Goodell, Manktelow, Byrnes, Walczyk, Palmesano, McDonough, DeStefano, Montesano, Miller M
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Requires that legislation which affects the revenues or expenses of a political subdivision contain a detailed fiscal impact note identifying the source of such annual cost to the political subdivision; further requires that any such legislation requires a 3/5 vote to pass.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3842
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHMITT, GOODELL, MANKTELOW, BYRNES, WALCZYK,
PALMESANO, McDONOUGH, DeSTEFANO, MONTESANO, M. MILLER -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to fiscal impact notes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 51 of the legislative law, as
2 added by chapter 985 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
3 2. [The legislature shall by concurrent resolution of the senate and
4 assembly prescribe rules requiring fiscal notes to accompany, on a sepa-
5 rate form, bills and amendments to bills, except as otherwise prescribed
6 by such rules, which] A bill that would [substantially] affect the
7 revenues or expenses, or both, of any political subdivision shall
8 contain a detailed fiscal impact note stating the estimated annual cost
9 to the political subdivision affected and the source of such estimate.
10 The fiscal impact note must clearly identify the funding source of such
11 annual cost to the political subdivision. An omission of such funding
12 source in the fiscal impact note, shall invalidate such bill.
13 § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 51-b to
14 read as follows:
15 § 51-b. Passage of legislation imposing costs on political subdivi-
16 sions. 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "political subdivi-
17 sion" shall mean any county, city, town, village, special district or
18 school district.
19 2. Any bill introduced in the assembly or senate that would affect the
20 revenues or expenses, or both, of any political subdivision shall
21 require a vote of three-fifths of each house to pass.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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