Bill Text: NY A09536 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to allocating two hundred fifty thousand dollars to each member of the assembly for the purpose of compensating employees and staff of such member.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-16 - referred to governmental operations [A09536 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09536-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9536

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 16, 2022
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        Introduced   by   M.  of  A.  LAWLER,  DiPIETRO,  MANKTELOW,  MONTESANO,
          J. M. GIGLIO, ANGELINO, BRABENEC, McDONOUGH -- read once and  referred
          to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT  to amend the legislative law, in relation to funds allocated to
          each member of the assembly for the purpose of compensating  employees
          of such member

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 7 of the legislative  law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  506 of the laws of 1960, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    The assembly may choose a clerk, a sergeant-at-arms  and  a  stenogra-
     5  pher. When an appropriation has been made for the services, temporary or
     6  otherwise,  of officers and employees of the assembly and their appoint-
     7  ment is not otherwise authorized by law, the speaker of the assembly may
     8  appoint such officers and employees and fix their compensation,  respec-
     9  tively, within the amount provided by appropriation.  Each member of the
    10  assembly, regardless of majority or minority status,  shall, on an annu-
    11  al  basis,  be  allocated  two  hundred  fifty  thousand dollars for the
    12  purpose of compensating employees and staff of such member. The majority
    13  leader of the assembly may appoint a  counsel  to  majority  leader,  an
    14  assistant  counsel  to  majority leader, a secretary to majority leader,
    15  and a clerk to majority leader. The minority leader of the assembly  may
    16  appoint  a counsel to minority leader, a clerk to minority, an assistant
    17  clerk to minority, a secretary to minority leader, a clerk  to  minority
    18  leader, an assistant clerk to minority leader, a ways and means minority
    19  clerk, two stenographers, a clerk-chauffeur and a messenger to minority.
    20  In case of the death or resignation of the clerk of the assembly, or his
    21  inability  to  exercise  the  powers and/or discharge the duties of said
    22  office, notwithstanding any other provisions of law the speaker  of  the
    23  assembly  shall appoint an acting clerk or designate the assistant clerk
    24  as acting clerk to serve until a clerk is chosen by the assembly to fill
    25  the vacancy or until the disability shall cease.  The  acting  clerk  so
    26  appointed  or  designated  as  such  shall  have and exercise all of the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14700-01-2
        A. 9536                             2

     1  powers of the clerk of the assembly until a clerk has  been  chosen  and
     2  has qualified or until the disability shall cease.
     3    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.