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N.Y. Legislative Law § 33 Exercise of certain statutory powers during a vacancy in office of the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly
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§ 33. Exercise of certain statutory powers during a vacancy in office\nof the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly. A\nstatutory power of the temporary president of the senate or speaker of\nthe assembly, jointly or singly to approve vouchers, to direct …
N.Y. Legislative Law § 34 Definitions
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§ 34. Definitions. The words and phrases used in this article shall\nhave the following meanings:\n a. "House" means the senate or assembly of the state of New York.\n b. "Initiating house" means the house wherein a request is filed with\nthe secretary or clerk, as the case may …
N.Y. Legislative Law § 35 Form of request for the convening of an extraordinary session
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§ 35. Form of request for the convening of an extraordinary session.\na. A request for the convening of an extraordinary session, which may be\nsubmitted by at least one member of an individual house, shall state the\nsubject or subjects sought to be acted upon, and shall be on …
N.Y. Legislative Law § 36 Convening extraordinary sessions of the legislature by petition
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§ 36. Convening extraordinary sessions of the legislature by petition.\na. (1) The secretary or clerk of the initiating house, upon the receipt\nof the written request of any member or members elected thereto that the\nlegislature be convened in extraordinary session and stating…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 37 Time of convening an extraordinary session
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§ 37. Time of convening an extraordinary session. Upon receipt of a\nperfected concurring petition by the temporary president or the speaker,\nas the case may be, or upon the receipt of a perfected joint petition by\nboth the temporary president and the speaker, the legislature …
N.Y. Legislative Law § 38 Subjects to be acted upon
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§ 38. Subjects to be acted upon. At an extraordinary session of the\nlegislature convened pursuant to the provisions of this article, no\nsubject may be acted upon except such as may be specified in the\nperfected joint or concurring petition pursuant to which such session is\nc…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 39 Duty of the secretary and clerk under article
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§ 39. Duty of the secretary and clerk under article. It shall be the\nduty of the secretary and clerk of the house, as the case may be, to\ntake charge of and keep on file the original of any request, petition,\nconcurring petition, joint petition, perfected joint or concurring\…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 4 Contempts of either house
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§ 4. Contempts of either house. Each house may punish by imprisonment\nnot extending beyond the same session of the legislature, as for a\ncontempt, for the following offenses only:\n 1. Arresting a member or officer of either house in violation of his\nprivilege from arrest;\n …
N.Y. Legislative Law § 40 Certificate of presiding officer
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§ 40. Certificate of presiding officer. Upon the passage by either\nhouse of the legislature of a bill, concurrent resolution proposing\namendments to the state constitution, or concurrent resolution proposing\nor ratifying amendments to the constitution of the United States, th…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 41 Evidence of when bill becomes a law
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§ 41. Evidence of when bill becomes a law. If a bill becomes a law by\nthe approval of the governor, the certificate of the governor shall be\nthe evidence of the time when the bill becomes a law. If appropriations\nfor the legislature or judiciary or separate items added to a b…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 42 Deposit of laws and concurrent resolutions with legislative leaders and secretary of state
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§ 42. Deposit of laws and concurrent resolutions with legislative\nleaders and secretary of state. 1. The governor, upon approval of any\nbill or part thereof or if the bill be one as to which all or any part\nbecomes law immediately upon its passage by both houses of the\nlegis…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 43 Time of taking effect of laws
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§ 43. Time of taking effect of laws. Every law, unless a different\ntime shall be prescribed therein, shall take effect on the twentieth day\nafter it shall have become a law.\n
N.Y. Legislative Law § 44 Printing of session laws
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§ 44. Printing of session laws. The temporary president of the senate\nand the speaker of the assembly or a person or persons designated by\neach legislative leader shall annually cause the session laws to be\nprinted in a bound volume or volumes as soon as possible after the\na…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 44-A Printing of concurrent resolutions
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§ 44-a. Printing of concurrent resolutions. In printing concurrent\nresolutions proposing amendments to the constitution of the state, or\nconcurrent resolutions proposing or ratifying amendments to the\nconstitution of the United States, all new matter shall be set out in\nital…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 45 Contents of printed volumes of session laws
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§ 45. Contents of printed volumes of session laws. The volumes of the\nsession laws shall contain:\n 1. A statement of the names and residences of the governor,\nlieutenant-governor, senators and members of assembly, the presiding\nofficers and the respective secretary or clerk …
N.Y. Legislative Law § 46 Distribution of session laws
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§ 46. Distribution of session laws. The volumes of the session laws\nshall be provided, to the extent funds have been made available\ntherefor, in such reasonable numbers as may be required by the various\nbranches of state government and distributed in accordance with the\nsche…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 47 Officers and institutions entitled to receive volumes of journals, bills and public documents
