Senate Bill S4944

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to items of appropriation

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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-S4944 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 7 §§3, 4, & 6, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3852
2019-2020: S3373
2021-2022: S2072
2023-2024: S4486

2015-S4944 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to items of appropriation.

2015-S4944 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4944

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing amendments to article 7 of the constitution,  in  relation  to
  items of appropriation

  Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 3 of arti-
cle 7 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S 3. At the time of submitting  the  budget  to  the  legislature  the
governor shall submit:
  (A)  a  bill  or  bills containing all the proposed appropriations and
reappropriations included in the budget [and], PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
SUCH  APPROPRIATIONS  AND  REAPPROPRIATIONS SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH AND
CONSTRAINED BY THE PROVISIONS OF EXISTING  STATE  LAW  AT  THE  TIME  OF
SUBMISSION  OR  CONSISTENT  WITH  PROPOSED LEGISLATION INTENDED TO AMEND
SUCH EXISTING LAW; AND
  (B) A SEPARATE NONAPPROPRIATION  BILL  OR  BILLS  CONTAINING  ALL  the
proposed legislation, if any, recommended therein.
  The  governor  may at any time within thirty days thereafter and, with
the consent of the legislature, at any time before the adjournment ther-
eof, amend or supplement the budget and submit amendments to  any  bills
submitted by him or her or submit supplemental bills.
  The governor and the heads of departments shall have the right, and it
shall  be  the duty of the heads of departments when requested by either
house of the legislature or an appropriate committee thereof, to  appear
and  be heard in respect to the budget during the consideration thereof,
and to answer inquiries relevant thereto. The procedure for such appear-
ances and inquiries shall be provided by law.
  S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 4 of article 7 of
the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S 4. The legislature may not alter an  ITEM  OF  APPROPRIATION  IN  AN
appropriation  bill  submitted  by  the governor THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3 OF THIS ARTICLE except  to  strike  out  or

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

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