Assembly Bill A6737A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the governor to submit to the legislature and make available to the public evaluations of proposed and enacted state expenditure decreases

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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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2015-A6737 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5741
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §21-a, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6048
2013-2014: A5969
2017-2018: A6265, S2277
2019-2020: A7314

2015-A6737 - Summary

Enacts the "procedure for informed evaluation of state expenditure decreases act of 2016" to require the governor to submit to the legislature and make available to the public evaluations of proposed and enacted state expenditure decreases.

2015-A6737 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6737

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 1, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
  procedure  for  the  informed evaluation of proposed and enacted state
  expenditure decreases

  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 "procedure for informed evaluation of  state  expenditure  decreases
act of 2015".
  S 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the expenditures
of  state  funds  for  operations, maintenance, programs, activities and
assistance have significant and complex impacts on the economic,  social
and  environmental  conditions  in  both the public and private sectors.
Federal funding and matching funds from municipal and  private  sources,
for  example, can be affected by changes in levels of state expenditures
and negative secondary impacts from cuts like the  failure  to  maintain
state  property  can damage the health, safety and welfare of the people
and economy of the state.
  The legislature further finds that during  a  volatile  economic  time
decisions are made to cut or impound expenditures, eliminate or downsize
programs  and/or  lay off state employees without adequate evaluation of
the consequences thereof.
  Therefore, the legislature declares that an analytical process  should
be  required and information therefrom should be available to the public
when a decrease in state expenditure  from  funds  appropriated  in  the
immediate  previous  state budget is proposed in a state budget bill, or
before a reduction in expenditure or  lay  off  of  state  employees  is
imposed during the implementation of an enacted state budget.
  S  3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 21-a to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10100-01-5
              

2015-A6737A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5741
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §21-a, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6048
2013-2014: A5969
2017-2018: A6265, S2277
2019-2020: A7314

2015-A6737A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "procedure for informed evaluation of state expenditure decreases act of 2016" to require the governor to submit to the legislature and make available to the public evaluations of proposed and enacted state expenditure decreases.

2015-A6737A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6737--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 1, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Ways
  and  Means  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
  procedure  for  the  informed evaluation of proposed and enacted state
  expenditure decreases

  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 "procedure for informed evaluation of  state  expenditure  decreases
act of 2016".
  S 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the expenditures
of  state  funds  for  operations, maintenance, programs, activities and
assistance have significant and complex impacts on the economic,  social
and  environmental  conditions  in  both the public and private sectors.
Federal funding and matching funds from municipal and  private  sources,
for  example, can be affected by changes in levels of state expenditures
and negative secondary impacts from cuts like the  failure  to  maintain
state  property  can damage the health, safety and welfare of the people
and economy of the state.
  The legislature further finds that during  a  volatile  economic  time
decisions are made to cut or impound expenditures, eliminate or downsize
programs  and/or  lay off state employees without adequate evaluation of
the consequences thereof.
  Therefore, the legislature declares that an analytical process  should
be  required and information therefrom should be available to the public
when a decrease in state expenditure  from  funds  appropriated  in  the
immediate  previous  state budget is proposed in a state budget bill, or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10100-03-6

              

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