Bill Text: NY S04353 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that members of the legislature shall be penalized one day's salary for each day the state budget is late; provides that legislative leaders and the governor shall be penalized two days pay for each day the state budget is late with all monies to be placed in the New York State children and families trust fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S04353 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04353-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4353 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- 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 and the executive law, in relation to assessing a penalty upon members of the legislature and the gover- nor 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. (a) In any year where prior to April first, the legislature fails 8 to 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, the temporary president of the 12 senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the assembly 13 and the minority leader of the assembly shall be penalized in an amount 14 equal to seventy-nine thousand five hundred dollars multiplied by a 15 fraction the numerator of which is two and the denominator of which is 16 three hundred sixty-five and all other members of the legislature shall 17 be penalized in an amount equal to seventy-nine thousand five hundred 18 dollars multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is one and the 19 denominator of which is three hundred sixty-five for each day during the 20 period beginning with April first and ending on the day the last of such 21 bills are passed by the house in which he serves. 22 (b) The comptroller shall transfer any funds resulting from the opera- 23 tion of paragraph (a) of this subdivision from the state purposes EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06368-01-7S. 4353 2 1 account in the general fund to the William B. Hoyt Memorial children and 2 family trust fund established pursuant to section four hundred eighty- 3 one-f of the social services law. Such funds so transferred shall be 4 supplemental to any other appropriations made for the benefit of such 5 fund and shall not be used to offset other annual appropriations made to 6 the department of family assistance for purposes of article ten-A of the 7 social services law. 8 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 13 to read 9 as follows: 10 § 13. Compensation of the governor. (a) In any year where prior to 11 April first, the legislature fails to pass the bills, with or without 12 amendments, submitted to it by the governor pursuant to section three of 13 article seven of the constitution making appropriations and reappropri- 14 ations for the support of government, constituting the state budget, the 15 governor shall be penalized in an amount equal to one hundred seventy- 16 nine thousand dollars multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 17 two and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty-five for each 18 day during the period beginning with April first and ending on the day 19 the last of such bills are passed by the legislature. 20 (b) The comptroller shall transfer any funds resulting from the opera- 21 tion of subdivision (a) of this section from the state purposes account 22 in the general fund to the William B. Hoyt Memorial children and family 23 trust fund established pursuant to section four hundred eighty-one-f of 24 the social services law. Such funds so transferred shall be supplemental 25 to any other appropriations made for the benefit of such fund and shall 26 not be used to offset other annual appropriations made to the department 27 of family assistance for purposes of article ten-A of the social 28 services law. 29 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
