Bill Text: NY S06449 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring the commission on legislative, judicial and executive compensation to define "outside active employment" and the types of prohibited income for legislators and requires the commission to issue a report on their findings of legislative compensation and prohibited income from outside active employment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-13 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S06449 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06449-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6449
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend part E of chapter 60 of the laws of  2015,  relating  to
          establishing  a  commission  on  legislative,  judicial  and executive
          compensation, and providing for the powers and duties of  the  commis-
          sion,  in  relation  to  prohibiting  compensation from outside active
          employment
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  2  of  part  E of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015
     2  relating to establishing a commission on legislative, judicial and exec-
     3  utive compensation, and providing for  the  powers  and  duties  of  the
     4  commission is amended to read as follows:
     5    §  2. 1. On the first of June of every fourth year, commencing June 1,
     6  2015, there shall be established a commission on  legislative,  judicial
     7  and executive compensation to examine, evaluate and make recommendations
     8  with  respect to adequate levels of compensation and non-salary benefits
     9  for members of the legislature, judges and justices  of  the  state-paid
    10  courts  of  the  unified  court system, statewide elected officials, and
    11  those state officers referred to in section 169 of the executive law.
    12    2. (a) In accordance with the provisions of this section, the  commis-
    13  sion  shall examine: (1) the prevailing adequacy of pay levels and other
    14  non-salary benefits received by members of  the  legislature,  statewide
    15  elected  officials,  and those state officers referred to in section 169
    16  of the executive law; and
    17    (2) the prevailing adequacy of  pay  levels  and  non-salary  benefits
    18  received  by  the  judges  and  justices of the state-paid courts of the
    19  unified court system and housing judges of the civil court of  the  city
    20  of New York and determine whether any of such pay levels warrant adjust-
    21  ment; and
    22    (b)  The  commission  shall determine whether: (1) for any of the four
    23  years commencing on the first of April of such years, following the year
    24  in which the commission is established,  the  annual  salaries  for  the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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