CONCURRENT  RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY amending Joint Rule II
 of the Permanent Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly, in relation  to
 budget adoption schedule and joint budget conference committee
 
 RESOLVED,  That Joint Rule II of the Permanent Joint Rules of the Senate
 and Assembly is amended to read as follows:
                                JOINT RULE II
 
   Section 1. Committee on Conference. The  Temporary  President  of  the
 Senate  and  the  Speaker  of  the  Assembly may jointly convene a Joint
 Committee on Conference to consider and report upon substantially  simi-
 lar  but  not  identical  legislation  that has passed each House of the
 Legislature. Such committee shall be constituted  by  the  filing  of  a
 joint  certificate  by  the  Temporary  President  of the Senate and the
 Speaker of the Assembly with the Secretary of the Senate and  the  Clerk
 of  the  Assembly,  and shall consist of the same number of members from
 each House. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate, there shall be
 five members on such committee from each House to be  appointed  by  the
 Temporary President of the Senate who shall appoint the members from the
 Senate  and  the  Speaker  of the Assembly who shall appoint the members
 from the Assembly; provided, however, that of each House's delegation at
 least one member shall represent the minority in each House. The  Tempo-
 rary  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each
 appoint a co-chairperson of the committee and such co-chairpersons shall
 convene and recess meetings of the committee. Meetings jointly  convened
 by  the  co-chairpersons shall be subject to the provisions of Article 7
 of the Public Officers Law.  The committee shall file a  written  report
 setting  forth  the  joint recommendations of a majority of each House's
 delegation with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the  Assem-
 bly  or  such  other  committees  or officers as may be set forth in the
 certificate and such report may  include  specific  bill  language  that
 would  implement  the joint committee's recommendations. No report shall
 be filed except upon the affirmative vote of a majority of  the  members
 of each House's delegation on the committee.
   §  2.  Budget  adoption schedule. Within ten days of the submission of
 the budget by the Governor, the Temporary President of  the  Senate  and
 the  Speaker  of  the  Assembly shall promulgate a schedule of dates for
 consideration and passage of the budget appropriation and related bills.
 Such dates shall include dates for public hearings on such bills,  dates
 for  the  issuance  of  forecasts,  and  dates for the passage of budget
 resolutions or passage of such appropriation and related bills.
   § 3. Joint budget conference committee. The Temporary President of the
 Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly shall  jointly  convene  a  Joint
 Committee to consider budget resolutions passed by the Senate and Assem-
 bly.  The Joint Committee shall consist of five members from each house.
 The Temporary President of the Senate may appoint four members  and  the
 Minority Leader of the Senate may appoint one member. The Speaker of the
 Assembly  may appoint four members and the Minority Leader of the Assem-
 bly may appoint one member. The Temporary President of  the  Senate  may
 appoint  one  member  as  co-chair  of the committee. The Speaker of the
 Assembly may appoint one member as co-chair of the committee.  The meet-
 ing shall be convened jointly by the co-chairs  of  the  committee.  The
 committee  shall file a written report setting forth the joint recommen-
 dations of the committee which may include specific bill language.  Such
 report  shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the
 Assembly and with the chairs of the Senate  Finance  Committee  and  the
 Committee  on Ways and Means of the Assembly prior to legislative action
 on budget appropriation and related bills.  No  report  shall  be  filed
 except  upon  the  affirmative vote of a majority of the members of each
 House's delegation on the committee.
   RESOLVED, (if the &HOUSE concur), That the foregoing amendments to the
 PERMANENT JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY be effective immediate-
 ly.