Senate Bill S5681

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the review of unfunded mandates

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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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2023-S5681 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §51, Leg L; add §50-a, Exec L; add §208, St Ad Proc Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5535
2015-2016: S1433
2017-2018: S5828
2019-2020: S3775
2021-2022: S6451

2023-S5681 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the review of unfunded mandates.

2023-S5681 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5681 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5681
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK  --  read  twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
   gations and Government Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, the executive  law  and  the  state
   administrative procedure act, in relation to unfunded mandate review

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "unfunded mandate review act".
   § 2. Section 51 of the legislative law, as added by chapter 985 of the
 laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   § 51. Fiscal  impact  notes on bills affecting political subdivisions.
 1. For the purpose of this section,  the  term  "political  subdivision"
 means  THE  STATE,  OR ANY DIVISION, AGENCY OR BODY OF THE STATE; OR any
 county, city, town, village, special district or school district.
   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  would  substantially  affect  the  revenues  or
 expenses, or both, of any political subdivision] WHENEVER A COMMITTEE OF
 EITHER HOUSE REPORTS A BILL THAT INCLUDES AN UNFUNDED MANDATE  AFFECTING
 A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, THE BILL SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (A)  AN  IDENTIFICATION  AND  DESCRIPTION  OF  ANY MANDATE IN THE BILL
 ANTICIPATED TO HAVE A DIRECT OR INDIRECT COST,  A  QUALITATIVE,  AND  IF
 PRACTICABLE,  A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE
 MANDATE; AND
   (B) A FISCAL IMPACT NOTE PROVIDED  BY  THE  COMPTROLLER.  FISCAL  NOTE
 ESTIMATES SHALL INCLUDE TOTAL COST OF COMPLYING WITH THE BILL AND FUTURE
 PROJECTED  COSTS.  IF THE COMPTROLLER DETERMINES THAT AN ESTIMATE IS NOT
 FEASIBLE TO MAKE, THE COMPTROLLER SHALL REPORT REASONS  FOR  DETERMINING
 AN ESTIMATE CANNOT BE MADE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09164-01-3
              

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