S04587 Summary:

BILL NOS04587
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORKRUEGER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Rpld §5-a, amd §§5, 83-c, 83-e, 83-f, 83-i & 83-l, Leg L
 
Eliminates allowances for members serving as an officer of either house of the legislature.
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S04587 Actions:

BILL NOS04587
 
02/21/2017REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
01/03/2018REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
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S04587 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4587
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 21, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to  eliminating  allow-
          ances  for members serving as an officer of either house of the legis-
          lature; and to repeal section 5-a  of  the  legislative  law  relating
          thereto
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 5-a of the legislative law is REPEALED.
     2    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 5 of the legislative law,  as  added  by
     3  chapter 635 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
     4    3.  "Legislative  passage  of  the budget", solely for the purposes of
     5  this section [and section five-a of this article], shall mean  that  the
     6  appropriation  bill  or  bills  submitted  by  the  governor pursuant to
     7  section three of article seven  of  the  state  constitution  have  been
     8  finally  acted  on  by both houses of the legislature in accordance with
     9  article seven of the state constitution and the  state  comptroller  has
    10  determined  that such appropriation bill or bills that have been finally
    11  acted on by the legislature are sufficient for the ongoing operation and
    12  support of state government and local assistance for the ensuing  fiscal
    13  year.  In  addition,  legislation  submitted by the governor pursuant to
    14  section three of article seven  of  the  state  constitution  determined
    15  necessary  by  the  legislature for the effective implementation of such
    16  appropriation bill or bills shall have been acted on.  Nothing  in  this
    17  section  shall  be  construed  to  affect  the  prohibition contained in
    18  section five of article seven of the state constitution.
    19    § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 83-c of the legislative law, as added by
    20  chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    21    3. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as
    22  it  may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05804-01-7

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     1  and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor.  The
     2  commission  may  hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all
     3  of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
     4  of  the  commission  shall  receive no compensation for their services[,
     5  except as provided pursuant to section  five-a  of  this  chapter,]  but
     6  shall  be  allowed  their  actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
     7  performance of their duties hereunder.
     8    § 4. Subdivision 7 of section 83-e of the legislative law, as added by
     9  chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    10    7. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as
    11  it  may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions
    12  and fix  compensation  within  the  amount  appropriated  therefor.  The
    13  commission  may  hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all
    14  of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
    15  of the commission and advisory board shall receive no  compensation  for
    16  their  services[,  except as provided pursuant to section five-a of this
    17  chapter,] but shall be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses
    18  incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
    19    § 5. Subdivision 4 of section 83-f of the legislative law, as added by
    20  chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    21    4.  The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel as
    22  it may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's  functions
    23  and  fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor. The
    24  commission may hold public and private hearings and otherwise  have  all
    25  of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
    26  of  the  commission  shall  receive no compensation for their services[,
    27  except as provided pursuant to section  five-a  of  this  chapter,]  but
    28  shall  be  allowed  their  actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
    29  performance of their duties hereunder.
    30    § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 83-i of the legislative law, as added by
    31  chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    32    4. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as
    33  it  may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions
    34  and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor.  The
    35  commission  may hold public and private hearings, and otherwise have all
    36  of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
    37  of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for  their  services[,
    38  except  as  provided  pursuant  to  section five-a of this chapter,] but
    39  shall be allowed their actual and necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the
    40  performance of their duties hereunder.
    41    §  7. Subdivision 4 of section 83-l of the legislative law, as amended
    42  by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
    43    4. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as
    44  it  may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions
    45  and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor.  The
    46  commission  may  hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all
    47  of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
    48  of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for  their  services[,
    49  except  as  provided  pursuant  to  section five-a of this chapter,] but
    50  shall be allowed their actual and necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the
    51  performance of their duties hereunder.
    52    §  8.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
    53  the amendments to sections 83-c, 83-e, 83-f, 83-i and 83-l of the legis-
    54  lative law made by sections three, four, five, six and seven of this act
    55  shall not affect the  repeal  of  such  sections  and  shall  be  deemed
    56  repealed therewith.
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