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  Discovering the Hidden History of "Budget Reform"

under reconstruction -- come back later

January 10, 2005
NYS Assembly Press Release -
Assembly Launches 2005 Legislative Session with Major Governmental Reform Package


January 13, 2005
Senate Passes Two Budget Reform Bills | NYSenate.gov

February 16, 2005
NYS Assembly Press Release - Assembly Passes Constitutional Amendments to Restore Balance of Power Between Legislature and Executive

November 2005 vote -- Pronbn   Ballotpedia

October 17, 2005
Comments by Frank J. Mauro on the Budget Reform Constitutional Amendments - Fiscal Policy Institute

Breaking the Budget in New York State - Empire Center for Public Policy
Oct 19, 2005  & here

Vote YES on Budget Reform  Sept 2005
NYPIRG, Common Cause, League of Women Voters

position #1

Nov 9, 2005
Bid to Change Budget Process Is Rejected
NYT (Michael Cooper)

"Understanding and Evaluating the New York State Legislature's proposed Budget Process Constitutional Amendments"   Fiscal Policy Institute -- Frank Mauro   & here  

Understanding and Evaluating the New York State Legislature's Proposed Budget Process Constitutional Amendments - Fiscal Policy Institute

S.3195/A.4630

 

S.8414/A.11995  - 2006

S07615 -- 2004 

Senate passes budget reform legislation -- Catharine Young (Jan. 2007)

    

webpage of history of proposed constitutional amendments

 

NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT
Robert B. Ward/The Rockefeller Institute Press  (2nd edition, 2006)


Chapter 10:  State Government's Biggest Job: The Budget

"The Constitution sets no date for budget adoption; under the State Finance Law, the state’s fiscal year
begins on April 1."  (at p. 259)

"The state’s fiscal year is set in statute (not the Constitution) as April 1 through March 31." (at p. 261)

"The state Constitution does not specify when the budget must be adopted, but State Finance Law sets the fiscal year as April 1 through March 31."  (at p. 264)


Miscellaneous Historical Materials:

"Reinventing Budgeting in New York State"
NYS Legislative Commission on Government Administration
(October 1995)


April 7, 2010: "Sen. Krueger Announces Reforms To Fix NY's Broken Budget Process"

2010 John Sampson on budget

August 3, 2010: "125 Days Late, A State Budget With New Taxes", NYT (Danny Hakim)

 

April 11, 2011 budget process

March 2012 -- Citizens' Union
"State Budget Language Allowing the Transfer of Funds"

 

Proposed Amendments to Article 7

 

Assembly Bills #A.11860 (Sept. 15, 2004) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Assembly Bill #A.596 -- (2005-2006)  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Assembly Bill #A.1232 -- (2007-2008) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Assembly Bill #A.4299 -- (2009 - 2010) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

A.3 -- January 5, 2005

 

S.1322 -- introduced at request of Governor -- January 18, 2007
   A.2755

S.1 -- January 5, 2005    A.2

S.2 -- January 5, 2005

S.3 -- January 5, 2005

 

 

Senate Bill #S.4043 -- (2005-2006) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Senate Bill #S.3722 -- (2017-2018) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Senate Bill #S.2974 -- (2019-2020) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 

Senate Bill #S4944 -- (2015-2016) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Senate Bill #S.3852-A -- (2017-2018) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Senate Bill #3302 -- (2019-2020) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Senate Bill #3373 -- (2019-2020) -- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 

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CJA's May 28, 2020 FOIL/records request to Assembly --
Assembly Bill #A.9100 (2020)
Assembly webpage


CJA's May 29, 2020 FOIL/records request to Attorney General --
Assembly Bill #A.9100 (2020)
Assembly webpage

AG's June 3, 2020 response (#305)

AG's Office of Appeals & Opinion's June 3, 2020 response

February 18, 2020 opinon


CJA's May 29, 2020 FOIL/records request to Attorney General --
Senate Bill #S.2974 (2019-2020)

AG's June 3, 2020 response (#306)

AG's Office of Appeals & Opinion's June 3, 2020 response

AG's Office of Appeals & Opinion's June 3, 2020 response

February 27, 2019 opinion   March 10, 2020 opinion



CJA's May 29, 2020 FOIL/records request to Attorney General --
Senate Bill #S.3302 (2019-20)

AG's June 3, 2020 response (#308)

AG's Office of Appeals & Opinion's June 3, 2020 response

AG's Feburary 27, 2019 opinion   AG's March 10, 2020 opinion


CJA's May 29, 2020 FOIL/records request to Attorney General --
Senate Bill #S.3373

AG's June 3, 2020 response (#309)

AG's Office of Appeals & Opinion's June 3, 2020 response

AG's February 27, 2019 opinion  AG's March 10, 2020 opinion

CJA's May 29, 2020 FOIL/records request to Attorney General --
Senate Bill #S.3722 (2017-2018)

AG's June 3, 2020 response (#310)

AG's Office of Appeals & Opinion's June 3, 2020 response

AG's February 13, 2017 opinion   AG's February 5, 2018 opinion

CJA's May 29, 2020 FOIL/records request to Attorney General --
Senate Bill #4944 (2015-2016)

AG's June 3, 2020 response (#311)

AG's Office of Appeals & Opinion's June 3, 2020 response

AG's May 11, 2015 opinion   AG's April 4, 2016 opinion

 

CJA's May 29, 2020 FOIL/records request to Attorney General --
Senate Bill #S.3852 (2017-2018)

AG's June 3, 2020 response (#312)

AG's Office of Appeals & Opinion's June 3, 2020 response

AG's February 13, 2017 opinion  AG's February 5, 2018 opinion 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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