N.Y. State Finance Law § 22-b: Report of the legislature on the enacted budget

§ 22-b. Report of the legislature on the enacted budget. Within thirty

days of passage of the budget the senate and the assembly shall issue,

either jointly or separately, a legislative report on the budget. Such

report shall contain a description of appropriation changes between the

budget submitted by the governor and the enacted budget and the effect

of such changes on employment levels. Commencing with fiscal year

nineteen hundred ninety-four--nineteen hundred ninety-five, such report

shall also summarize changes in appropriations by function in a form

suitable for comparison with the schedule required to be submitted with

the governor's proposed budget. Commencing with fiscal year two thousand

seven--two thousand eight, such report shall also include an estimate of

the impact of the enacted budget on local governments, the state

workforce, and general fund projections for the ensuing fiscal year,

consistent with the requirements of subdivision one-c of section

twenty-two of this article. The findings and descriptions contained in

the report required by this section shall constitute the expression of

legislative intent with respect to the budget to which such report

relates.