S 960: Relates to items of appropriation.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 960 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, HELMING, OBERACKER, O'MARA, ORTT, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing amendments to article 7 of the constitution, in relation to items of appropriation 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 3 of arti- 2 cle 7 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 § 3. At the time of submitting the budget to the legislature the 4 governor shall submit: 5 (a) a bill or bills containing all the proposed appropriations and 6 reappropriations included in the budget [and], provided, however, that 7 such appropriations and reappropriations shall be consistent with and 8 constrained by the provisions of existing state law at the time of 9 submission or consistent with proposed legislation intended to amend 10 such existing law, except for monetary amounts where appropriate; and 11 (b) the proposed legislation, if any, recommended therein, which shall 12 be in a nonappropriation bill or bills separate and distinct from the 13 appropriation bill or bills. 14 The governor may at any time within thirty days thereafter and, with 15 the consent of the legislature, at any time before the adjournment ther- 16 eof, amend or supplement the budget and submit amendments to any bills 17 submitted by him or her or submit supplemental bills. 18 The governor and the heads of departments shall have the right, and it 19 shall be the duty of the heads of departments when requested by either 20 house of the legislature or an appropriate committee thereof, to appear 21 and be heard in respect to the budget during the consideration thereof, 22 and to answer inquiries relevant thereto. The procedure for such appear- 23 ances and inquiries shall be provided by law. 24 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 6 of article 7 of 25 the constitution be amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89036-01-5 
 S. 960 2 1 § 6. Except for appropriations contained in the bills submitted by the 2 governor and in a supplemental appropriation bill for the support of 3 government, no appropriations shall be made except by separate bills 4 each for a single object or purpose. All such bills and such supple- 5 mental appropriation bill shall be subject to the governor's approval as 6 provided in section 7 of article IV. 7 [No provision shall be embraced in any] Any appropriation bill submit- 8 ted by the governor or [in] such supplemental appropriation bill [unless 9 it relates] shall only contain items of appropriation and descriptions 10 thereof. Such item of appropriation shall not contain multiple items 11 unless separately scheduled and shall, where practicable, include iden- 12 tification of the statutory basis for such expenditure. Such 13 description: 14 (a) shall relate specifically to some particular appropriation in the 15 bill[, and any such provision shall be limited in its operation to such 16 appropriation]; 17 (b) shall identify the object or purpose of the appropriation to the 18 extent necessary for the legislature and public to effectively review 19 the proposed appropriation; 20 (c) shall not include the conditions, rules or requirements of a 21 program to be funded thereby; provided any such conditions, rules or 22 requirements shall be separately set forth by the governor in either 23 nonappropriation bills containing proposed legislation or the additional 24 budgetary information submitted by the governor in accordance with 25 section two of this article; and 26 (d) shall not abrogate or modify an existing provision of law, 27 provided, however, the governor may propose such modifications to an 28 existing provision of law in nonappropriation bills in accord with 29 subdivision (b) of section three of this article. 30 § 3. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment 31 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 32 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 33 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 34 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.