New York S 3376: Establishes the New York state independent budget office

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S03376 Summary:

BILL NOS03376 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, OBERACKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 4-B §§75 & 76, Leg L

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Creates the New York state independent budget office with a director to be appointed, upon the recommendations of an independent budget office advisory committee, by the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the senate; establishes such office shall provide objective, non-partisan and timely analyses of state revenue, expenditures and management practices to members of the legislature for any legislation with fiscal impact or at the request of a leader or a committee.

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BILL NOS03376 

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01/27/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3376

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, BORRELLO, OBERACKER -- 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 establishing the New
 York state independent 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 NEW YORK STATE INDEPENDENT BUDGET OFFICE
 5 Section 75. Powers and duties of the New York state independent budget
 6 office.
 7 76. Director of the New York state independent budget office.
 8 § 75. Powers and duties of the New York state independent budget
 9 office. There shall hereby be established a New York state independent
 10 budget office. 1. It shall be the duty of the New York state independ-
 11 ent budget office to provide the members and committees of the legisla-
 12 ture with information which will assist such officials and bodies in the
 13 discharge of their responsibilities which are related to the budgetary
 14 process including:
 15 (a) information with respect to the budget, appropriations bills and
 16 proposed laws with fiscal implications;
 17 (b) information with respect to estimated revenues and receipts, and
 18 changing revenue conditions;
 19 (c) information with respect to the performance and effectiveness of
 20 state agencies and programs; and
 21 (d) to the extent practicable, such other information or analyses as
 22 may be requested by such officials and bodies, and the general public.
 23 Requests made by the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president
 24 of the senate, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03562-01-5

 S. 3376 2

 1 the chair of the senate finance committee regarding the budget, revenues
 2 and expenditures shall receive priority attention.
 3 2. The independent budget office shall complete a fiscal impact
 4 statement: (a) for any bill being considered on an assembly ways and
 5 means committee agenda or a senate finance committee agenda, to the
 6 extent possible; (b) for any bill at the request of the speaker or
 7 minority leader of the assembly or the temporary president or minority
 8 leader of the senate; and (c) at the request of a committee chair or
 9 ranking member of a committee for any bill referred to their respective
 10 committee. Fiscal impact statements shall estimate the impact on state
 11 revenues or expenditures.
 12 3. The independent budget office shall submit an analysis of the
 13 executive budget by March first of each year to the members of the
 14 assembly ways and means committee and the senate finance committee, and
 15 make copies of such analysis available to all other members of the
 16 legislature and all other individuals, upon request.
 17 4. The independent budget office shall, to the extent practicable,
 18 develop proposals for cost effective alternative approaches to meet th