Senate Bill S2596

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the hiring of certain legislative employees

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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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2009-S2596 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-a, amd §§7-a & 7-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2550

2009-S2596 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the hiring of certain legislative employees; requires certain non-partisan legislative employees to be hired from a list developed through a competitive examination; includes payroll, accounting, district office operations, supplies, technology, postal services, document printing and distribution, research, media services including the operation and scheduling of recording sessions, personnel services, financial analysis and reporting, state budget analysis and reporting.

2009-S2596 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2596 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2596

                       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  hiring  of  certain
  non-partisan legislative employees

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
declares that unnecessary duplication of services between the senate and
assembly is a waste of taxpayer resources and otherwise fails to promote
a  form  of  government  which is based on competency and ability rather
than political patronage. The legislature declares that  the  state  and
its people would be better served if the administrative functions of the
legislature  were  consolidated and implemented in a non-partisan manner
based solely on objective criteria.
  S 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a  new  section  8-a  to
read as follows:
  S 8-A. NON-PARTISAN HIRING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE LEGISLATURE. 1.
THE  SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, TEMPORARY
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE  SENATE  (HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AS "THE LEADERSHIP") SHALL, WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, JOINTLY DEVELOP A LIST OF ALL EMPLOYEE TITLES
WHICH  ARE NOT HIRED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF A MEMBER SPECIFICALLY TO
SERVE IN THAT MEMBER'S OFFICE OR ON THE COMMITTEE STAFF OF ANY COMMITTEE
THAT MEMBER IS THE CHAIRPERSON  OR  RANKING  MINORITY  MEMBER  OF.  SUCH
EMPLOYEE  TITLES  SHALL  INCLUDE  THOSE  EMPLOYEES  WHO PERFORM SERVICES
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,  PAYROLL,  ACCOUNTING,  DISTRICT  OFFICE
OPERATIONS, SUPPLIES, TECHNOLOGY, POSTAL SERVICES, DOCUMENT PRINTING AND
DISTRIBUTION, RESEARCH, MEDIA SERVICES INCLUDING THE OPERATION AND SCHE-
DULING OF RECORDING SESSIONS, PERSONNEL SERVICES, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND
REPORTING, STATE BUDGET ANALYSIS AND REPORTING.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09252-03-9
              

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