Section 53. Budget review process

Within ten days after submission of the
  budget by the governor pursuant to article seven  of  the  constitution,
  the  temporary  president  of the senate and the speaker of the assembly
  shall jointly or separately  promulgate  a  schedule  for  the  specific
  budget-related  actions  of each house, including but not limited to the
  following:
    1. a preliminary response by  the  houses  to  the  governor's  budget
  submission;
    2.  fiscal  committee  hearings  on the budget, hearings with heads of
  departments and divisions pursuant to section three of article seven  of
  the  constitution,  and  other  actions which may be taken by the fiscal
  committees, which shall be designed to inform the public of the contents
  of the governor's budget, policy issues relating to such budget and such
  other information as the  senate  and  the  assembly  shall  jointly  or
  separately  determine.  Such hearings and other actions may be conducted
  jointly or separately;
    3. a date for the production of a forecast or  forecasts  on  receipts
  which  shall constitute an evaluation developed by the fiscal committees
  of each house, jointly or separately,  of  the  receipts  likely  to  be
  available  to the state absent passage of any new revenue measures. Such
  forecast or forecasts shall also contain an evaluation of  the  receipts
  likely  to be available to the state upon passage of any revenue measure
  submitted and proposed by the governor  pursuant  to  section  three  of
  article seven of the state constitution; and
    4. the dates for public hearings required by the provisions of section
  thirty-two-a of this chapter.