 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5318
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 12, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means
 
        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the budget
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 22 of the state finance law is amended by adding  a
     2  new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
     3    17. Citizens' guide to the state budget. For the fiscal year beginning
     4  in  two  thousand  twenty-one, the director of the budget's office, with
     5  input from the secretary of state's office on  the  language,  form  and
     6  presentation  used, shall produce an annual citizens' guide to the state
     7  budget revenue and expenditures. The citizens' guide shall be in a  form
     8  and  substance that is easily readable and understandable by the general
     9  public. The citizens' guide shall  include  data  on  each  department's
    10  purpose  and  populations  served;  and  where  available,  may  include
    11  performance measures over time, depicted in a graphic format.  The citi-
    12  zens' guide shall be produced and released on the secretary  of  state's
    13  website  no later than sixty days after the public release of the annual
    14  division of budget's "enacted budget report". The citizen's  guide  need
    15  only  be  prepared  in  an  online or electronic format, and neither the
    16  director of the budget's office or the secretary of state's office shall
    17  be required to produce or distribute a paper or hard copy of the guide.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04292-01-1
Relates to the budget

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