§ 54-a. Scheduling of legislative consideration of budget bills. The
legislature shall by concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly
prescribe by joint rule or rules a procedure for:

1. establishing a joint budget conference committee or joint budget
conference committees within ten days following the submission of the
budget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the constitution, to
consider and reconcile such budget resolution or budget bills as may be
passed by each house; and

2. promulgating a schedule within ten days following the submission of
the budget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the
constitution, for considering and acting upon such budget appropriation
and related bills which shall include:

(a) dates for those actions required to be taken by the legislature
pursuant to section fifty-three of this chapter;

(b) dates for public hearings on submissions by the governor as
required by section thirty-two-a of this chapter;

(c) a date for the establishment of joint budget conference committee
or committees; and

(d) a date by which such joint budget conference committee or
committees shall issue their final reports.