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NY Legis L § 8 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 8 - Appointments to Be Filed With the Comptroller.

§ 8. Appointments  to  be filed with the comptroller. All appointments   made under this chapter shall be filed with the respective secretary  or   clerk of the house wherein made, and certified to the comptroller by the   appointing  officer  with a statement of the date of appointment and the   compensation. In case of  the  death,  resignation  or  removal  by  the   appointing  officer  of an officer or employee appointed by him pursuant   to this chapter, the vacancy shall be filled by the officer  making  the   original  appointment and he shall file with the comptroller a notice of   such vacancy and the name of the person appointed as successor, with the   date of such appointment and the compensation.
NY Legis L § 9 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 9 - Additional Employees.

§ 9. Additional  employees.  A  committee  of  investigation  or other   special committee of the legislature or  of  either  house  thereof  may   employ  needed  assistants  and fix their compensation within the amount   available to the committee by appropriation.
NY Legis L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 10 - Compensation of Officers and Employees.

§ 10. Compensation  of  officers  and  employees. The secretary of the   senate, the clerk of the assembly, and all other officers and  employees   of  the senate and assembly, shall be paid the compensation fixed by the   appointing officer within the amount provided by appropriation.
NY Legis L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 11 - Designation of Payrolls as Annual, Session or Temporary.

§ 11. Designation  of  payrolls  as  annual, session or temporary. Any   person having the statutory power to appoint, or  fix  the  compensation   and/or   approve   vouchers  of  officers  and/or  employees  paid  from   appropriations made for the legislature shall place  all  such  officers   and/or  employees  on  an  annual, session or temporary payroll, as such   person shall, in his sole discretion, determine. Any payroll  which  was   paid from appropriations made for the legislature prior to the effective   date  of this section and which was not designated as annual, session or   temporary shall be considered as an annual payroll for all purposes.
NY Legis L § 15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 15 - Duties of Secretary and Clerk.

§ 15. Duties  of  secretary and clerk. The secretary of the senate and   the clerk of the assembly shall from time to time revise,  and  send  to   the members of the legislature, the clerk's manual, and shall as soon as   practicable  after  the  organization  of  the  legislature,  prepare  a   directory of the members and elected officers, with their public  office   addresses  while  in  the city of Albany.   Within the discretion of the   temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly,  such   directory  may  contain the names of other officers and employees of the   senate and assembly.The respective secretary or clerk of each  house  shall,  as  soon  as   practicable  after the close of each session, prepare and deliver to the   legislative printer the indexes to the journals and bills of such house.The respective secretary and clerk shall prepare  a  list  of  mailing   addresses  of  senators  and  members  of  the  assembly  which shall be   submitted to the state board of elections by February twentieth of  each   year.
NY Legis L § 17 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 17 - Accountability of Secretary and Clerk to Comptroller.

§ 17. Accountability  of  secretary  and  clerk  to  comptroller.  The   secretary of the senate, or such other  officers  or  employees  of  the   senate  as the temporary president of the senate shall designate and the   clerk of the assembly, or  such  other  officers  or  employees  of  the   assembly  as  the speaker of the assembly shall designate, respectively,   shall, from time to time, file with  the  comptroller  vouchers  of  all   bills  incurred  by their respective houses for the purchase of material   and services except personal service. Such vouchers  duly  certified  by   such  secretary  or  clerk  or  designee,  shall  be  accompanied by the   certification of each payee to the effect  that  each  invoice  or  bill   covered  by  such voucher is just, true and correct and that the balance   is actually due and owing.The respective fiscal officers shall from  time  to  time  notify  the   comptroller  of  the  appointment  of  personnel  and  the  rendering of   personal services, at such times and in such manner as  the  comptroller   shall prescribe, and stating the name and title of the payee, the period   of service, the compensation and the amount due.This  section shall not apply to employees of the committee on finance   of the senate, of the committee on ways and means of the assembly or  of   special joint legislative committees.
NY Legis L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 18 - Duties of Postmasters and Assistants.

§ 18. Duties  of  postmasters  and  assistants.  The  postmasters  and   assistant postmasters and post-office messengers shall perform  all  the   labors in the post-offices of their respective houses.
NY Legis L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 19 - Duties of Official Stenographers.

