Assembly Bill A5718

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits a member of the legislature from disbursing moneys pursuant to memoranda of understanding regarding certain line item appropriations prior to an election

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  • 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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2019-A5718 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5732
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6856
2011-2012: A7187
2013-2014: A5069
2015-2016: A5016
2017-2018: A4215
2021-2022: A6303, S489
2023-2024: A5489, S132

2019-A5718 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a member of the legislature from disbursing or making public moneys pursuant to a memoranda of understanding regarding certain line item appropriations prior to such member's election.

2019-A5718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5718
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, PAULIN, THIELE, KOLB, GIGLIO, MONTESANO,
   CROUCH, FINCH, FRIEND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BLANKENBUSH,
   BUCHWALD, HAWLEY, SIMON, STEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting a member
   from  disbursing moneys pursuant to memoranda of understanding regard-
   ing certain line item appropriations in the state budget prior  to  an
   election
 
   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  section  13
 to read as follows:
   § 13. LIMITATIONS ON LINE ITEM APPROPRIATIONS PRIOR TO AN ELECTION. NO
 MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL DISBURSE OR MAKE PUBLIC ANY SINGLE GRANT
 PURSUANT  TO  MEMORANDA  OF UNDERSTANDING OR ANY SEGREGATION OF LUMP SUM
 APPROPRIATION FOR UNSPECIFIED  CAPITAL  PROJECTS  AND  OPERATING  GRANTS
 RESULTING  FROM  THE  STATE BUDGET PROCESS BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
 LEGISLATURE WITHIN SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH MEMBER'S ELECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09402-01-9

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