New York S 5927: Creates the non-partisan legislative budget office

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S05927 Summary:

BILL NOS05927 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11040

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRKRUEGER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 4-B §§76 & 77, amd §30, Leg L

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Creates the non-partisan legislative budget office; directs such office shall provide information to legislative committees of the senate and assembly with respect to the state budget, appropriation bills and other bills providing budget authority or tax expenditures; requires such office to report to the temporary president of the senate, the senate minority leader, the speaker of the assembly and the assembly minority leader.

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BILL NOS05927 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5927

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations
 and Government Operations

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to creation of the
 non-partisan legislative budget office

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

 1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article 4-B
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 4-B
 4 NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE
 5 Section 76. Non-partisan legislative budget office.
 6 77. Powers and duties of the office; report.
 7 § 76. Non-partisan legislative budget office. 1. For purposes of this
 8 article:
 9 a. "Office" means the non-partisan legislative budget office estab-
 10 lished in this article; and
 11 b. "Director" means the director of the non-partisan legislative budg-
 12 et office.
 13 c. "Super-majority vote" means a vote requiring two-thirds of the
 14 members elected to each branch of the legislature.
 15 2. There is hereby created a non-partisan legislative budget office.
 16 The head of such office shall be the director who shall be appointed by
 17 a joint resolution requiring a super-majority vote of both of the senate
 18 and assembly for a term of seven years. The temporary president of the
 19 senate and speaker of the assembly, in consultation with the senate
 20 minority leader and assembly minority leader shall reach a consensus on
 21 a candidate for the director position on which the senate and assembly
 22 shall vote. The director of the legislative budget office shall be
 23 appointed without regard to political affiliation and solely on the
 24 basis of fitness to perform the duties assigned by this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10428-01-5

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 1 3. A deputy director shall be appointed by the director. Any individ-
 2 ual appointed as director to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration of a
 3 term shall serve only for the unexpired portion of that term. Any indi-
 4 vidual serving as director at the expiration of the term may continue to
 5 serve until their successor is appointed. Any deputy director shall
 6 serve until the expiration of the term of office of the director who
 7 appointed them, and until their successor is appointed, unless sooner
 8 removed by the director.
 9 4. The director shall hold no other public office while serving as
 10 the director. The director shall receive such compensation as may be
 11 fixed by the legislature.
 12 5. The director may be removed by either the assembly or the senate by
 13 resolution requiring a two-thirds vote of the members elected to either
 14 branch of the legislature.
 15 § 77. Powers and duties of the office; report. 1. a. The office shall:
 16 (i) provide information to the legislative committees of the senate
 17 and assembly with respect to the state budget, appropriation and
 18 programmatic bills and other bills providing budget authority or tax
 19 expenditures;
 20 (ii) examine and review all financial and programmatic information of
 21 the state for th