Assembly Bill A9209

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9209

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2016
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORELLE,  COOK,  MAGNARELLI, COLTON, MILLER,
  LINARES, HARRIS, GUNTHER, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  HEVESI,  HIKIND,  THIELE,  TITONE  --  read  once  and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  the  compensation  of
  presidents  of the state university of New York and city university of
  New York

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 169 of the executive law, as added
by chapter 263 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
  3.(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other
provision  of law, the boards of trustees of the state university of New
York and the city university of New York shall each establish and imple-
ment salary plans for the chancellors, presidents and senior  staffs  of
such  state  and  city  universities, respectively. The board of regents
shall establish and implement a separate salary plan for  the  president
of  the  university  of the state of New York, setting forth the compen-
sation to be received by the president for performing the duties of that
office assigned by the rules of the regents or statute, which  shall  be
in  addition to the compensation received by such person pursuant to the
provisions of subdivisions one and two of this  section.    Such  salary
plans  shall  be developed after consultation with the governor's office
of employee relations and the division of the budget.   Any increase  in
compensation for the positions set forth in this subdivision, not other-
wise  funded  from any appropriation, shall be funded from reallocations
of funds within the appropriations specifically identified by the afore-
mentioned boards. Each board of trustees and the board of regents  shall
file a proposed salary plan report with the chairs of the senate finance
committee  and the assembly ways and means committee and the director of
the budget at least sixty days prior to the effective date of such sala-
ry plan. Each salary plan report shall set forth  the  salary  schedule,
the  dollar value of additional public compensation and other employment
benefits that such positions would  receive,  the  specific  sources  of

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

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funding  to  be reallocated for salary increases, the amount of increase
to be provided to each position, the comparison salary data on which the
plan is based, and such other information as the boards of trustees  and
the board of regents deem appropriate.
  (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO PRESIDENT OF ANY  STATE  UNIVERSITY
OF  NEW YORK OR CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL RECEIVE ANNUAL COMPEN-
SATION FROM ANY STATE AGENCY OR AGENCIES, IN AGGREGATE, THAT EXCEEDS THE
ANNUAL COMPENSATION PROVIDED  TO  THE  CHANCELLOR  OF  SUCH  UNIVERSITY.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH COMPENSATION LIMIT SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE PRESI-
DENTS  OF THE UNIVERSITY CENTERS OR THE MEDICAL CENTERS LISTED IN SUBDI-
VISION THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW.
FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "STATE AGENCY" SHALL HAVE THE
SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION FIFTY-THREE-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.