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NY Legis L § 54 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 3 - The Enactment and Publication of Laws 54 - Report on the Budget.

§ 54. Report  on the budget. 1. Upon passage of appropriation bills by both the senate and the assembly, the  senate  and  the  assembly  shall issue  either  jointly  or separately a summary of changes to the budget submitted by the governor  in  accordance  with  article  seven  of  the constitution. The summary shall be in such a form as to indicate whether the  budget  as amended provides that, for the general fund, any changes in anticipated disbursements are  balanced  by  changes  in  anticipated receipts. The summary shall be accompanied by descriptions of changes to both  receipts and disbursements in sufficient detail as is necessary to describe legislative action on the  governor's  budget  submission.  The summary  shall  be  in  such  format as determined by the senate and the assembly, either jointly or separately, and may be issued separately, as part of the report required by section twenty-two-b of the state finance law or may be included  within  the  introductory  memoranda  or  fiscal committee memoranda relating to such legislation or in such other manner as  may  be determined by the senate and the assembly, either separately or jointly.   2. (a) The legislature shall enact a budget for  the  upcoming  fiscal year that it determines is balanced in the general fund.  (b) Before voting upon an appropriation bill submitted by the governor and related legislation, as amended, in accordance with article seven of the  constitution,  each house shall place on the desks of its members a report relating to each such bill and, preceding  final  action  on  all such  appropriation  bills and legislation, members shall be so provided with a comprehensive, cumulative report relating to all such  bills  and legislation.  (c)  The  reports prepared by each house shall include for the general fund a summary of proposed legislative revisions to the executive budget for the ensuing fiscal year, and shall separately identify  and  present all legislative additions, reestimates and other revisions that increase or  decrease  disbursements,  and  separately  identify  and present all legislative reestimates and other revisions that  increase  or  decrease available  resources.  Such report shall, where practicable, display and separately identify and present all legislative additions,  reestimates, and  other revisions that increase or decrease state funds and all funds spending, including an estimate of the impact of the proposed  revisions on local governments and the state workforce.
NY Legis L § 54-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 3 - The Enactment and Publication of Laws 54-A - Scheduling of Legislative Consideration of Budget Bills.

§  54-a.  Scheduling of legislative consideration of budget bills. The legislature shall by concurrent resolution of the  senate  and  assembly prescribe by joint rule or rules a procedure for:   1.  establishing  a  joint budget conference committee or joint budget conference committees within ten days following the  submission  of  the budget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the constitution, to consider  and reconcile such budget resolution or budget bills as may be passed by each house; and   2. promulgating a schedule within ten days following the submission of the  budget  by  the  governor  pursuant  to  article   seven   of   the constitution,  for considering and acting upon such budget appropriation and related bills which shall include:  (a) dates for those actions required to be taken  by  the  legislature pursuant to section fifty-three of this chapter;  (b)  dates  for  public  hearings  on  submissions  by the governor as required by section thirty-two-a of this chapter;  (c) a date for the establishment of joint budget conference  committee or committees; and  (d)  a  date  by  which  such  joint  budget  conference  committee or committees shall issue their final reports.
NY Legis L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 3-A - Requests From Local Governments for Enactment of Special Laws 55 - Requests From Local Governments for Enactment of Special Laws.

§ 55. Requests  from  local governments for enactment of special laws.   The legislature shall prescribe by rules to be promulgated from time  to   time  by  concurrent  resolution of the Senate and Assembly the forms of   requests to be submitted to it by counties, cities, towns  and  villages   with  respect to the enactment of special laws pursuant to paragraph two   of subdivision (b) of section two of article nine  of  the  constitution   and the manner of communication of such requests to the legislature.
NY Legis L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 3-A - Requests From Local Governments for Enactment of Special Laws 56 - Effect of Requests From Local Governments.

§ 56. Effect  of requests from local governments. The enactment of any   law under paragraph two of subdivision (b) of  section  two  of  article   nine  of the constitution shall be conclusive as to the facts that (1) a   necessity as set forth in the request existed at the time  of  enactment   and  (2)  that  sufficient  facts  were  set  forth  in  such request to   establish such necessity.
NY Legis L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 60 - Testimony Before Legislative Committees.

§ 60. Testimony before legislative committees. A legislative committee   may require the attendance of witnesses in this state whom the committee   may  wish  to  examine, or may issue a commission for the examination of   witnesses who are out of the state or unable to attend the committee  or   excused  from  attendance,  which commission if directed by the house or   legislature by which the committee is appointed may be  executed  during   the  recess  of the legislature. A commission issued as provided by this   section shall be in the form used in the courts of record of this  state   and shall be executed in like manner. Unless otherwise instructed by the   committee  appointing  them  the  commissioners  shall examine privately   every witness attending before  them  and  shall  not  make  public  the   particulars of such examination. No committee of either house or a joint   committee  of  both  houses  shall have the power to take testimony at a   private hearing or at a public  hearing  unless  at  least  two  of  its   members are present at such hearing.
NY Legis L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 61 - Subcommittees.

