Assembly Bill A7815

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to compensation of members of the legislature; prohibits members of the legislature from receiving certain outside income

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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-A7815 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5 & 80, add §5-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A5002

2015-A7815 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to compensation of members of the legislature; provides each member shall receive compensation in an amount equal to the salary of the members of the United States Congress for the same calendar year; prohibits members of the legislature from receiving outside earned income which exceeds fifteen percent of the gross annual salary of members.

2015-A7815 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7815

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the legislative law,  in  relation  to  compensation  of
  members  of the legislature and prohibiting members of the legislature
  from receiving certain outside income

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

  Section  1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 5 of the
legislative law, as amended by chapter 635  of  the  laws  of  1998,  is
amended to read as follows:
  Effective  January  first, [nineteen hundred ninety-nine] TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN, each member of the  legislature  shall  receive  a  salary  [of
seventy-nine thousand five hundred dollars per annum] IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL
TO THE SALARY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.  Such salary
of  a member of the legislature shall be payable in twenty-six bi-weekly
installments provided, however, that if legislative passage of the budg-
et as defined in subdivision three of  this  section  has  not  occurred
prior  to  the  first day of any fiscal year, the net amount of any such
bi-weekly salary installment payments to be paid on or  after  such  day
shall  be  withheld  and  not paid until such legislative passage of the
budget has occurred  whereupon  bi-weekly  salary  installment  payments
shall  resume  and  an  amount equal to the accrued, withheld and unpaid
installments shall be promptly paid to each member.
  S 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a  new  section  5-b  to
read as follows:
  S  5-B. PROHIBITION ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME FOR MEMBERS. 1.  STARTING
IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, A MEMBER OF THE  LEGISLATURE  MAY
NOT  HAVE  OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH YEAR WHICH EXCEEDS
FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE GROSS ANNUAL SALARY OF MEMBERS  OF  THE  LEGISLA-
TURE, PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
  2.  A.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE TERM "OUTSIDE EARNED
INCOME" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED  TO,  WAGES,  SALARIES,  FEES,  AND
OTHER FORMS OF COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES ACTUALLY RENDERED.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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