New York S 1394: Provides for the review of unfunded mandates

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S01394 Summary:

BILL NOS01394 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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COSPNSROBERACKER, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §51, Leg L; add §50-a, Exec L; add §208, St Ad Proc Act

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Provides for the review of unfunded mandates; provides that the comptroller shall provide a fiscal note for unfunded mandates affecting political subdivisions; directs a continuing study.

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1394

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, OBERACKER, WEIK -- 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, the executive law and the state
 administrative procedure act, in relation to unfunded mandate review

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "unfunded mandate review act".
 3 § 2. Section 51 of the legislative law, as added by chapter 985 of the
 4 laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 51. Fiscal impact notes on bills affecting political subdivisions.
 6 1. For the purpose of this section, the term "political subdivision"
 7 means the state, or any division, agency or body of the state; or any
 8 county, city, town, village, special district or school district.
 9 2. [The legislature shall by concurrent resolution of the senate and
 10 assembly prescribe rules requiring fiscal notes to accompany, on a sepa-
 11 rate form, bills and amendments to bills, except as otherwise prescribed
 12 by such rules, which would substantially affect the revenues or
 13 expenses, or both, of any political subdivision] Whenever a committee of
 14 either house reports a bill that includes an unfunded mandate affecting
 15 a political subdivision, the bill shall be accompanied by:
 16 (a) an identification and description of any mandate in the bill
 17 anticipated to have a direct or indirect cost, a qualitative, and if
 18 practicable, a quantitative assessment of the costs and benefits of the
 19 mandate; and
 20 (b) a fiscal impact note provided by the comptroller. Fiscal note
 21 estimates shall include total cost of complying with the bill and future
 22 projected costs. If the comptroller determines that an estimate is not
 23 feasible to make, the comptroller shall report reasons for determining
 24 an estimate cannot be made.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01590-01-5

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 1 3. Fiscal notes shall not, however, be required for bills: (a) subject
 2 to the provisions of section fifty of this chapter, or (b) accompanied
 3 by special home rule requests submitted by political subdivisions, or
 4 (c) which provide discretionary authority to political subdivisions, or
 5 (d) submitted pursuant to section twenty-four of the state finance law.
 6 4. If the estimate or estimates contained in a fiscal note are inaccu-
 7 rate, such inaccuracies shall not affect, impair or invalidate such
 8 bill.
 9 5. Except as provided in subdivisions three and four of this section,
 10 the legislature shall not consider a bill including an unfunded mandate
 11 affecting a political subdivision if it is not accompanied by a
 12 description and fiscal impact note as provided in subdivision two of
 13 this section.
 14 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 50-a to read
 15 as follows:
 16 § 50-a. Review of legislation affecting political subdivisions. 1.
 17 Fiscal impact notes on bills affecting political subdivisions. Upon the
 18 request of a legislative committee chair or the minority ranking member,
 19 the comptroller shall provide a fiscal impact note for any bill that
 20 includes an unfunded mandate