§ 22-b. Report of the legislature on the enacted budget. Within thirty
days of passage of the budget the senate and the assembly shall issue,
either jointly or separately, a legislative report on the budget. Such
report shall contain a description of appropriation changes between the
budget submitted by the governor and the enacted budget and the effect
of such changes on employment levels. Commencing with fiscal year
nineteen hundred ninety-four--nineteen hundred ninety-five, such report
shall also summarize changes in appropriations by function in a form
suitable for comparison with the schedule required to be submitted with
the governor's proposed budget. Commencing with fiscal year two thousand
seven--two thousand eight, such report shall also include an estimate of
the impact of the enacted budget on local governments, the state
workforce, and general fund projections for the ensuing fiscal year,
consistent with the requirements of subdivision one-c of section
twenty-two of this article. The findings and descriptions contained in
the report required by this section shall constitute the expression of
legislative intent with respect to the budget to which such report
relates.