§ 19. Duties  of official stenographers. The official stenographers of   each house shall attend at every session of the body for which they  are   elected  and  take stenographic notes of the debates of such body and in   the committee of the whole thereof.
NY Legis L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 20 - Detail of Officers and Employees for Special Duties.

§ 20. Detail  of  officers  and  employees  for  special  duties.  The   presiding officer and the respective secretary or clerk of each house or   either of them, may detail any of the officers or employees  thereof  to   perform  such  duties  in addition to those ordinarily performed as they   may deem advisable to promote the business of such house.
NY Legis L § 21 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 21 - Limitation of Legislative Expenses.

§ 21. Limitation of legislative expenses. Neither house shall, without   the  consent  of  the  other, order to be printed more than ten thousand   copies of any paper, bill or document, the aggregate cost of which shall   exceed one thousand dollars; or appoint any committee of its own members   or others at the public expense, except in case of contested  elections;   or incur any expense whatever except as provided by this chapter.
NY Legis L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 23 - Appropriation Bills, How Referred.

§ 23. Appropriation  bills,  how  referred. All bills that involve any   appropriation from the treasury of the state,  when  introduced  in  the   senate,  shall  be  referred  to  the  committee  on  finance,  and when   introduced in the assembly, shall be referred to the committee  on  ways   and means.
NY Legis L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 24 - Legislative Bill Drafting Commission.

§ 24. Legislative   bill   drafting  commission.  A  legislative  bill   drafting commission is hereby created to consist of  two  commissioners,   one  of  whom shall be the commissioner for administration and the other   of whom shall be the commissioner for operations. Each such commissioner   shall be appointed jointly by the temporary president of the senate  and   the speaker of the assembly. Such appointments shall be evidenced by the   joint  certificate of the appointing officers filed in the office of the   secretary of state.  Each such commissioner shall hold office until  his   successor  is  appointed in the same manner as hereinabove provided. The   commissioners shall receive such compensation as may be provided  within   the  amount  of  the  appropriation  made by law for the maintenance and   operation of the commission. The  commissioners  and  employees  of  the   commission  shall  be considered as employees of the legislature for all   purposes.
NY Legis L § 27 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 27 - Appointment of Secretaries of Finance and Ways and Means Committees.

§ 27. Appointment  of  secretaries  of  finance  and  ways  and  means   committees. The committee on finance of the senate and the committee  on   ways  and  means  of  the assembly shall serve throughout the year, with   power to make, through the chairman  of  the  respective  committees  or   through  sub-committees  appointed  by  them,  such investigation of the   various activities of the state as will aid them in their  consideration   of  the budget submitted by the executive and any further appropriations   proposed to the legislature. The temporary president of the senate shall   appoint a secretary for the senate finance committee and the speaker  of   the  assembly  shall appoint a secretary for the assembly ways and means   committee. Each appointment  shall  be  evidenced  by  certificate  duly   executed  by the officer making the appointment, and filed in the office   of the secretary of state. Such  secretaries  shall  hold  office  until   their successors are appointed.
NY Legis L § 28 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 28 - Compensation, Expenses, Employees.

§ 28. Compensation,   expenses,   employees.  Such  secretaries  shall   receive an annual salary to be fixed by the  appointing  officer  within   the  amount  appropriated  therefor  and  shall  be  paid  their office,   traveling and  other  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by  them  in  the   performance  of  their  duties. The chairman of the finance committee of   the senate and the chairman of the  ways  and  means  committee  of  the   assembly may each appoint for the committee of which he is chairman such   accounting,  clerical  and stenographic employees as may be necessary to   assist such committee and the  secretaries  thereof  in  performing  the   duties  prescribed  by  this article. The compensation of such employees   shall be fixed by the appointing officer within the amount  appropriated   therefor.Expenditures  made  from  appropriations  by  the  legislature for the   senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means  committee  may   include  studies  and  surveys  and  for  expenses  of  maintenance  and   operation  including  personal  service  and   the   expenses   of   the   chairpersons  while  in travel in the performance of committee duties or   while in Albany during the recess  of  the  legislature,  the  traveling   expenses  of  the  employees  of  such  committees  while visiting state   institutions or performing other committee duties, and the  purchase  or   exchange, maintenance or hiring of automobiles.
NY Legis L § 29 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 29 - Sub-Committees of Finance and Ways and Means Committees.

