A9259-2011 Actions

• Apr 18, 2012: held for consideration in governmental operations
• Feb 9, 2012: referred to governmental operations

A9259-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         9259
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 February 9, 2012
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HANNA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations
 

AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to reducing the  salary
 of  members  of  the state legislature and to provide that the regular
 legislative session shall end on March 31
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  5 of the legislative law, as
 amended by chapter 635 of the laws  of  1998,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

 1.  Effective  January first, [nineteen hundred ninety-nine] TWO THOU
 SAND THIRTEEN, each member of the legislature shall receive a salary  of
 [seventy-nine   thousand  five  hundred  dollars]  THIRTY-FIVE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS per annum. Such salary of a member of the legislature  shall  be
 payable  in twenty-six bi-weekly installments provided, however, that if
 legislative passage of the budget as defined  in  subdivision  three  of
 this section has not occurred prior to the first day of any fiscal year,
 the  net  amount of any such bi-weekly salary installment payments to be
 paid on or after such day shall be withheld  and  not  paid  until  such
 legislative passage of the budget has occurred whereupon bi-weekly sala
 ry installment payments shall resume and an amount equal to the accrued,
 withheld and unpaid installments shall be promptly paid to each member.
 For purposes of this section, net amount shall mean gross salary minus
 any  or  all  of  the  following deductions: federal taxes, state taxes,
 social security taxes, city taxes, payments on retirement loans, retire
 ment contributions, contributions to health  insurance  or  other  group
 insurance programs, child support and court ordered payments.
 

S  2.  The  legislative  law is amended by adding a new article 1-B to
 read as follows:

 ARTICLE 1-B
 LEGISLATIVE SESSION CALENDAR
 SECTION 1-AA. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION CALENDAR.
 

S 1-AA. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION CALENDAR. THE  CALEN
 DAR  OF  THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED ANNUALLY AS AGREED
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14360-01-2
 
       A. 9259                             2
 UPON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,
 EXCEPT  THAT  NO  ORDINARY  LEGISLATIVE SESSION SHALL BE SCHEDULED AFTER
 MARCH THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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