Senate Bill S1615

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the legislature to meet daily if it fails to pass the state budget prior to April first

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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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2009-S1615 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-B ยง39-a, Leg L

2009-S1615 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the legislature to meet daily, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, if the legislature fails to pass the state budget prior to April first of any year, until such budget is passed.

2009-S1615 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1615 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1615

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 3, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring the legis-
  lature to convene daily after the first of April

  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 2-B
to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 2-B
                       MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE
SECTION 39-A. MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
  S 39-A. MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  ARTICLE,
"MEET"  MEANS  THE  OFFICIAL  CONVENING OF A SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE,
EITHER IN REGULAR SESSION OR IN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION, FOR  THE  PURPOSE
OF CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
  2.  IF  THE  LEGISLATURE HAS FAILED TO PASS THE BILLS CONSTITUTING THE
STATE BUDGET SUBMITTED ANNUALLY BY  THE  GOVERNOR  TO  THE  LEGISLATURE,
PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE CONSTITUTION MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND
REAPPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT, PRIOR TO  THE  FIRST
OF APRIL IN ANY YEAR, THE LEGISLATURE SHALL MEET DAILY, EXCLUDING SATUR-
DAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS, UNTIL SUCH BUDGET IS PASSED.
  3.  THE  RULES  OF  THE SENATE AND THE RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY GOVERNING
NOTICE OF MEETINGS WILL BE USED TO CONDUCT A MEETING OF THE  LEGISLATURE
CALLED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04650-01-9

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