§ 61. Subcommittees. Whenever any committee of either house or a joint   committee of both houses of the legislature shall be required to make an   inquiry  or  investigation, such committee may appoint a subcommittee of   not less than  three  of  its  own  members  to  make  such  inquiry  or   investigation,  and  to  take  testimony  in  relation thereto; and such   committee or subcommittee and the chairman  thereof  shall  respectively   have  all  the powers and authority, which are conferred by law upon any   committee which is authorized to send for persons or papers, or upon the   chairman thereof. No subcommittee shall have the power to take testimony   at a private hearing or at a public hearing unless at least two  of  its   members are present at such hearing.
NY Legis L § 62 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 62 - Witnesses' Fees.

§ 62. Witnesses'  fees.  Any  person  attending as a witness under the   provisions of the last two sections shall receive the same fees  as  are   allowed  witnesses  in civil actions in courts of record. Such fees need   not be prepaid, but the comptroller upon the certificate of the chairman   of the committee, and proof by affidavit or otherwise that the  same  is   due, shall draw his warrant for the payment of the amount thereof.
NY Legis L § 62-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 62-A - Subpoenas; Oaths.

§ 62-a. Subpoenas; oaths. The chairman, vice-chairman or a majority of   a  legislative  committee  may  issue  a  subpoena requiring a person to   attend before the committee and be examined in reference to  any  matter   within  the scope of the inquiry or investigation being conducted by the   committee, and, in a proper case, to bring with him, a  book  or  paper.   The  provisions  of  the  civil  practice  law  and rules in relation to   enforcing  obedience  to  a  subpoena  lawfully  issued  by   a   judge,   arbitrator, referee or other person in a matter not arising in an action   in  a  court  of  record  apply  to  a  subpoena issued by a legislative   committee as authorized by this section. Any  member  of  a  legislative   committee may administer an oath to a witness.
NY Legis L § 62-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 62-B - Joint Legislative Committee Competent Authority to Confer Immunity.

§ 62-b. Joint  legislative  committee  competent  authority  to confer   immunity. In  any  inquiry  or  investigation  by  a  joint  legislative   committee, such committee is a competent authority to confer immunity in   accordance  with  section  50.20 of the criminal procedure law. Immunity   may be conferred only upon the concurrence of a  majority  of  the  full   membership  of  such  committee  and  provided that at least twenty-four   hours prior written notice is given to the attorney general of the state   of New York and to the appropriate district attorney having an  official   interest therein.
NY Legis L § 63 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 63 - Expenses of Committees.

§ 63. Expenses  of committees. Whenever by resolution of either house,   a committee or joint committee duly appointed pursuant thereto shall  be   directed  to conduct an investigation or take testimony, the comptroller   shall draw his warrant for the  payment  of  the  actual  and  necessary   expenses  of  the  committee  or  subcommittee  having  in  charge  such   investigation, inquiry or taking of testimony, and of the  officers  and   employees  authorized  to  accompany  them,  upon  the  rendition  of an   itemized bill  of  such  expenses  certified  by  the  chairman  of  the   committee,  and approved by the temporary president of the senate in the   case of a senate committee, or the speaker of the assembly in  the  case   of  an  assembly  committee,  or  by both such officers in the case of a   joint committee, or by his or their designee or designees, respectively,   and upon proof by affidavit or otherwise that the same is due.Such designation shall be in writing and filed in the office  of  such   officer  or  officers  and  in  the  office of the comptroller and shall   remain in effect during the term of office of such officer  or  officers   unless  sooner  revoked.  The approval of any such designee shall be for   expenses other than personal service and in amounts not  to  exceed  the   sum fixed in such designation for any such item.
NY Legis L § 64 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 64 - Contested Elections.

