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STATE OF NEW YORK
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6215--A

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

March 9, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, PAULIN, LATIMER, SAYWARD, JOHNS, P. LOPEZ,
  HAWLEY, REILICH, FITZPATRICK, CALHOUN, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A.  BOYLE, CORWIN, CROUCH, DUPREY, McDONOUGH, RABBITT, THIELE --
  read  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting member
  items

  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 54-c
to read as follows:
  S 54-C. PROHIBITION OF MEMBER ITEMS. 1. THERE SHALL BE NO MEMBER ITEMS
IN  THE  TWO THOUSAND TWELVE -- TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN BUDGET FROM FISCAL
YEAR APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOU-
SAND THIRTEEN.
  2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MEMBER ITEMS" SHALL MEAN ANY PORTION
OF  STATE  FUNDING  ALLOCATED  BY THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY TO BE USED FOR
COMMUNITY PROJECTS, CIVIC PROJECTS, PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, OR  OTHER
PUBLIC USE SPECIFICALLY IN THE RECIPIENT MEMBERS' DISTRICTS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09632-02-2