New York S 960: Relates to items of appropriation

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S00960 Summary:

BILL NOS00960 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, HELMING, OBERACKER, O'MARA, ORTT, TEDISCO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 7 §§3 & 6, Constn

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Relates to items of appropriation.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/08/2025TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

01/31/2025OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/08/2026TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

02/03/2026OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 960

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, HELMING, OBERACKER, O'MARA,
 ORTT, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
 be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing amendments to article 7 of the constitution, in relation to
 items of appropriation

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 3 of arti-
 2 cle 7 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 3 § 3. At the time of submitting the budget to the legislature the
 4 governor shall submit:
 5 (a) a bill or bills containing all the proposed appropriations and
 6 reappropriations included in the budget [and], provided, however, that
 7 such appropriations and reappropriations shall be consistent with and
 8 constrained by the provisions of existing state law at the time of
 9 submission or consistent with proposed legislation intended to amend
 10 such existing law, except for monetary amounts where appropriate; and
 11 (b) the proposed legislation, if any, recommended therein, which shall
 12 be in a nonappropriation bill or bills separate and distinct from the
 13 appropriation bill or bills.
 14 The governor may at any time within thirty days thereafter and, with
 15 the consent of the legislature, at any time before the adjournment ther-
 16 eof, amend or supplement the budget and submit amendments to any bills
 17 submitted by him or her or submit supplemental bills.
 18 The governor and the heads of departments shall have the right, and it
 19 shall be the duty of the heads of departments when requested by either
 20 house of the legislature or an appropriate committee thereof, to appear
 21 and be heard in respect to the budget during the consideration thereof,
 22 and to answer inquiries relevant thereto. The procedure for such appear-
 23 ances and inquiries shall be provided by law.
 24 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 6 of article 7 of
 25 the constitution be amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89036-01-5

 S. 960 2

 1 § 6. Except for appropriations contained in the bills submitted by the
 2 governor and in a supplemental appropriation bill for the support of
 3 government, no appropriations shall be made except by separate bills
 4 each for a single object or purpose. All such bills and such supple-
 5 mental appropriation bill shall be subject to the governor's approval as
 6 provided in section 7 of article IV.
 7 [No provision shall be embraced in any] Any appropriation bill submit-
 8 ted by the governor or [in] such supplemental appropriation bill [unless
 9 it relates] shall only contain items of appropriation and descriptions
 10 thereof. Such item of appropriation shall not contain multiple items
 11 unless separately scheduled and shall, where practicable, include iden-
 12 tification of the statutory basis for such expenditure. Such
 13 description:
 14 (a) shall relate specifically to some particular appropriation in the
 15 bill[, and any such provision shall be limited in its operation to such
 16 appropriation];
 17 (b) shall identify the object or purpose of the appropriation to the
 18 extent necessary for the legislature and public to effectively review
 19 the proposed appropriation;
 20 (c) shall not include the conditions, rules or requirements of a
 21 program to be funded thereby; pro