§ 64. Contested elections. Upon the application of any person desirous   of  obtaining  testimony  respecting  the election of a member of either   house, for the purpose of contesting an election, or resisting a contest   thereof, any county judge of the county, or justice of the supreme court   of the district, or the mayor or recorder of a city in which the  member   or  applicant  shall reside, may require the attendance of persons named   by the applicant,  at  a  specified  time  and  place,  to  be  examined   respecting such election; and shall, at the same time, issue a notice to   the  opposite  party  of the time, place and object of such examination.   The notice shall be served in the same manner as a notice of motion in a   court of record. At the time appointed for the examination,  upon  proof   of the due service of such notice, the witnesses who shall attend or who   shall  be  produced by either party, shall be examined under oath before   such officer, respecting such matters relating to the election about  to   be  contested, as shall be proposed by either party. The testimony given   upon such examination  shall  be  reduced  to  writing,  signed  by  the   witnesses  respectively,  certified  by  the  officer before whom it was   taken, and with the subpoena, notice and proof of the  service  thereof,   shall  be  sent  by  him under seal to the secretary or the clerk of the   house to which the election pertains.A witness attending before such officer,  by  virtue  of  a  subpoena,   shall  receive  the same fees as are allowed to witnesses in civil suits   in courts of record, to be paid by the  party  at  whose  instance  such   witness was summoned.
NY Legis L § 65 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 65 - Expenses of Unsuccessful Contestant.

§ 65. Expenses of unsuccessful contestant. When the seat of any member   of  the  legislature  shall  be  contested,  no  expense incurred by the   contestant, in prosecuting his claim, shall be paid by the state, unless   such seat be awarded to the contestant.
NY Legis L § 66-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 66-A - Prohibited Activity by Legislative Employees.

§ 66-a. Prohibited  activity  by legislative employees. No legislative   employee shall, except  within  the  scope  of  legislative  employment,   directly  or  indirectly,  promote  or  oppose  the  passage of bills or   resolutions by either house.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this   section, a legislative employee who serves as an elected chief executive   officer  or  member  of  a  governing body of a municipal corporation or   district corporation shall be authorized to participate  while  carrying   out  the  official  duties  of  such office in the discussion, drafting,   preparation,  voting  and  dispatch  of   a   resolution,   message   or   proclamation  addressed  to  either  house.  A violation of this section   shall constitute a misdemeanor.
NY Legis L § 67 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4 - Legislative Committees; Testimony in Legislative Proceedings 67 - Data for Financial Committees to Be Preserved.

§ 67. Data  for  financial  committees  to  be  preserved.  All books,   papers,  transcripts  of  records,   pamphlets,   statements,   reports,   documents,  data,  memoranda  and  written  or printed matter used by or   submitted to the finance committee of the  senate  and  ways  and  means   committee of the assembly during any session of the legislature shall be   preserved  until  the  adjournment of the next ensuing annual session of   the legislature, in the senate finance committee room. All such  matters   and  things in the committee room of the ways and means committee of the   assembly at the close of an annual session of the legislature  shall  be   transferred  to the committee room of the senate finance committee.  The   duty of caring for such matters and things,  and  keeping  them  intact,   between  sessions of the legislature shall devolve on the superintendent   of public buildings.
NY Legis L § 70 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4-A - Law Revision Commission 70 - Commission Created; Terms and Qualifications of Members.

§ 70. Commission  created;  terms and qualifications of members. A law   revision commission is hereby created, to consist of the chairman of the   committees on the judiciary  and  codes  of  the  senate  and  assembly,   ex-officio,  and  five  additional  members,  to  be  appointed  by  the   governor. The members first appointed by the governor shall be appointed   for such terms  that  the  term  of  one  member  will  expire  on  each   succeeding thirty-first day of December. The term of a member thereafter   appointed,  except  to  fill  a  vacancy  occurring  otherwise  than  by   expiration of term, shall be five years from the expiration of the  term   of his predecessor. A vacancy in the office of a member appointed by the   governor occurring otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be filled   by  the  governor  for  the  remainder only of the term. Upon making the   original appointments, the governor shall designate one of the appointed   members as chairman  of  the  commission.  Upon  the  appointment  of  a   successor  to  the  chairman  of  the  commission,  the  governor  shall   designate such successor or other member of the commission as  chairman.   Four members appointed by the governor shall be attorneys and counselors   at  law,  admitted to practice in the courts of this state, and at least   two of them shall be members of law faculties  of  universities  or  law   schools within the state recognized by the board of regents of the state   of New York.
NY Legis L § 71 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4-A - Law Revision Commission 71 - Expenses; Employees.

§ 71. Expenses;  employees.  Each  of  the  members  of the commission   appointed by the governor shall receive necessary expenses  incurred  in   the  performance  of  official  duty.  The  commission  may appoint such   employees as may be  needed,  prescribe  their  duties,  and  fix  their   compensation within the amount appropriated for the commission.
NY Legis L § 72 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 4-A - Law Revision Commission 72 - Purposes of Commission.

