N.Y. Legislative Law Section 27
Appointment of secretaries of finance and ways and means committees

The committee on finance of the senate and the committee on ways and means of the assembly shall serve throughout the year, with power to make, through the chairman of the respective committees or through sub-committees appointed by them, such investigation of the various activities of the state as will aid them in their consideration of the budget submitted by the executive and any further appropriations proposed to the legislature. The temporary president of the senate shall appoint a secretary for the senate finance committee and the speaker of the assembly shall appoint a secretary for the assembly ways and means committee. Each appointment shall be evidenced by certificate duly executed by the officer making the appointment, and filed in the office of the secretary of state. Such secretaries shall hold office until their successors are appointed.

Source: Section 27 — Appointment of secretaries of finance and ways and means committees, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/LEG/27 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 4, 2024).

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Exemption of members and officers from arrest 3
Expulsion of members 4
Contempts of either house 5
Compensation of members 5‑A
Allowances for member serving as an officer of either house of the legislature or in a special capacity therein 5‑B
Limit on outside earned income by members 6
Officers and employees of the senate 7
Officers and employees of the assembly 7‑A
Legislative library, librarian and assistants 7‑B
Legislative emergency health station 7‑C
Member of assembly defined 7‑D
Employees of the legislature 7‑E
Assistive listening system for the deaf and hard of hearing 7‑F
Assembly historian 7‑G
Senate historian 8
Appointments to be filed with the comptroller 9
Additional employees 10
Compensation of officers and employees 11
Designation of payrolls as annual, session or temporary 12
Authorization of expenditures 15
Duties of secretary and clerk 16
Supplies furnished by secretary and clerk 17
Accountability of secretary and clerk to comptroller 18
Duties of postmasters and assistants 19
Duties of official stenographers 20
Detail of officers and employees for special duties 21
Limitation of legislative expenses 22
Custody of legislative papers and documents 22‑A
Reproduction and destruction of certain records, books and papers of the senate 22‑B
Destruction and reproductions of assembly books and records 23
Appropriation bills, how referred 24
Legislative bill drafting commission 25
Duties of the commission 27
Appointment of secretaries of finance and ways and means committees 28
Compensation, expenses, employees 29
Sub-committees of finance and ways and means committees 30
Duties of finance and ways and means committees and secretaries 31
Appearances and inquiries in respect to the budget 32
Representation of certain legislative committees during revision of the budget 32‑A
Budget 33
Exercise of certain statutory powers during a vacancy in office of the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly
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Accessed:
May 4, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 27’s source at nysenate​.gov

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