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Senate Bill S6227

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits increases in per diem rates for members of the legislature for two years

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2009-S6227 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9424
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Leg L

2009-S6227 - Summary

Prohibits increases in per diem rates for members of the legislature for two years.

2009-S6227 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6227 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6227

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            October 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. C. JOHNSON, AUBERTINE, STACHOWSKI, VALESKY -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Rules

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law,  in  relation  to prohibiting
  increases in per diem rates for members of  the  legislature  for  two
  years

  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 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.  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.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, FOR THE
TWO THOUSAND NINE -- TWO THOUSAND TEN AND TWO THOUSAND TEN -- TWO  THOU-
SAND  ELEVEN  STATE  FISCAL  YEARS, THE PER DIEM RATE AUTHORIZED BY THIS
SECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PER DIEM RATE ESTABLISHED FOR THE TWO THOU-
SAND EIGHT -- TWO THOUSAND NINE STATE FISCAL YEAR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14877-01-9

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2009-S6227A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9424
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Leg L

2009-S6227A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits increases in per diem rates for members of the legislature for two years.

2009-S6227A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6227A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6227--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            October 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  C. JOHNSON, AUBERTINE, BRESLIN, KRUEGER, ONORATO,
  SAMPSON, SQUADRON, STACHOWSKI, STEWART-COUSINS, VALESKY -- read  twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment  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  prohibiting
  increases  in  per  diem  rates for members of the legislature for two
  years

  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 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. 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.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS  SECTION,  FOR  THE
TWO  THOUSAND  TEN -- TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN AND TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN -- TWO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14877-04-0

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