§ 54-A — Scheduling of legislative consideration of budget bills

§ 54-a. Scheduling of legislative consideration of budget bills. The\nlegislature shall by concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly\nprescribe by joint rule or rules a procedure for:\n 1. establishing a joint budget conference committee or joint budget\nconference committees within ten days following the submission of the\nbudget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the constitution, to\nconsider and reconcile such budget resolution or budget bills as may be\npassed by each house; and\n 2. promulgating a schedule within ten days following the submission of\nthe budget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the\nconstitution, for considering and acting upon such budget appropriation\nand related bills which shall include:\n (a) dates for those actions required to be taken by the legislature\npursuant to section fifty-three of this chapter;\n (b) dates for public hearings on submissions by the governor as\nrequired by section thirty-two-a of this chapter;\n (c) a date for the establishment of joint budget conference committee\nor committees; and\n (d) a date by which such joint budget conference committee or\ncommittees shall issue their final reports.\n