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                                 595--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
  Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the legislative law, in relation to freezing per diems
  for legislators with secondary incomes exceeding 20 percent  of  their
  legislative salaries

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 5 of the legisla-
tive law, as amended by section 7 of part CC of chapter 56 of  the  laws
of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Each  member of the legislature, upon verification of attendance,
which shall be by electronic verification when practicable,  in  compli-
ance  with the policies set forth by the speaker of the assembly and the
temporary president of the senate for their respective bodies, shall  be
eligible  to receive payment of actual and necessary travel expenses and
a per diem  equivalent  to  the  most  recent  federal  per  diem  rates
published  by the general services administration as set forth in 41 CFR
(Code of Federal Regulations) Part 301, App. A, for the  time  in  which
the  member was in travel status in the performance of his or her duties
during the months in which the legislature is scheduled to be in regular
session. During the months when the legislature is not scheduled  to  be
in  regular  session,  members  shall  receive such actual and necessary
travel expenses and per diems, in compliance with verification  policies
and  in  accord  with  standards  and limits for reimbursable events set
forth by the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of  the
senate  for  their  respective bodies. The per diem allowances including

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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partial per diem allowances shall be made on audit and  warrant  of  the
comptroller  on  vouchers  approved  by  the  temporary president of the
senate or his or her designee and speaker of the assembly or his or  her
designee   for   their  respective  houses.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, THE PER DIEM  RATE  RECEIVED  BY  LEGISLATORS
WITH  SECONDARY  INCOMES THAT EXCEED TWENTY PERCENT OF THEIR LEGISLATIVE
SALARIES, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PER DIEM RATE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE  TWO
THOUSAND NINE-TWO THOUSAND TEN STATE FISCAL YEAR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.