New York A 4843: Relates to requiring balanced budgeting and spending; amends limitations on state supported debt; prohibits a message of necessity for budget bills

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A04843 Summary:

BILL NOA04843 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 3 §14, Art 7 §§4, 7 & 10, add Art 7 §§20 & 21, Constn

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Requires balanced budgeting and spending; amends limitations on state supported debt; prohibits a message of necessity for budget bills; establishes the Rainy day fund as a constitutionally mandated provision.

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BILL NOA04843 

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02/06/2025referred to ways and means

02/10/2025to attorney-general for opinion

03/03/2025opinion referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

01/08/2026to attorney-general for opinion

01/30/2026opinion referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4843

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Ways and Means

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing an amendment to section 14 of article 3 of the constitution,
 in relation to prohibiting the governor from issuing a message of
 necessity for budget related bills; proposing an amendment to sections
 4 and 7 of article 7, in relation to a balanced budget; and proposing
 amendments to article 7, in relation to limitations on state-supported
 debt and the rainy day reserve fund

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 14 of article
 2 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 3 § 14. No bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
 4 been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, at
 5 least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
 6 the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under [his
 7 or her] their hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in [his or
 8 her] their opinion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case
 9 it must nevertheless be upon the desks of the members in final form, not
 10 necessarily printed, before its final passage, provided, however, such
 11 immediate vote shall not be permitted for budget bills or appropriation
 12 bills relating thereto except for emergency appropriations; nor shall
 13 any bill be passed or become a law, except by the assent of a majority
 14 of the members elected to each branch of the legislature; and upon the
 15 last reading of a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the
 16 question upon its final passage shall be taken immediately thereafter,
 17 and the ayes and nays entered on the journal.
 18 For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and
 19 upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electron-
 20 ic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in such
 21 format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section "elec-
 22 tronic means" means any method of transmission of information between
 23 computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89089-01-5

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 1 receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to
 2 reproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of
 3 expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to
 4 be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.
 5 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 4 of article 7 of
 6 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 7 § 4. The legislature may not alter an appropriation bill submitted by
 8 the governor except to strike out or reduce items therein, but it may
 9 add thereto items of appropriation provided that such additions are
 10 stated separately and distinctly from the original items of the bill and
 11 refer each to a single object or purpose. Such new items shall state
 12 revenues sufficient to meet such proposed expenditures. None of the
 13 restrictions of this section, however, shall apply to appropriations for
 14 the legislature or judiciary.