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Assembly Bill A4626

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Eliminates allowances for members of the legislature serving as an officer of either house except for the leaders in each house of either party

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2015-A4626 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง5-a, 83-c, 83-e, 83-f, 83-i & 83-l, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A7290

2015-A4626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates allowances for members of the legislature serving as an officer of either house except for the leaders in each house of either party.

2015-A4626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4626

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LALOR, McLAUGHLIN, NOJAY -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M.  of A. TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
  mental Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative  law,  in  relation  to  allowances  for
  members serving as an officer of either house

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

  Section 1. Section 5-a of the legislative law, as added by chapter 630
of the laws of 1998, that portion  of  subdivision  1  entitled  "SENATE
OFFICERS",  as  amended by chapter 631 of the laws of 1998, that portion
of subdivision 1 entitled "SENATORS SERVING  IN  SPECIAL  CAPACITY",  as
amended  by section 2 and that portion of subdivision 1 entitled "ASSEM-
BLYMEN SERVING IN SPECIAL CAPACITY", as amended by section 3 of part  XX
of  chapter  56 of the laws of 2009, paragraphs c and d of subdivision 2
as added by chapter 635 of the laws of 1998 and the opening paragraph of
subdivision 3 as amended by section 1 of part K of  chapter  55  of  the
laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  S 5-a. Allowances  for member serving as an officer of either house of
the legislature or in a special capacity therein.
  1. Any member of either house of the legislature serving as [an  offi-
cer  of  his  house or in any other special capacity therein or directly
connected therewith shall be paid an allowance in  accordance  with  the
following schedule:

                             SENATE OFFICERS

Temporary president of the senate ............................... 41,500
Vice President pro tempore ...................................... 34,000
Deputy majority leader for legislative operations of the
 senate ......................................................... 34,000
Chairman of majority program development committee

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01229-01-5
              

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