Bill Text: NY S02780 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Eliminates allowances for members serving as an officer of either house of the legislature; and repeals section 5-a of the legislative law relating thereto.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02780 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02780-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2780 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 1, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary 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 Section 5-a of the legislative law is REPEALED. 2 S 2.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 S 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 23 and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor. The EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08262-01-1 S. 2780 2 1 commission may hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all 2 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members 3 of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services[, 4 except as provided pursuant to section five-a of this chapter,] but 5 shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the 6 performance of their duties hereunder. 7 S 4. Subdivision 7 of section 83-e of the legislative law, as added by 8 chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 9 7. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel as 10 it may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions 11 and fix compensation within the amount appropriated therefor. The 12 commission may hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all 13 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members 14 of the commission and advisory board shall receive no compensation for 15 their services[, except as provided pursuant to section five-a of this 16 chapter,] but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses 17 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder. 18 S 5. Subdivision 4 of section 83-f of the legislative law, as added by 19 chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 20 4. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel as 21 it may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions 22 and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor. The 23 commission may hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all 24 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members 25 of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services[, 26 except as provided pursuant to section five-a of this chapter,] but 27 shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the 28 performance of their duties hereunder. 29 S 6. Subdivision 4 of section 83-i of the legislative law, as added by 30 chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 31 4. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel as 32 it may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions 33 and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor. The 34 commission may hold public and private hearings, and otherwise have all 35 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members 36 of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services[, 37 except as provided pursuant to section five-a of this chapter,] but 38 shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the 39 performance of their duties hereunder. 40 S 7. Subdivision 4 of section 83-l of the legislative law, as amended 41 by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 42 4. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel as 43 it may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions 44 and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor. The 45 commission may hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all 46 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members 47 of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services[, 48 except as provided pursuant to section five-a of this chapter,] but 49 shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the 50 performance of their duties hereunder. 51 S 8. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 52 the amendments to sections 83-c, 83-e, 83-f, 83-i and 83-l of the legis- 53 lative law made by sections three, four, five, six and seven of this act 54 shall not affect the repeal of such sections and shall be deemed 55 repealed therewith.