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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S2598
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R) Senate District
2009-S2598 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5924
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Legislative Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §10, add §5-b, Leg L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A7186
2013-2014: A1542
2009-S2598 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2598 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to apportionment of resources for members of the state legislature PURPOSE : To provide equal staffing allocations for the running of the offices of Members of the Senate and Assembly; to provide reasonable additional assistance for Committee Chairs and Ranking Members; to equitably apportion central staff allocations; and to develop a non-partisan research service. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends the legislative law to: 1. Require that members of the Senate and Assembly be given equal staffing allocation within each respective House of the Legislature; 2. Allocate additional resources for Committee Chairs and ranking members. Those additional resources are $90,000 for all committee Chairs except education, codes, health, and higher education (the allocation for those Chairs would be $145,000); and in the case of Finance/Ways and Means, the Allocation would be $200,000. The ranking member of all committees would receive $30,000 except in the case of
2009-S2598 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2598 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2009 ___________ 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 the legislative law, in relation to apportionment of resources for members of the state legislature THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 10 of the legislative law, as amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 1949, is amended to read as follows: S 10. Compensation of officers and employees. The secretary of the senate, the clerk of the assembly, and all other officers and employees of the senate and assembly, shall be paid the compensation fixed by the appointing officer within the amount provided by appropriation AND PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FIVE-B OF THIS ARTICLE. S 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 5-b to read as follows: S 5-B. STAFF ALLOCATION. 1. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, EVERY MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE SHALL HAVE THE SAME STAFF ALLOCATION AS EVERY OTHER MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL HAVE THE SAME STAFF ALLOCATION AS EVERY OTHER MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY. 2. EVERY STATE SENATOR OR MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY WHO IS ASSIGNED TO SERVE AS CHAIRPERSON OF A STANDING COMMITTEE SHALL ALSO RECEIVE AN ADDI- TIONAL ALLOCATION DESIGNED TO REASONABLY ALLOW SUCH CHAIRPERSON TO HIRE A COMMITTEE DIRECTOR AND COMMITTEE CLERK DEDICATED TO COMMITTEE RELATED WORK. SUCH ALLOCATION SHALL BE NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ALL COMMIT- TEES EXCEPT THE CODES, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND HIGHER EDUCATION COMMIT- TEES IN BOTH THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, IN WHICH CASE SUCH ALLOCATION SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND TWO HUNDRED THOU- SAND DOLLARS FOR THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE AND THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IN THE ASSEMBLY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01732-01-9
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