Bill Text: NY A06856 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-08 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A06856 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06856-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6856
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 13, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, PAULIN, ALESSI, ALFANO, CALHOUN, GIGLIO,
         KOLB, MILLER, SPANO, THIELE, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
         BARRA,  CONTE,  ERRIGO  --  read once and referred to the Committee 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    S 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    S  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.
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