§ 72. Purposes of commission. It shall be the duty of the law revision   commission:1.  To  examine  the  common law and statutes of the state and current   judicial  decisions  for  the  purpose  of   discovering   defects   and   anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms.2.  To receive and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by   the American law institute,  the  commissioners  for  the  promotion  of   uniformity  of  legislation in the United States, any bar association or   other learned bodies.3. To receive and consider suggestions from judges,  justices,  public   officials,   lawyers   and  the  public  generally  as  to  defects  and   anachronisms in the law.4. To recommend, from time to time, such changes  in  the  law  as  it   deems  necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules   of law, and to bring the law of this state,  civil  and  criminal,  into   harmony with modern conditions.5.  To report its proceedings annually to the legislature on or before   February first, and, if it deems advisable, to accompany its report with   proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.
NY Legis L § 82 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 5-A - Legislative Commissions 82 - Legislative Commissions.

* § 82. Legislative commissions. Expenditures made from appropriations   and  reappropriations  to  the  legislature for services and expenses of   shared legislative commissions, task forces and councils, including, but   not limited to those set forth in this article  and  article  five-B  of   this chapter, shall be paid upon the approval of the temporary president   of  the  senate  and  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  unless otherwise   specified by law. Such expenditures shall be payable after audit by  and   on  the  warrant  of  the  comptroller  upon  vouchers  certified by the   temporary president of the senate or his or her designee and the speaker   of the assembly or his or her designee.* NB Repealed June 30, 2022
NY Legis L § 83 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 5-A - Legislative Commissions 83 - Council on Health Care Financing; Continued.

* § 83. Council  on  health care financing; continued. Notwithstanding   any other provision of law, the council  on  health  care  financing  as   established  by  chapter  five  hundred  twenty  of the laws of nineteen   hundred  seventy-eight,  as  last  amended  and  continued  by   chapter   fifty-one  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three, is hereby   continued.* NB Repealed June 30, 2022
NY Legis L § 86 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 5-B - Legislative Review of Administrative Regulations 86 - Administrative Regulations Review Commission.

§ 86. Administrative  regulations  review  commission. There is hereby   created an administrative regulations review commission  to  consist  of   two  members of the senate to be appointed by the temporary president of   the senate, two members of the assembly to be appointed by  the  speaker   of  the  assembly,  one  member  of  the  senate  to be appointed by the   minority leader of the senate and one  member  of  the  assembly  to  be   appointed  by  the  minority  leader  of  the  assembly.  The  temporary   president of the senate and the  speaker  of  the  assembly  shall  each   appoint  a  co-chairman  from  among  the  commission  membership.   Any   vacancies  shall  be  filled  in  the  same  manner  as   the   original   appointment.    Such  appointees  shall  serve  at  the  pleasure of the   respective legislative member making such appointment.
NY Legis L § 87 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 5-B - Legislative Review of Administrative Regulations 87 - Powers and Duties.

§ 87. Powers  and  duties. 1. The commission shall exercise continuous   oversight of the process of rule making and examine rules, as defined in   subdivision two of section one hundred two of the  state  administrative   procedure  act,  adopted  or proposed by each agency with respect to (i)   statutory authority, (ii)  compliance  with  legislative  intent,  (iii)   impact  on the economy and on the government operations of the state and   its local governments, and (iv) impact  on  affected  parties;  and,  in   furtherance   of   such  duties,  may  examine  other  issues  it  deems   appropriate. For purpose of this article, the term agency shall mean any   department,  board,  bureau,  commission,  division,  office,   council,   committee  or  officer  of  the state or a public benefit corporation or   public authority at least one of  whose  members  is  appointed  by  the   governor.2.  The  commission  may employ such staff and retain such consultants   and expert services as may be necessary and fix their  compensation  and   expenses  within  the  amounts  appropriated therefor. Employment by the   commission shall be deemed to be employment by the legislature  for  all   purposes.3.  The  commission shall have the power, subject to the provisions of   section seventy-three  of  the  civil  rights  law,  to  hold  hearings,   subpoena  witnesses,  administer  oaths,  take  testimony and compel the   production of books, papers, documents and other evidence in furtherance   of its duties; provided, however, that no subpoena  shall  issue  except   upon  the  affirmative vote of a majority of the whole membership of the   commission. The commission  may  request  and  shall  receive  from  all   agencies  such  assistance  and  data  as  will  enable  it  properly to   consummate any such examination, and review.4. The commission shall be authorized to request and receive,  from  a   state  agency,  all  rulemaking  notices,  statements  and  analyses  as   provided for pursuant to the state administrative procedure  act,  data,   rules, regulations and other information by electronic means as provided   for by article three of the state technology law.