A 4995: Prohibits a member of the legislature from disbursing or making public moneys pursuant to a memoranda of understanding regarding certain line item appropriations prior to such member's election.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4995 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting a member from disbursing moneys pursuant to memoranda of understanding regard- ing certain line item appropriations in the state budget prior to an election 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 section 13 2 to read as follows: 3 § 13. Limitations on line item appropriations prior to an election. No 4 member of the legislature shall disburse or make public any single grant 5 pursuant to memoranda of understanding or any segregation of lump sum 6 appropriation for unspecified capital projects and operating grants 7 resulting from the state budget process between the executive and the 8 legislature within sixty days prior to such member's election. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 10 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00688-01-5