Prohibits a member of the legislature from disbursing or making public moneys pursuant to a memoranda of understanding regarding certain line item appropriations prior to such member's election.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5718
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, PAULIN, THIELE, KOLB, GIGLIO, MONTESANO,
CROUCH, FINCH, FRIEND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH,
BUCHWALD, HAWLEY, SIMON, STEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting a member
from disbursing moneys pursuant to memoranda of understanding regard-
ing certain line item appropriations in the state budget prior to an
election
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 13
2 to read as follows:
3 § 13. Limitations on line item appropriations prior to an election. No
4 member of the legislature shall disburse or make public any single grant
5 pursuant to memoranda of understanding or any segregation of lump sum
6 appropriation for unspecified capital projects and operating grants
7 resulting from the state budget process between the executive and the
8 legislature within sixty days prior to such member's election.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
10 law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09402-01-9
