Assembly Resolution No. 907

BY: M. of A. Heastie

in response to the 2018-2019 Executive Budget
submission (Bill Nos. A.9500-A, A.9501, A.9502,
A.9503-A, A.9504-A, A.9505-A, A.9506, A.9507-A,
A.9508-A, A.9509-A, A.9510 and A.9511-A) to be
adopted as legislation expressing the position of
the New York State Assembly relating to the
2018-2019 New York State Budget

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the constitution requires the Governor to
submit an executive budget containing a plan of expenditures to be made
before the close of the ensuing fiscal year and recommendations as to
proposed legislation; and

WHEREAS, At the time of submitting the budget to the legislature the
Governor is required to submit a bill or bills containing all the
proposed appropriations and reappropriations included in the budget and
the proposed legislation, if any, recommended therein; and

WHEREAS, No provision may be embraced in any appropriation bill
submitted by the Governor unless it relates specifically to some
particular appropriation in the bill, and any such provision shall be
limited in its operation to such appropriation; and

WHEREAS, Upon submission, pursuant to Joint Rule III, the Senate
finance committee and the Assembly ways and means committee undertake an
analysis and public review of all the provisions of such budget; and

WHEREAS, After study and deliberation, each committee makes
recommendations in the form of bills and resolutions as to the contents
thereof and such other items of appropriation deemed necessary and
desirable for the operation of the government in the ensuing fiscal
year; and

WHEREAS, All such fiscal committees' recommendations, when arrived
at, are then to be placed before the members of the Legislature,
individually and collectively, in their respective houses for their
consideration and approval; and

WHEREAS, Each house thereupon considers and adopts legislation in
bill format expressing its positions on the budget for the ensuing
fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, Upon adoption thereof, a Conference Committee on the
Budget, authorized by concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly
pursuant to Joint Rule III, and such subcommittees thereof as may be
deemed necessary are appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the
Temporary President of the Senate, respectively, will engage in
negotiations designed to reach an accord on the contents of the budget
for the ensuing fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, In order to commence a Legislative process of budget
negotiations designed to reach a timely accord on the contents of the
budget for the ensuing fiscal year, it is necessary that budget

proposals be adopted by each house of the Legislature; be it now,
therefore,

RESOLVED, That, this resolution, together with the New York State
Assembly proposals for Executive budget resubmission contained in
Assembly Bill Nos. A.9500-B, A.9501, A.9502, A.9503-B, A.9504-B,
A.9505-B, A.9506-A, A.9507-B, A.9508-B and A.9509-B, which are
incorporated as if fully set forth in this resolution, herein constitute
the legislation which expresses the budget proposals of the Assembly for
the 2018-2019 New York State Budget.