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§ 47. Officers and institutions entitled to receive volumes of\njournals, bills and public documents. The secretary of the senate and\nthe clerk of the assembly for their respective houses shall distribute\nbound volumes of journals and bound volumes of bills, and other public\n…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 48 Publication of concurrent resolutions
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§ 48. Publication of concurrent resolutions. The secretary of state\nshall send to each newspaper designated pursuant to law, in the order in\nwhich they are passed, and as soon as the slips are printed, copies of\nsuch concurrent resolutions as are required to be published. Con…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 5 Compensation of members
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§ 5. Compensation of members. 1. Effective January first, two thousand\ntwenty-three, each member of the legislature shall receive a salary of\none hundred forty-two thousand dollars per annum. Such salary of a\nmember of the legislature shall be payable in twenty-six bi-weekly\…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 5-A Allowances for member serving as an officer of either house of the legislature or in a special capacity therein
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§ 5-a. Allowances for member serving as an officer of either house of\nthe legislature or in a special capacity therein.\n 1. Any member of either house of the legislature serving as an officer\nof his house or in any other special capacity therein or directly\nconnected therewi…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 5-B Limit on outside earned income by members
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§ 5-b. Limit on outside earned income by members. 1. Effective January\nfirst, two thousand twenty-five a member of the legislature receiving a\nsalary for legislative work from the state of New York shall be\npermitted to earn outside income each year for performing fee for\nse…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 50 Fiscal note in retirement bills
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§ 50. Fiscal note in retirement bills. A bill which enacts or amends\nany provision of law relating to a retirement system or plan of the\nstate of New York or of any of its political subdivisions shall contain\na fiscal note stating the estimated annual cost to the employer aff…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 51 Fiscal impact notes on bills affecting political subdivisions
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§ 51. Fiscal impact notes on bills affecting political subdivisions.\n1. For the purpose of this section, the term "political subdivision"\nmeans any county, city, town, village, special district or school\ndistrict.\n 2. The legislature shall by concurrent resolution of the sen…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 52 Requirements with respect to bills affecting tax expenditures
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§ 52. Requirements with respect to bills affecting tax expenditures.\n1. For purposes of this section, the terms "tax expenditures" and "cost\nof tax expenditure" shall have the same meanings that they have in\nsection one hundred eighty-one of the executive law.\n 2. Tax expend…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 53 Budget review process
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§ 53. Budget review process. Within ten days after submission of the\nbudget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the constitution,\nthe temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly\nshall jointly or separately promulgate a schedule for the specific\…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 54 Report on the budget
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§ 54. Report on the budget. 1. Upon passage of appropriation bills by\nboth the senate and the assembly, the senate and the assembly shall\nissue either jointly or separately a summary of changes to the budget\nsubmitted by the governor in accordance with article seven of the\nc…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 54-A Scheduling of legislative consideration of budget bills
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§ 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 commit…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 55 Requests from local governments for enactment of special laws
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§ 55. Requests from local governments for enactment of special laws.\nThe legislature shall prescribe by rules to be promulgated from time to\ntime by concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly the forms of\nrequests to be submitted to it by counties, cities, towns and vil…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 56 Effect of requests from local governments
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§ 56. Effect of requests from local governments. The enactment of any\nlaw under paragraph two of subdivision (b) of section two of article\nnine of the constitution shall be conclusive as to the facts that (1) a\nnecessity as set forth in the request existed at the time of enac…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 6 Officers and employees of the senate
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§ 6. Officers and employees of the senate. 1. The senate may choose a\nsecretary, a sergeant-at-arms, and an official stenographer. The\nsecretary of the senate shall be elected for the term of the senate. If\nthe senate shall be unable to choose any such officer at the time of …
N.Y. Legislative Law § 60 Testimony before legislative committees
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§ 60. Testimony before legislative committees. A legislative committee\nmay require the attendance of witnesses in this state whom the committee\nmay wish to examine, or may issue a commission for the examination of\nwitnesses who are out of the state or unable to attend the com…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 61 Subcommittees
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§ 61. Subcommittees. Whenever any committee of either house or a joint\ncommittee of both houses of the legislature shall be required to make an\ninquiry or investigation, such committee may appoint a subcommittee of\nnot less than three of its own members to make such inquiry o…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 62 Witnesses' fees
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§ 62. Witnesses' fees. Any person attending as a witness under the\nprovisions of the last two sections shall receive the same fees as are\nallowed witnesses in civil actions in courts of record. Such fees need\nnot be prepaid, but the comptroller upon the certificate of the cha…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 62-A Subpoenas; oaths
