Senate Bill S2624

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the budget

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Archive: Last 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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2021-S2624 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5318
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §22, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7100
2017-2018: S3602
2019-2020: S2108, A9104
2023-2024: A3950

2021-S2624 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the budget; requires the director of the budget's office, with input from the secretary of state's office, to produce an annual citizens' guide to the state budget revenue and expenditures.

2021-S2624 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2624
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the budget
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 22 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. CITIZENS' GUIDE TO THE STATE BUDGET. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING
 IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE  BUDGET'S  OFFICE,  WITH
 INPUT  FROM  THE  SECRETARY  OF STATE'S OFFICE ON THE LANGUAGE, FORM AND
 PRESENTATION USED, SHALL PRODUCE AN ANNUAL CITIZENS' GUIDE TO THE  STATE
 BUDGET  REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. THE CITIZENS' GUIDE SHALL BE IN A FORM
 AND SUBSTANCE THAT IS EASILY READABLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE BY THE  GENERAL
 PUBLIC.  THE  CITIZENS'  GUIDE  SHALL  INCLUDE DATA ON EACH DEPARTMENT'S
 PURPOSE  AND  POPULATIONS  SERVED;  AND  WHERE  AVAILABLE,  MAY  INCLUDE
 PERFORMANCE MEASURES OVER TIME, DEPICTED IN A GRAPHIC FORMAT.  THE CITI-
 ZENS'  GUIDE  SHALL BE PRODUCED AND RELEASED ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
 WEBSITE NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE  ANNUAL
 DIVISION  OF  BUDGET'S "ENACTED BUDGET REPORT". THE CITIZEN'S GUIDE NEED
 ONLY BE PREPARED IN AN ONLINE OR  ELECTRONIC  FORMAT,  AND  NEITHER  THE
 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET'S OFFICE OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE SHALL
 BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE OR DISTRIBUTE A PAPER OR HARD COPY OF THE GUIDE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04292-01-1

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