Senate Bill S2860

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to freezing per diems for legislators with secondary incomes exceeding 20 percent of their legislative salaries

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2860 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7952
2011-2012: S1051
2013-2014: S1633
2015-2016: S595

2017-S2860 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to freezing per diems for legislators with secondary incomes exceeding 20 percent of their legislative salaries.

2017-S2860 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2860 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2860
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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, 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 added 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
 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

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

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