Senate Bill S2293

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the sufficiency of itemization in the state budget

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

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2021-S2293 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4834
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §53-a, Leg L; amd §24, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9550
2019-2020: S7563, A6018
2023-2024: A3268

2021-S2293 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sufficiency of itemization in the state budget; requires budget bills to clearly reference the section in the accompanying bill or bills where the corresponding appropriation or reappropriation can be located and requires that the legislature not act upon bills that neglect to do so.

2021-S2293 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2293 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2293
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. JORDAN, BORRELLO, BOYLE, GALLIVAN, HELMING, O'MARA,
   ORTT, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to
   be  committed  to the Committee on Investigations and Government Oper-
   ations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative  law  and  the  state  finance  law,  in
   relation to sufficiency of itemization in budget bills

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 53-a
 to read as follows:
   § 53-A. BUDGET ITEM IDENTIFICATION AND LIMITATION.  ALL  BUDGET  BILLS
 SUBMITTED  BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF
 THE CONSTITUTION, CONTAINING PROPOSED LEGISLATION, SHALL CLEARLY IDENTI-
 FY A CORRESPONDING APPROPRIATION WITHIN THE BUDGET  APPROPRIATION  BILLS
 SUBMITTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR. THE LEGISLATURE SHALL
 NOT ACT UPON BUDGET BILLS, PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF
 THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED BY THE GOVERNOR, UNLESS SUCH BILLS HAVE  BEEN
 SUFFICIENTLY  ITEMIZED BY SETTING FORTH, WITH PARTICULARITY, THE SECTION
 OF THE CORRESPONDING  APPROPRIATION.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL NOT APPLY TO PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT AMENDS THE TAX LAW.
   § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 24 of the state
 finance  law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2007, is amended to
 read as follows:
   The budget submitted annually by the governor shall be  simultaneously
 accompanied by a bill or bills for all proposed appropriations and reap-
 propriations  and  for the proposed measures of taxation or other legis-
 lation, if any, recommended therein. Such bills shall  be  submitted  by
 the governor and shall be known as budget bills. SUCH BUDGET BILLS SHALL
 CLEARLY  REFERENCE  THE  SECTION IN THE ACCOMPANYING BILL OR BILLS WHERE
 THE CORRESPONDING APPROPRIATION OR REAPPROPRIATION CAN BE LOCATED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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