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A02700 Summary:

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Amd §67-b, St Fin L

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Establishes oversight of debts issued during a state of emergency; establishes the procedure of how the legislature may oversee such debts issued during a state of emergency.

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BILL NOA02700 

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01/22/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2700

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring the
 legislature to approve the suspension of the debt cap for debt issu-
 ances during times of emergency

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 67-b of the state finance law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
 4 subdivision, any state-supported debt issued during a declared state of
 5 emergency shall be subject to legislative oversight as follows:
 6 (i) The legislature shall, by resolution, vote to approve whether such
 7 state-supported debt issued during the declared emergency shall be
 8 subject to the debt cap limitations outlined in paragraph (a) of this
 9 subdivision.
 10 (ii) The resolution shall specify the:
 11 (A) total amount of state-supported debt to be exempted from the debt
 12 cap;
 13 (B) purpose for which the debt is to be issued; and
 14 (C) duration of the exemption, not to exceed the duration of the
 15 declared emergency.
 16 (iii) A two-thirds vote in both houses of the legislature shall be
 17 required for approval of the resolution.
 18 (iv) If the resolution is not approved, the state-supported debt
 19 issued during the declared emergency shall remain subject to the debt
 20 cap limitations set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
 21 (v) The legislature may, by subsequent resolution approved in the same
 22 manner as set forth in the paragraph, modify or rescind any previously
 23 approved exemption to the debt cap for emergency-related debt.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05919-01-5

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 1 (vi) The state comptroller shall maintain a separate accounting of all
 2 state-supported debt issued pursuant to this paragraph and report quar-
 3 terly to the legislature on the status and impact on such debt issued
 4 pursuant to this paragraph on the state's overall debt position.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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