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A4375Assembly2017-2018 Session

Separate Policy From Budget Appropriations

Official title

“Prohibits the governor from inserting policy into appropriations”

Sponsor J. Gary PretlowAD-89Affects Legal
Status
In Assembly Committee
Judiciary
Impact
7/10
Significant
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Judiciary

What's happening

This proposal requires the governor to separate substantive law changes from budget appropriations bills.

Why it matters

  1. Statewide budget rules. The constitutional amendment would limit the governor’s appropriations bills to monetary items authorizing appropriations and reappropriations for the applicable fiscal year.

  2. Separate policy consideration. Both temporary and permanent substantive changes to existing law would have to appear in separate legislation for lawmakers to consider.

  3. Constitutional process. The resolution would refer the amendment to the first regular legislative session after the next Assembly general election and require publication before that election.

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Who cares

  • Governor and executive budget staff

    They would have to separate substantive law changes from appropriations legislation.

  • Assembly and Senate members

    They would consider substantive policy changes in legislation separate from appropriations bills.

  • Lobbyists and policy advocates

    They would need to pursue substantive changes to existing law through separate legislation rather than appropriations provisions.

Headline styles

Separate Policy From Budget Appropriations

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
J. Gary Pretlow

Assembly Member · Assembly District 89

Chair, Ways and Means

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Opinion referred to judiciary
  2. To attorney-general for opinion
  3. Referred to ways and means
  4. Opinion referred to judiciary
  5. To attorney-general for opinion
  6. Referred to ways and means

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

4375

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 2, 2017

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

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 3 of article 7 of the constitution in relation to appropriations included in the governor's budget proposal

Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 3 of article 7 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:

§ 3. At the time of submitting the budget to the legislature the governor shall submit a bill or bills containing all the proposed appropriations and reappropriations included in the budget and the proposed legislation, if any, recommended therein. The governor shall only include monetary items authorizing appropriations and re-appropriations for the applicable fiscal year and all substantive changes to existing law, temporary or permanent, shall be set forth in separate legislation for consideration by the legislature.

The governor may at any time within thirty days thereafter and, with the consent of the legislature, at any time before the adjournment thereof, 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 appearances and inquiries shall be provided by law.

§ 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for three months previous to the time of such election.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD89093-01-7

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