30 – Duties of Finance and Ways and Means Committees and Secretaries.
§ 30. Duties of finance and ways and means committees and secretaries. The committees and their secretaries shall have access at all reasonable times to offices of state departments, commissions, boards, bureaus and offices, to institutions and to all state authorities and public works of the state and they may, for the purpose of obtaining […]
31 – Appearances and Inquiries in Respect to the Budget; Procedure Regulated.
§ 31. Appearances and inquiries in respect to the budget; procedure regulated. The governor and the heads of departments, divisions and offices each shall have the right to appear voluntarily and be heard in respect to the budget before the committees of the houses of the legislature to which such budget may be referred under […]
32 – Representation of Certain Legislative Committees During Revision of the Budget.
§ 32. Representation of certain legislative committees during revision of the budget. The chairman of the finance committee of the senate and the chairman of the ways and means committee of the assembly and the ranking minority members of each of such committees shall be notified of, and they and/or their representatives shall attend, the […]
32-A – Budget; Public Hearings.
§ 32-a. Budget; public hearings. After submission and prior to enactment of the executive budget, the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee jointly or separately shall conduct public hearings on the budget. Such hearings may be conducted regionally to provide individuals and organizations throughout the state with an opportunity to comment […]
33 – Exercise of Certain Statutory Powers During a Vacancy in Office of the Temporary President of the Senate and Speaker of the Assembly.
§ 33. Exercise of certain statutory powers during a vacancy in office of the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly. A statutory power of the temporary president of the senate or speaker of the assembly, jointly or singly to approve vouchers, to direct the expenditure of moneys appropriated for a legislative […]
34 – Definitions.
§ 34. Definitions. The words and phrases used in this article shall have the following meanings: a. “House” means the senate or assembly of the state of New York. b. “Initiating house” means the house wherein a request is filed with the secretary or clerk, as the case may be, under the provisions of subdivision […]
35 – Form of Request for the Convening of an Extraordinary Session.
§ 35. Form of request for the convening of an extraordinary session. a. A request for the convening of an extraordinary session, which may be submitted by at least one member of an individual house, shall state the subject or subjects sought to be acted upon, and shall be on forms prepared and provided by […]
36 – Convening Extraordinary Sessions of the Legislature by Petition.
§ 36. Convening extraordinary sessions of the legislature by petition. a. (1) The secretary or clerk of the initiating house, upon the receipt of the written request of any member or members elected thereto that the legislature be convened in extraordinary session and stating the subject matter sought to be acted upon, shall forthwith cause […]
37 – Time of Convening an Extraordinary Session.
§ 37. Time of convening an extraordinary session. Upon receipt of a perfected concurring petition by the temporary president or the speaker, as the case may be, or upon the receipt of a perfected joint petition by both the temporary president and the speaker, the legislature shall convene in an extraordinary session at noon on […]
23 – Appropriation Bills, How Referred.
§ 23. Appropriation bills, how referred. All bills that involve any appropriation from the treasury of the state, when introduced in the senate, shall be referred to the committee on finance, and when introduced in the assembly, shall be referred to the committee on ways and means.