§ 53. Budget review process. Within ten days after submission of the
budget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the constitution,
the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly
shall jointly or separately promulgate a schedule for the specific
budget-related actions of each house, including but not limited to the
following:

1. a preliminary response by the houses to the governor's budget
submission;

2. fiscal committee hearings on the budget, hearings with heads of
departments and divisions pursuant to section three of article seven of
the constitution, and other actions which may be taken by the fiscal
committees, which shall be designed to inform the public of the contents
of the governor's budget, policy issues relating to such budget and such
other information as the senate and the assembly shall jointly or
separately determine. Such hearings and other actions may be conducted
jointly or separately;

3. a date for the production of a forecast or forecasts on receipts
which shall constitute an evaluation developed by the fiscal committees
of each house, jointly or separately, of the receipts likely to be
available to the state absent passage of any new revenue measures. Such
forecast or forecasts shall also contain an evaluation of the receipts
likely to be available to the state upon passage of any revenue measure
submitted and proposed by the governor pursuant to section three of
article seven of the state constitution; and

4. the dates for public hearings required by the provisions of section
thirty-two-a of this chapter.