Bill Text: NY A06856 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6856 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 13, 2009 ___________ 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. LBD01669-01-9