Section 54. Report on the budget  


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  • 1. Upon passage of appropriation bills by
      both the senate and the assembly, the  senate  and  the  assembly  shall
      issue  either  jointly  or separately a summary of changes to the budget
      submitted by the governor  in  accordance  with  article  seven  of  the
      constitution. The summary shall be in such a form as to indicate whether
      the  budget  as amended provides that, for the general fund, any changes
      in anticipated disbursements are  balanced  by  changes  in  anticipated
      receipts. The summary shall be accompanied by descriptions of changes to
      both  receipts and disbursements in sufficient detail as is necessary to
      describe legislative action on the  governor's  budget  submission.  The
      summary  shall  be  in  such  format as determined by the senate and the
      assembly, either jointly or separately, and may be issued separately, as
      part of the report required by section twenty-two-b of the state finance
      law or may be included  within  the  introductory  memoranda  or  fiscal
      committee memoranda relating to such legislation or in such other manner
      as  may  be determined by the senate and the assembly, either separately
      or jointly.
        2. (a) The legislature shall enact a budget for  the  upcoming  fiscal
      year that it determines is balanced in the general fund.
        (b) Before voting upon an appropriation bill submitted by the governor
      and related legislation, as amended, in accordance with article seven of
      the  constitution,  each house shall place on the desks of its members a
      report relating to each such bill and, preceding  final  action  on  all
      such  appropriation  bills and legislation, members shall be so provided
      with a comprehensive, cumulative report relating to all such  bills  and
      legislation.
        (c)  The  reports prepared by each house shall include for the general
      fund a summary of proposed legislative revisions to the executive budget
      for the ensuing fiscal year, and shall separately identify  and  present
      all legislative additions, reestimates and other revisions that increase
      or  decrease  disbursements,  and  separately  identify  and present all
      legislative reestimates and other revisions that  increase  or  decrease
      available  resources.  Such report shall, where practicable, display and
      separately identify and present all legislative additions,  reestimates,
      and  other revisions that increase or decrease state funds and all funds
      spending, including an estimate of the impact of the proposed  revisions
      on local governments and the state workforce.