§ 29. Sub-committees of finance and ways and means committees. For the   purpose of more effectively carrying out the provisions of this article,   and  those  of article two of the state departments law, the chairman of   the committee on finance appointed under the rules of the senate and the   chairman of the committee on ways and means appointed under the rules of   the assembly shall have the power to name sub-committees to perform such   duties as they may prescribe. The  members  of  such  sub-committees  so   serving  shall  be  paid  their  necessary  traveling  expenses  in  the   performance of their duties.
NY Legis L § 30 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 30 - Duties of Finance and Ways and Means Committees and Secretaries.

§ 30. Duties of finance and ways and means committees and secretaries.   The committees and their secretaries shall have access at all reasonable   times  to offices of state departments, commissions, boards, bureaus and   offices, to institutions and to all state authorities and  public  works   of  the  state and they may, for the purpose of obtaining information as   to the method of operation,  general  condition,  management  and  needs   thereof,   examine   the  books,  papers  and  public  records  therein.   Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  law  such  state  departments,   commissions,   boards,   bureaus,   offices,   state   authorities   and   institutions shall through their proper officers or deputies furnish  to   such committees such data, information or statements as may be necessary   for  the  proper exercise of their powers and duties and for the purpose   of carrying into effect the provisions of this article. The finance  and   ways  and  means  committee  in exercising the powers and performing the   duties prescribed by this article may act  jointly,  or  separately,  as   they deem advisable.
NY Legis L § 31 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 31 - Appearances and Inquiries in Respect to the Budget; Procedure Regulated.

§ 31. Appearances  and  inquiries  in respect to the budget; procedure   regulated. The governor and the  heads  of  departments,  divisions  and   offices  each shall have the right to appear voluntarily and be heard in   respect to the budget  before  the  committees  of  the  houses  of  the   legislature to which such budget may be referred under the rules of such   houses,  as  herein provided. Such voluntary appearance by the head of a   department, division or office may be made either in  person  or  by  an   accredited  representative of the department, division or office. If the   governor or the head of any department, division or office shall request   a hearing before the committee, in respect to the budget, the  committee   shall  notify  him  or  them  of the time or times when the committee is   prepared to hear him or them on such voluntary appearance. At  any  time   before  the  bills accompanying the budget shall have been reported, the   committee to which they were  referred  may  request  the  head  of  any   department,  division  or  office,  other  than  the governor, to appear   before it, at a time stated or forthwith, and answer relevant  inquiries   in respect to the budget. If, pursuant to section three of article seven   of  the  constitution,  a house of the legislature directly requests the   head of a department, division or  office  to  appear  before  it  or  a   committee  thereof,  to  answer inquiries in respect to the budget, at a   time stated or forthwith, the secretary or clerk of such house,  as  the   case  may  be, shall notify him of such request and of the time when his   appearance is desired, immediately upon the adoption of  the  resolution   therefor.  If  the  head  of  a  department,  division  or  office whose   appearance is requested by  such  house  or  committee  be  a  board  or   commission,  the  request may be directed to one or more of its members,   naming him or them.
NY Legis L § 32 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 32 - Representation of Certain Legislative Committees During Revision of the Budget.

§ 32. Representation of certain legislative committees during revision   of  the  budget. The chairman of the finance committee of the senate and   the chairman of the ways and means committee of  the  assembly  and  the   ranking  minority  members  of each of such committees shall be notified   of, and they and/or their representatives shall attend, the hearings  on   the  estimates  for  the  budget  and  revision thereof made pursuant to   section one of article seven of the  constitution,  and  they  shall  be   permitted  to  make inquiry with respect to such estimates and revision,   including all items thereof and all matters and facts relevant  thereto.   Such inquiry shall be conducted subject to such reasonable regulation as   may  be  prescribed  by  the  governor  with  a view to facilitating the   inquiry without unnecessary delay in the investigation and  revision  by   the governor.
NY Legis L § 32-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 32-A - Budget; Public Hearings.

