Bill Text: NY A04636 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the legislature from increasing the salary or allowance payable to members of the legislature by a law enacted during the period running from the date of the general election until 12/31 in any year in which members are elected to the legislature.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A04636 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04636-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4636
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. TEDISCO, KOLB, GOODELL, KATZ -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A. MILLER, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting passage  of
         laws increasing salaries and allowances of members of the state legis-
         lature
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 5 of the legislative law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4. THE SALARY OF A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT BE INCREASED BY
    4  A  LAW  ENACTED  BETWEEN  THE  GENERAL   ELECTION   DAY   AND   DECEMBER
    5  THIRTY-FIRST, BOTH SUCH DAYS INCLUSIVE, IN ANY YEAR IN WHICH MEMBERS ARE
    6  ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE.
    7    S  2.  Section  5-a  of the legislative law is amended by adding a new
    8  subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    9    1-A. THE ALLOWANCE OF A MEMBER OF  EITHER  HOUSE  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE
   10  SHALL NOT BE INCREASED BY A LAW ENACTED BETWEEN THE GENERAL ELECTION DAY
   11  AND  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  BOTH  SUCH  DAYS INCLUSIVE, IN ANY YEAR IN
   12  WHICH MEMBERS ARE ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE.
   13    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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