Senate Bill S480

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates the non-partisan legislative budget office

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S480 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3741
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 4-B §§76 & 77, amd §30, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4526, A653
2011-2012: S445, A5927
2013-2014: S3450, A79
2015-2016: S2672, A5717
2017-2018: S4583, A8600, A10579
2019-2020: S3287, A1835
2021-2022: S6819, A8636

2023-S480 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the non-partisan legislative budget office; directs such office shall provide information to legislative committees of the senate and assembly with respect to the state budget, appropriation bills and other bills providing budget authority or tax expenditures; requires such office to report to the temporary president of the senate, the senate minority leader, the speaker of the assembly and the assembly minority leader.

2023-S480 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S480 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    480
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SALAZAR, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
   and Government Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative law, in relation to creation of the
   non-partisan legislative budget office

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article 4-B
 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 4-B
                  NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE
 SECTION 76. NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE.
         77. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE; REPORT.
   § 76. NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS
 ARTICLE:
   A.  "OFFICE"  MEANS  THE NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE ESTAB-
 LISHED IN THIS ARTICLE; AND
   B. "DIRECTOR" MEANS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDG-
 ET OFFICE.
   C. "SUPER-MAJORITY VOTE" MEANS A  VOTE  REQUIRING  TWO-THIRDS  OF  THE
 MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE.
   2.  THERE  IS HEREBY CREATED A NON-PARTISAN LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE.
 THE HEAD OF SUCH OFFICE SHALL BE THE DIRECTOR WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED  BY
 A JOINT RESOLUTION REQUIRING A SUPER-MAJORITY VOTE OF BOTH OF THE SENATE
 AND  ASSEMBLY FOR A TERM OF SEVEN YEARS.  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  SENATE
 MINORITY  LEADER AND ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER SHALL REACH A CONSENSUS ON
 A CANDIDATE FOR THE DIRECTOR POSITION ON WHICH THE SENATE  AND  ASSEMBLY
 SHALL  VOTE.  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE SHALL BE
 APPOINTED WITHOUT REGARD TO POLITICAL  AFFILIATION  AND  SOLELY  ON  THE
 BASIS OF FITNESS TO PERFORM THE DUTIES ASSIGNED BY THIS ARTICLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00628-01-3
              

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