Bill > A04745

This bill enacts the "Appropriate Appropriations Act" to fundamentally change how state budgets are created and managed by prohibiting lump sum budget appropriations and requiring all budget allocations to be itemized and specific. The bill mandates that all appropriations must be detailed, showing exactly how funds will be spent, with specific requirements for categorizing expenditures such as breaking down personal service and non-personal service costs into specific subcategories. It introduces new transparency measures, including requiring state agencies to develop clear, objective criteria for ranking and allocating project funds, and mandating an online database that provides comprehensive details about grants, including award amounts, grantee information, and legislator involvement. The bill also limits the use of emergency appropriations, restricts reappropriations to generally no more than one additional fiscal year (with some exceptions), and requires that the comptroller report quarterly on expenditures to ensure compliance with these new budgeting rules. These changes aim to increase fiscal accountability, reduce ambiguity in budget allocations, and provide greater oversight of how state funds are distributed and spent.

Budget and Finance

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4745