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Assembly Bill A3333

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Assesses a penalty upon legislature and governor for late budget

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2015-A3333 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Leg L; add §13, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10366
2011-2012: A1996
2013-2014: A6338

2015-A3333 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that members of the legislature shall be penalized one day's salary for each day the state budget is late; provides that legislative leaders and the governor shall be penalized two days pay for each day the state budget is late with all monies to be placed in the New York State children and families trust fund.

2015-A3333 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3333

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TEDISCO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. THIELE
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the executive law,  in  relation
  to  assessing a penalty upon members of the legislature and the gover-
  nor for failure to enact a timely state budget

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

  Section 1. The section heading of section 5 of the legislative law, as
amended  by  chapter  141  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
  Compensation of members; PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO ENACT BUDGET.
  S 2. Section 5 of the legislative law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4.  (A)  IN ANY YEAR WHERE PRIOR TO APRIL FIRST, THE LEGISLATURE FAILS
TO PASS THE BILLS, WITH OR WITHOUT AMENDMENTS, SUBMITTED TO  IT  BY  THE
GOVERNOR  PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE CONSTITUTION
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND REAPPROPRIATIONS FOR THE  SUPPORT  OF  GOVERN-
MENT,  CONSTITUTING  THE  STATE  BUDGET,  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY
AND  THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE PENALIZED IN AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  MULTIPLIED  BY  A
FRACTION  THE  NUMERATOR OF WHICH IS TWO AND THE DENOMINATOR OF WHICH IS
THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE AND ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE  SHALL
BE  PENALIZED  IN  AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS MULTIPLIED BY A FRACTION THE NUMERATOR OF WHICH IS ONE  AND  THE
DENOMINATOR OF WHICH IS THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE FOR EACH DAY DURING THE
PERIOD BEGINNING WITH APRIL FIRST AND ENDING ON THE DAY THE LAST OF SUCH
BILLS ARE PASSED BY THE HOUSE IN WHICH HE SERVES.
  (B) THE COMPTROLLER SHALL TRANSFER ANY FUNDS RESULTING FROM THE OPERA-
TION  OF  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  FROM THE STATE PURPOSES
ACCOUNT IN THE GENERAL FUND TO THE WILLIAM B. HOYT MEMORIAL CHILDREN AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02639-01-5
              

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