2006 New York Code - Estimates by departments, the legislature and the judiciary of needed appropriations; hearings.

 
                                 ARTICLE VII
 
                               State Finances
 
    Section  1.  For  the  preparation  of  the  budget,  the head of each
  department of state government, except the  legislature  and  judiciary,
  shall  furnish  the governor such estimates and information in such form
  and at such times as the governor may require,  copies  of  which  shall
  forthwith be furnished to the appropriate committees of the legislature.
  The  governor  shall  hold  hearings  thereon  at which the governor may
  require the attendance of heads of departments and  their  subordinates.
  Designated  representatives  of  such  committees  shall  be entitled to
  attend the hearings thereon and to  make  inquiry  concerning  any  part
  thereof.
    Itemized   estimates  of  the  financial  needs  of  the  legislature,
  certified by the presiding officer of each house, and of the  judiciary,
  approved by the court of appeals and certified by the chief judge of the
  court  of  appeals,  shall be transmitted to the governor not later than
  the first day of December in each  year  for  inclusion  in  the  budget
  without  revision but with such recommendations as the governor may deem
  proper.  Copies of the itemized estimates of the financial needs of  the
  judiciary  also  shall  forthwith  be  transmitted  to  the  appropriate
  committees of the legislature.