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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. CLARK, JAFFEE, SPANO, P. RIVERA -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  BARCLAY, FINCH, HEVESI, HOOPER, JEFFRIES,  KOLB,
  MAISEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the fiscal year

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 3 of the state finance law,
as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 1943 and as  separately  renumbered
by  chapters  405  and  957  of the laws of 1981, are amended to read as
follows:
  1. The current fiscal year of the state which commenced with the first
day of July, nineteen hundred forty-two, is hereby  abridged  and  shall
end  with  the  thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred forty-three.
For all purposes of determining annual  increments  of  state  employees
pursuant to the education law, the civil service law or other state law,
and for all purposes whenever by law some act is to be performed or time
is  to  be  measured by the fiscal year of the state, the current fiscal
year, as so abridged, shall be deemed to  be  a  full  year  unless  the
context clearly requires a contrary construction.
  On and after the first day of April, nineteen hundred forty-three, the
fiscal  year  of  the  state, for the purpose of budget, appropriations,
receipts and disbursements of state moneys and all other  state  affairs
which are regulated in accordance with or based on fiscal years, includ-
ing  the  fiscal  affairs of all state departments, commissions, boards,
agencies, offices and institutions, shall begin with the  first  day  of
April  and end with the next following thirty-first day of March HOWEVER
COMMENCING WITH THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, SHALL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
OF APRIL AND END WITH THE NEXT FOLLOWING THIRTIETH OF  APRIL  AND  EVERY
YEAR  THEREAFTER SHALL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST OF MAY AND END WITH THE NEXT
FOLLOWING THIRTIETH OF APRIL.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06650-01-1

              

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  2. All books and accounts in the offices of the  comptroller  and  the
department  of  taxation  and finance shall be kept by fiscal years. All
annual accounts required to be rendered to the comptroller  or  to  such
department  by  any  person  shall  be closed on the thirty-first day of
March  in  each  year  AND  COMMENCING WITH THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWELVE
SHALL BE CLOSED ON THE THIRTIETH OF APRIL IN EACH YEAR, and be  rendered
as soon thereafter as practicable, if no time is specially prescribed by
law.
  S  2.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law to the contrary
commencing with the year 2012, the fiscal year shall end on the  thirti-
eth  of  April  and every year thereafter shall commence on the first of
May and end on the thirtieth of April. And commencing with the year 2012
any reference to the thirty-first of March shall be deemed to mean thir-
tieth of April and every year thereafter any reference to the  first  of
April shall be deemed to mean the first of May.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.