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                                  7997

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2015
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Introduced  by  M. of A. GOODELL, LOPEZ, DUPREY -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. JOHNS -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Govern-
  mental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, relating to providing
  periodic salary increases to state officers,  in  relation  to  salary
  adjustments;  and to repeal section 4 of part E of such chapter relat-
  ing thereto

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 2 of section 2 of part E of
chapter 60 of the laws of 2015, relating to providing periodic increases
to state officers, is amended to read as follows:
  (b) The commission shall determine whether: (1) for any  of  the  four
years commencing on the first of April of such years, following the year
in  which  the  commission  is  established, the annual salaries for the
judges and justices of the state-paid courts of the unified court system
and housing judges of the civil court of the city of  New  York  warrant
[an increase] ADJUSTMENT; and
  (2)  on  the  first  of January after the November general election at
which members of the state legislature are elected following the year in
which the commission is established, and on the first of January follow-
ing the next such election, the like annual salaries and  allowances  of
members  of the legislature, and salaries of statewide elected officials
and state officers referred to in  section  169  of  the  executive  law
warrant [an increase] ADJUSTMENT.
  S 2. Subdivision 7 of section 3 of part E of chapter 60 of the laws of
2015, relating to providing periodic salary increases to state officers,
is amended to read as follows:
  7. The commission shall make a report to the governor, the legislature
and  the chief judge of the state of its findings, conclusions, determi-
nations and recommendations, if any, not later than the thirty-first  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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December  of  the year in which the commission is established [for judi-
cial compensation and the fifteenth of November the following  year  for
legislative  and  executive  compensation].   Any findings, conclusions,
determinations  and  recommendations  in the report must be adopted by a
majority vote of the  commission  and  findings,  conclusions,  determi-
nations  and  recommendations  with respect to executive and legislative
compensation shall also be supported by at least one member appointed by
each appointing authority.   [Each recommendation made  to  implement  a
determination  pursuant  to section two of this act shall have the force
of law, and shall supersede, where appropriate, inconsistent  provisions
of  article  7-B of the judiciary law, section 169 of the executive law,
and sections 5 and 5-a of the legislative law, unless modified or  abro-
gated  by  statute  prior  to  April  first of the year as to which such
determination applies to judicial compensation and January first of  the
year as to which such determination applies to legislative and executive
compensation.]
  S 3. Section 4 of part E of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015 relating to
providing periodic salary increases to state officers is REPEALED.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.