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§ 62-a. Subpoenas; oaths. The chairman, vice-chairman or a majority of\na legislative committee may issue a subpoena requiring a person to\nattend before the committee and be examined in reference to any matter\nwithin the scope of the inquiry or investigation being conducted by…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 62-B Joint legislative committee competent authority to confer immunity
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§ 62-b. Joint legislative committee competent authority to confer\nimmunity. In any inquiry or investigation by a joint legislative\ncommittee, such committee is a competent authority to confer immunity in\naccordance with section 50.20 of the criminal procedure law. Immunity\nm…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 63 Expenses of committees
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§ 63. Expenses of committees. Whenever by resolution of either house,\na committee or joint committee duly appointed pursuant thereto shall be\ndirected to conduct an investigation or take testimony, the comptroller\nshall draw his warrant for the payment of the actual and neces…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 64 Contested elections
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§ 64. Contested elections. Upon the application of any person desirous\nof obtaining testimony respecting the election of a member of either\nhouse, for the purpose of contesting an election, or resisting a contest\nthereof, any county judge of the county, or justice of the supr…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 65 Expenses of unsuccessful contestant
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§ 65. Expenses of unsuccessful contestant. When the seat of any member\nof the legislature shall be contested, no expense incurred by the\ncontestant, in prosecuting his claim, shall be paid by the state, unless\nsuch seat be awarded to the contestant.\n
N.Y. Legislative Law § 66-A Prohibited activity by legislative employees
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§ 66-a. Prohibited activity by legislative employees. No legislative\nemployee shall, except within the scope of legislative employment,\ndirectly or indirectly, promote or oppose the passage of bills or\nresolutions by either house. Notwithstanding the provisions of this\nsecti…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 66-B Registration and reports by certain persons promoting or opposing the adoption of proposed constitutional amendments by the constitutiona...
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* § 66-b. Registration and reports by certain persons promoting or\nopposing the adoption of proposed constitutional amendments by the\nconstitutional convention convening in the year nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven. 1. Every person retained or employed for compensation by\nany pe…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 67 Data for financial committees to be preserved
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§ 67. Data for financial committees to be preserved. All books,\npapers, transcripts of records, pamphlets, statements, reports,\ndocuments, data, memoranda and written or printed matter used by or\nsubmitted to the finance committee of the senate and ways and means\ncommittee o…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 7 Officers and employees of the assembly
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§ 7. Officers and employees of the assembly. The assembly may choose a\nclerk, a sergeant-at-arms and a stenographer. When an appropriation has\nbeen made for the services, temporary or otherwise, of officers and\nemployees of the assembly and their appointment is not otherwise\…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 7-A Legislative library, librarian and assistants
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§ 7-a. Legislative library, librarian and assistants. There shall be a\nlegislative library to be located in the state capitol in rooms assigned\nby the commissioner of general services, conveniently accessible to the\nmembers of both houses of legislature, and such library shal…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 7-B Legislative emergency health station
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§ 7-b. Legislative emergency health station. 1. There shall be a\nlegislative emergency health station, available for the use of members\nand employees of both houses of the legislature, and official reporters\nof the senate and assembly duly designated upon certificate of the\n…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 7-C Member of assembly defined
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§ 7-c. Member of assembly defined. The term "member of assembly" shall\ninclude assemblyman and assemblywoman.\n
N.Y. Legislative Law § 7-D Employees of the legislature
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§ 7-d. Employees of the legislature. Employees of any legislative\ncommittee, commission, task force, council or similar body, where all\nthe members of such body are members of the legislature, shall be\nconsidered to be employees of the legislature for all purposes.\n
N.Y. Legislative Law § 7-E Assistive listening system for the deaf and hard of hearing
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§ 7-e. Assistive listening system for the deaf and hard of hearing.\n(a) The temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the\nassembly shall have the power and it shall be their individual duty to\nequip the senate chambers, the assembly chambers and any hearing rooms\n…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 7-F Assembly historian
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§ 7-f. Assembly historian. The speaker of the assembly may appoint an\nofficial historian, who shall compile an annual record of significant\nassembly accomplishments during each year and submit to the speaker such\nwritten record within one hundred twenty days after the close o…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 7-G Senate historian
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§ 7-g. Senate historian. The temporary president of the senate may\nappoint an official historian, who shall compile an annual record of\nsignificant senate accomplishments during each year and submit to the\ntemporary president such written record within one hundred twenty days…
N.Y. Legislative Law § 70 Commission created; terms and qualifications of members
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§ 70. Commission created; terms and qualifications of members. A law\nrevision commission is hereby created, to consist of the chairman of the\ncommittees on the judiciary and codes of the senate and assembly,\nex-officio, and five additional members, to be appointed by the\ngov…