N.Y. Legislative Law § 54-a: Scheduling of legislative consideration of budget bills

§ 54-a. Scheduling of legislative consideration of budget bills. The

legislature shall by concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly

prescribe by joint rule or rules a procedure for:

1. establishing a joint budget conference committee or joint budget

conference committees within ten days following the submission of the

budget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the constitution, to

consider and reconcile such budget resolution or budget bills as may be

passed by each house; and

2. promulgating a schedule within ten days following the submission of

the budget by the governor pursuant to article seven of the

constitution, for considering and acting upon such budget appropriation

and related bills which shall include:

(a) dates for those actions required to be taken by the legislature

pursuant to section fifty-three of this chapter;

(b) dates for public hearings on submissions by the governor as

required by section thirty-two-a of this chapter;

(c) a date for the establishment of joint budget conference committee

or committees; and

(d) a date by which such joint budget conference committee or

committees shall issue their final reports.