Assembly Bill A4627

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Reduces travel expenses and per diems for members of the legislature living less than one hundred and twenty-five miles from the capitol

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  • 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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2015-A4627 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7289
2017-2018: A2537
2019-2020: A5921
2021-2022: A5919

2015-A4627 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces travel expenses and per diems for members of the legislature living less than one hundred and twenty-five miles from the capitol.

2015-A4627 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4627

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. LALOR, McLAUGHLIN, BORELLI, NOJAY -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law,  in  relation  to  reducing  travel
  expenses  and per diems for members of the legislature and eliminating
  per diems for members living less than one hundred  twenty-five  miles
  from the capitol

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  5  of  the  legislative  law,  as
amended  by section 1 of part M-1 of chapter 407 of the laws of 1999, is
amended to read as follows:
  2. Each member of the legislature LIVING MORE THAN ONE  HUNDRED  TWEN-
TY-FIVE MILES FROM THE STATE CAPITOL shall receive payment of actual and
necessary  transportation expenses and a per diem equivalent to the most
recent federal per diem rates published by the General Services Adminis-
tration and set forth in 41 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part  301,
App.  A, while in travel status in the performance of his or her duties;
and such other reasonable expenses as may be necessary for the  perform-
ance  of  the  member's  responsibilities as determined by the temporary
president of the senate or speaker of the assembly for their  respective
houses,  AS  DOCUMENTED WITH RECEIPTS, NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
PER DAY. The per diem allowances, including partial per diem allowances,
shall be made pursuant to regulations promulgated by the temporary pres-
ident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly for their respective
houses, on audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved  by
the  temporary  president  of  the senate or his or her designee and the
speaker of the assembly or his or  her  designee  for  their  respective
houses.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00769-01-5

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