Bill Text: NY S09199 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a compensation committee to determine the appropriate salaries for members of the legislature and certain other state officials; provides for approval by voters of any recommendations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-12-14 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09199 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S09199-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9199
                    IN SENATE
                                    December 14, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, relating to establishing
          a compensation committee to determine  the  appropriate  salaries  for
          members  of  the  legislature  and  certain  other state officials, in
          relation to requiring the approval of the voters of the recommendation
          of the committee
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4 of part HHH of chapter 59 of the
     2  laws  of  2018,  relating  to  establishing  a compensation committee to
     3  determine the appropriate salaries for members of  the  legislature  and
     4  certain other state officials, is amended to read as follows:
     5    2.  [Each recommendation made to implement a determination pursuant to
     6  section two of this act shall have the force of law,  and  shall  super-
     7  sede,  where  appropriate, inconsistent provisions of section 169 of the
     8  executive law, and sections 5 and 5-a of  the  legislative  law,  unless
     9  modified  or  abrogated by statute prior to January first of the year as
    10  to which such determination applies to legislative and executive compen-
    11  sation.] a. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any recommen-
    12  dations made to implement a determination pursuant  to  section  two  of
    13  this  part  shall  not  have  the force of law, nor shall they supersede
    14  inconsistent provisions of section 169 of the executive law or  sections
    15  5 and 5-a of the legislative law, unless such recommendations have first
    16  passed  by  a  majority  of  electors of the state voting on the measure
    17  state-wide in the next general election held at least one hundred  eight
    18  days after any recommendations pursuant to section two of this part.
    19    b.  At least ninety days prior to a general election pursuant to para-
    20  graph a of this subdivision, the attorney general of the  state  of  New
    21  York  shall  prepare  a title and summary for the measure, not to exceed
    22  one hundred words, which shall appear on the ballot and shall give indi-
    23  cation of support or opposition to such measure.
    24    c. Any action or proceeding which challenges the title and summary  of
    25  such  measure  prepared by the attorney general as failing to accurately
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16762-01-8
        S. 9199                             2
     1  describe such measure, shall be heard in the supreme court of the  state
     2  and preferred over all other civil causes in all courts of the state and
     3  shall be heard and determined in preference to all the other civil busi-
     4  ness  pending  therein.  No  action  or  proceeding which challenges any
     5  action or inaction by the  attorney  general  respecting  the  title  or
     6  summary  of  such  measure may be  brought more than fourteen days after
     7  action by the attorney general pursuant to paragraph b of  this  section
     8  or,  if  the  attorney  general fails to act, the no later than fourteen
     9  days after the deadline for such action pursuant to such paragraph b.
    10    d. A measure approved by a majority of votes thereon shall take effect
    11  on the first of January next succeeding the general  election,  or  five
    12  days after the date of the official declaration of the vote by the state
    13  board of elections, whichever is later.
    14    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    15  the amendments to subdivision 2 of section 4 of part HHH of  chapter  59
    16  of the laws of 2018 made by section one of this act shall not affect the
    17  expiration of such part and shall be deemed to expire therewith.