Bill Text: NY S03436 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the governor to meet with the assembly and with the senate once a month for the purpose of answering questions relating to the strategic direction, financial status and general governance of the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S03436 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03436-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3436
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 1, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN ACT to amend the executive  law,  in  relation  to  monthly  meetings
         between  the  governor and the legislature to allow the legislature to
         ask questions of the governor relating to matters concerning the state
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-c
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 170-C. JOINT MEETING OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE ASSEMBLY; JOINT MEETING
    4  OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE SENATE. 1. ONCE EACH  ODD-NUMBERED  MONTH,  FROM
    5  JANUARY  THROUGH  JUNE OR DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE
    6  SESSION, WHICHEVER IS LONGER, AND ON A REGULAR OR SPECIAL  SESSION  DAY,
    7  AT  THE  INVITATION  OF THE SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
    8  AND UPON AGREEMENT BY THE SPEAKER AND THE GOVERNOR AS TO  THE  DATE  AND
    9  TIME,  THE  GOVERNOR,  FOR  NO LESS THAN ONE HOUR, SHALL PUBLICLY ANSWER
   10  QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION,  FINANCIAL  STATUS  AND
   11  GENERAL  GOVERNANCE  OF  THE  STATE  FROM MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY IN THE
   12  ASSEMBLY CHAMBER. THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME  ALLOTTED  FOR  QUESTIONS  FROM
   13  MEMBERS  OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY PARTIES SHALL BE ALLOTTED BASED ON
   14  THE PERCENTAGE OF REPRESENTATION OF EACH  PARTY  IN  THE  ASSEMBLY.  THE
   15  SPEAKER  AND  THE MINORITY LEADER SHALL DETERMINE, FOR THE TIME ALLOTTED
   16  TO EACH, WHICH MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL ASK QUESTIONS AND THE ORDER
   17  IN WHICH THE QUESTIONS SHALL BE ASKED.
   18    2. ONCE EACH EVEN-NUMBERED MONTH, FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OR  DURING
   19  THE  PENDENCY  OF  THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICHEVER IS LONGER,
   20  AND ON A REGULAR OR SPECIAL SESSION DAY, AT THE INVITATION OF THE TEMPO-
   21  RARY PRESIDENT AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND UPON AGREEMENT
   22  BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNOR AS TO THE DATE AND TIME, THE
   23  GOVERNOR, FOR NO LESS THAN ONE HOUR,  SHALL  PUBLICLY  ANSWER  QUESTIONS
   24  PERTAINING  TO  THE  STRATEGIC  DIRECTION,  FINANCIAL STATUS AND GENERAL
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01245-01-3
       S. 3436                             2
    1  GOVERNANCE OF THE STATE FROM MEMBERS OF THE SENATE IN THE  SENATE  CHAM-
    2  BER.  THE  PERCENTAGE OF TIME ALLOTTED FOR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE
    3  MAJORITY AND MINORITY PARTIES SHALL BE ALLOTTED BASED ON THE  PERCENTAGE
    4  OF  REPRESENTATION  OF EACH PARTY IN THE SENATE. THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT
    5  OF THE SENATE AND THE MINORITY LEADER  SHALL  DETERMINE,  FOR  THE  TIME
    6  ALLOTTED  TO  EACH,  WHICH MEMBERS OF THE SENATE SHALL ASK QUESTIONS AND
    7  THE ORDER IN WHICH THE QUESTIONS SHALL BE ASKED.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.