Bill Text: NY A03137 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that where the legislature has not passed a budget by the start of the fiscal year the budget bills for the previous year shall remain in effect with a five percent reduction in all appropriations except entitlement programs required by law and appropriations for debt service; such budget shall remain in effect until a balanced budget is passed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-18 - to attorney-general for opinion [A03137 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03137-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3137
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, PEOPLES-STOKES -- Multi-Sponsored by
         --  M.  of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways
         and Means
                   CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
       proposing an amendment to article 7 of the constitution, in relation  to
         providing  for  a continuing austerity contingency budget in the event
         that the budget submitted by the governor is not passed by the  legis-
         lature before the start of the new fiscal year with or without permis-
         sible alterations
    1    Section  1.    Resolved  (if the Senate concur), That article 7 of the
    2  constitution be amended by adding a new section 4-a to read as follows:
    3    S 4-A. IF, ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF THE STATE FISCAL  YEAR  WHICH
    4  NEXT  FOLLOWS  SUBMISSION  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  BUDGET BILLS DESCRIBED IN
    5  SECTION THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT PASSED,  WITH  OR
    6  WITHOUT  PERMISSIBLE  ALTERATIONS,  ONE OR MORE OF SUCH BILLS CONTAINING
    7  ALL THE PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS AND  REAPPROPRIATIONS  INCLUDED  IN  THE
    8  GOVERNOR'S SUBMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, THEN IN
    9  SUCH  EVENT  ALL  OF THE AUTHORITY TO RAISE AND SPEND MONEYS PURSUANT TO
   10  THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BUDGET LAWS IN EFFECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR  DURING
   11  WHICH  THE GOVERNOR'S SUBMISSION IS MADE SHALL CONTINUE IN EFFECT DURING
   12  THE NEXT STATE FISCAL YEAR BUT SUCH SPENDING AUTHORITY SHALL BE  LIMITED
   13  BY  A  MANDATORY  ACROSS-THE-BOARD  FIVE  PERCENT REDUCTION IN ALL STATE
   14  SPENDING, EXCEPT PAYMENTS FOR ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS MANDATED BY  LAW  AND
   15  PAYMENTS FOR SERVICING THE STATE'S DEBT, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS NEW AUTHORI-
   16  TY  IS CONFERRED BY ADOPTION BY THE LEGISLATURE, WITH OR WITHOUT PERMIS-
   17  SIBLE ALTERATIONS, OF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THE BILLS SO  SUBMITTED  BY
   18  THE  GOVERNOR AND APPLICABLE TO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, WHICH ADOPTED BILLS
   19  IN THE AGGREGATE CONSTITUTE, IN  THE  JUDGMENT  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE,  A
   20  BALANCED BUDGET.
   21    S  2.   Resolved (if the Senate concur),  That the foregoing amendment
   22  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
   23  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
   24  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
   25  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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