§ 32-a. Budget;   public  hearings.  After  submission  and  prior  to   enactment of the executive budget, the senate finance committee and  the   assembly  ways  and  means committee jointly or separately shall conduct   public hearings on the budget. Such hearings may be conducted regionally   to provide individuals and organizations throughout the  state  with  an   opportunity  to  comment  on the budget. The committees shall make every   effort to hear all those who wish to present statements at  such  public   hearings.  The  chairs  of  the  committees  jointly or separately shall   publish a schedule of hearings.
NY Legis L § 33 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 33 - Exercise of Certain Statutory Powers During a Vacancy in Office of the Temporary President of the Senate and Speaker of the Assembly.

§ 33. Exercise  of certain statutory powers during a vacancy in office   of the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly.  A   statutory  power  of the temporary president of the senate or speaker of   the assembly, jointly or singly  to  approve  vouchers,  to  direct  the   expenditure of moneys appropriated for a legislative purpose, to appoint   or fix the compensation of legislative employees, to appoint a member or   members  of  a  legislative  committee of investigation or other special   legislative  committee,  or   of   a   temporary   commission   lawfully   constituted,  or  to  act  ex officio as a member of such a committee or   commission, may be exercised during  a  vacancy  or  vacancies  in  such   office  or  offices,  between final adjournment of the annual session of   the legislature and the ensuing first day of January, by the chairman of   the finance committee of the senate, acting in the place  and  stead  of   the  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  if  such vacancy be in that   office, and by the chairman of the  ways  and  means  committee  of  the   assembly, in the place and stead of the speaker of the assembly, if such   vacancy be in that office.In case of the disability of the chairman of such a committee, or of a   vacancy in such chairmanship, if the occasion arises for the exercise by   the  chairman of the powers conferred by this section, a majority of the   members of the committee, by certificate in triplicate  filed  with  the   respective  secretary  and clerk of the senate and assembly and with the   comptroller, may designate one  of  the  members  of  the  committee  to   exercise such powers.
NY Legis L § 34 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2-A - Procedure for Convening Extraordinary Sessions of the Legislature by Petition 34 - Definitions.

§ 34. Definitions.  The  words  and phrases used in this article shall   have the following meanings:a. "House" means the senate or assembly of the state of New York.b. "Initiating house" means the house wherein a request is filed  with   the  secretary  or  clerk,  as  the case may be, under the provisions of   subdivision a of section thirty-five of this article.c. "Petition" means a document distributed by the secretary  or  clerk   of  the initiating house to the members thereof transmitting the request   of  a  member  or  members  of  such  house  for  the  convening  of  an   extraordinary session.d.  "Receiving  house"  means  the  house  to  which  is transmitted a   certified copy of a  petition  timely  executed  by  two-thirds  of  the   members of the initiating house.e. "Concurring petition" means a document distributed by the secretary   or clerk of the receiving house to the members thereof upon receipt from   the  clerk or secretary of the initiating house of a certified copy of a   petition timely executed by two-thirds of the members of the  initiating   house  duly  requesting  the  convening  of  an extraordinary session. A   concurring petition shall transmit such request in language identical to   that contained in such certified copy.f. "Joint petition"  means  a  document  distributed  jointly  by  the   secretary  and  clerk  to  the  members of both houses, transmitting the   joint written request of at least one  member  of  each  house  for  the   convening of an extraordinary session.g.  "Perfected concurring petition" means a concurring petition timely   executed by two-thirds of the members of the receiving house.h. "Perfected joint petition" means a joint petition  timely  executed   by two-thirds of the members of each house.
NY Legis L § 35 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2-A - Procedure for Convening Extraordinary Sessions of the Legislature by Petition 35 - Form of Request for the Convening of an Extraordinary Session.

§ 35. Form  of  request for the convening of an extraordinary session.   a. A request for the convening of an extraordinary session, which may be   submitted by at least one member of an individual house, shall state the   subject or subjects sought to be acted  upon,  and  shall  be  on  forms   prepared and provided by the clerk or secretary of such house.b.  A  joint  request  for  the convening of an extraordinary session,   which may be submitted by at least one member of each house, shall state   the subject or subjects sought to be acted upon, and shall be  on  forms   prepared and provided by the clerk and secretary of both houses jointly.