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S00472 Summary:

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Add §53-e, amd §§24 & 40, St Fin L

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Enacts the "truth in spending act"; creates disclosure requirements prior to the allocation of certain funds.

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BILL NOS00472 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 472

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to enacting the
 "truth in spending act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "truth in
 2 spending act".
 3 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 53-e to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 53-e. Appropriations; full disclosure. 1. Prior to the disbursement
 6 of any budgetary allocation made pursuant to this article, section nine-
 7 ty-nine-d of this chapter as added by chapter four hundred seventy-four
 8 of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six, or subdivision five of
 9 section twenty-four of this chapter at the request of the governor or
 10 member of the legislature, the governor and the legislature shall:
 11 (a) ensure that funds shall include a brief description of the project
 12 to be funded;
 13 (b) require the governor or member of the legislature requesting such
 14 appropriation to sign a conflict of interest form, as prescribed by the
 15 attorney general, which shall be submitted to the attorney general to
 16 ensure that no conflict of interest exists. Such form shall require
 17 disclosure of all political donations received within the past five
 18 years by such official from the intended recipient of appropriated fund-
 19 ing if the cumulative amount of such donations meets or exceeds four
 20 thousand dollars and were made within the past five years. Such form
 21 shall be signed by the governor or member of the legislature under
 22 penalty of perjury and shall be filed, in the case of a member of the
 23 assembly, the clerk of the assembly and in the case of a member of the
 24 senate, the sergeant at arms of the senate. Such requested appropri-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01838-01-5

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 1 ation shall not be provided if a conflict of interest exists between the
 2 governor or a member of the legislature designating the appropriation
 3 and the potential recipient. Such appropriations shall not be provided
 4 to organizations that employ or otherwise compensate the governor or
 5 member of the legislature, governor's family or legislator's family, any
 6 person sharing the primary residence of the governor or member of the
 7 legislature or the governor's or a member of the legislature's staff for
 8 services or labor rendered. Furthermore such appropriations shall not be
 9 designated if the governor or member of the legislature, a member of the
 10 governor's or member of the legislator's family, any person sharing the
 11 primary residence of the governor or member of the legislature or a
 12 member of the governor's or member of the legislature's staff is
 13 involved with the operations of the organization which would receive
 14 such appropriation in a decision-making capacity including, but not
 15 limited to, working on an unpaid, volunteer basis or as a member of the
 16 directing board of an organization; and
 17 (c) ensure that funds be used for a public purpose.
 18 2. At least seventy-two hours prior to approval by the legislature of
 19 the state budget, or a legislative bill containing an appropriation as
 20 described in subdivision five of section twenty-four of this chapter the
 21 legislature must make public with respect to each allocation, the member
 22 of the senate, the member of