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Senate Bill S5382

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain agreements be included in the synopsis of requests for appropriations for the state budget

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2023-S5382 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §22-a, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9497
2025-2026: S4993

2023-S5382 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires written agreements between the governor and the legislature that relate to any budget appropriations be included in the synopsis of requests for appropriations for the state budget and published on the public website of the division of the budget.

2023-S5382 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5382 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5382
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring  certain
   agreements  be included in the synopsis of requests for appropriations
   for the state budget

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 22-a of the state finance law, as added by chapter
 762 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   § 22-a. Synopsis of requests for appropriations; submittal  by  budget
 director. The director of the budget shall, within thirty days following
 receipt  of the requested appropriations pursuant to the first paragraph
 of section one of article seven  of  the  constitution,  submit  to  the
 chairs  of  the assembly ways and means committee and the senate finance
 committee a synopsis of such requests, including but not limited to: (a)
 a schedule of appropriations requested as compared to  the  prior  year,
 (b)  a  brief  description  of  the department's, division's or office's
 priorities for receiving funding, [and] (c) a discussion of major chang-
 es or initiatives recommended for the ensuing fiscal year, AND  (D)  ALL
 WRITTEN  AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE THAT RELATE
 TO ANY BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS, SUCH  WRITTEN  AGREEMENTS  SHALL  ALSO  BE
 PUBLISHED ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09984-01-3

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