STATE OF NEW YORK
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5876
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 16, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring the esti-
mated cost of mandated expenditures and appropriations within the body
of the bill
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 52-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 52-a. Requirements with respect to bills mandating expenditures or
4 appropriations. A bill that enacts or amends any expenditures or appro-
5 priations shall state the estimated cost of such expenditure or appro-
6 priation in the body of the bill.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
8 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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