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 29, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the creation of a
public database of projects funded in the state budget
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 184 to
read as follows:
§ 184. BUDGET-FUNDED PROJECT DATABASE. THE STATE DIVISION OF BUDGET
SHALL MAINTAIN A PUBLIC DATABASE OF ALL PROJECTS FUNDED IN THE STATE
BUDGET THAT SHALL INCLUDE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO EACH PROJECT
FUNDED IN THE BUDGET AND THE LAST NAME OF THE MEMBER OR MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE WHO SUBMITTED THE FUNDING REQUEST FOR SUCH PROJECTS. SUCH
PUBLIC DATABASE SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONLINE ON THE DIVISION OF BUDGET
WEBSITE, AND SHALL BE UPDATED ANNUALLY UPON THE PASSAGE OF THE STATE
BUDGET. SUCH PUBLIC DATABASE SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ANY FUNDS ALLOCATED TO
PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW TO
DISCLOSE THE FUNDING SOURCES OF SUCH PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11638-01-9
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