§ 54. Report on the budget. 1. Upon passage of appropriation bills by
both the senate and the assembly, the senate and the assembly shall
issue either jointly or separately a summary of changes to the budget
submitted by the governor in accordance with article seven of the
constitution. The summary shall be in such a form as to indicate whether
the budget as amended provides that, for the general fund, any changes
in anticipated disbursements are balanced by changes in anticipated
receipts. The summary shall be accompanied by descriptions of changes to
both receipts and disbursements in sufficient detail as is necessary to
describe legislative action on the governor's budget submission. The
summary shall be in such format as determined by the senate and the
assembly, either jointly or separately, and may be issued separately, as
part of the report required by section twenty-two-b of the state finance
law or may be included within the introductory memoranda or fiscal
committee memoranda relating to such legislation or in such other manner
as may be determined by the senate and the assembly, either separately
or jointly.

2. (a) The legislature shall enact a budget for the upcoming fiscal
year that it determines is balanced in the general fund.

(b) Before voting upon an appropriation bill submitted by the governor
and related legislation, as amended, in accordance with article seven of
the constitution, each house shall place on the desks of its members a
report relating to each such bill and, preceding final action on all
such appropriation bills and legislation, members shall be so provided
with a comprehensive, cumulative report relating to all such bills and
legislation.

(c) The reports prepared by each house shall include for the general
fund a summary of proposed legislative revisions to the executive budget
for the ensuing fiscal year, and shall separately identify and present
all legislative additions, reestimates and other revisions that increase
or decrease disbursements, and separately identify and present all
legislative reestimates and other revisions that increase or decrease
available resources. Such report shall, where practicable, display and
separately identify and present all legislative additions, reestimates,
and other revisions that increase or decrease state funds and all funds
spending, including an estimate of the impact of the proposed revisions
on local governments and the state workforce.