Bill Text: NY A07933 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7933 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to assessing a monetary penalty of $100 per day upon members of the legislature and the governor for failure to enact a timely state budget.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A07933 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07933-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          7933
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 19, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. JOHNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
        AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the executive law,  in  relation
          to  assessing  a  monetary penalty upon members of the legislature and
          the governor for failure to enact a timely state budget
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The section heading of section 5 of the legislative law, as
     2  amended  by  chapter  141  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    Compensation of members; penalty for failure to enact budget.
     5    § 2. Section 5 of the legislative law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     6  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     7    4.  In  any  year where prior to April first, the legislature fails to
     8  pass the bills, with or without  amendments,  submitted  to  it  by  the
     9  governor  pursuant to section three of article seven of the constitution
    10  making appropriations and reappropriations for the  support  of  govern-
    11  ment,  constituting  the  state  budget,  all members of the legislature
    12  shall be penalized in an amount equal to one hundred  dollars  for  each
    13  day  during  the period beginning with April first and ending on the day
    14  the last of such bills are passed by  the  house  in  which  he  or  she
    15  serves.
    16    §  3.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 13 to read
    17  as follows:
    18    § 13. Compensation of the governor. In any year where prior  to  April
    19  first,  the  legislature fails to pass the bills, with or without amend-
    20  ments, submitted to it by the governor  pursuant  to  section  three  of
    21  article  seven of the constitution making appropriations and reappropri-
    22  ations for the support of government, constituting the state budget, the
    23  governor shall be penalized in an amount equal to  one  hundred  dollars
    24  for  each day during the period beginning with April first and ending on
    25  the day the last of such bills are passed by the legislature.
    26    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11361-01-7