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Assembly Bill A1707

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to compensation of district attorneys

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2017-A1707 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §183-a, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10432

2017-A1707 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any increases in compensation to district attorneys after January first, two thousand seventeen, resulting from actions of the New York state commission on legislative, judicial and executive compensation shall be reimbursed to the county by the office of court administration and shall be paid on or before the last day of each calendar year in which such increase shall have been paid.

2017-A1707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1707
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HAWLEY, BARCLAY, FRIEND, BUTLER, GIGLIO, CROUCH,
   LAWRENCE, McDONOUGH, OAKS -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  judiciary  law, in relation to compensation for
   district attorneys
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 183-a of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter
 1049 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
   § 183-a. Compensation of certain district attorneys.   Notwithstanding
 any  other provision of law, the district attorney of each county having
 a population of more than five hundred thousand according  to  the  last
 federal  census,  exclusive  of  the counties of New York, Bronx, Kings,
 Queens and Richmond, shall receive an annual salary equivalent  to  that
 of  a  justice  of the state supreme court together with such additional
 compensation as the legislative body of such county may provide by local
 law. Further, that the district attorney of each county having  a  popu-
 lation  of  more  than  one  hundred thousand and less than five hundred
 thousand according to the last federal census, exclusive of  the  county
 of  Richmond,  and  the  district  attorney  of any county, the board of
 supervisors of which has designated such office as a full-time  position
 pursuant  to  subdivision  eight  of section seven hundred of the county
 law, shall receive an annual salary equivalent to that of  county  judge
 in  the  county  in which the district attorney is elected or appointed,
 together with such additional compensation as the  legislative  body  of
 such  county  may provide by local law. ANY INCREASES IN COMPENSATION TO
 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN,  RESULT-
 ING  FROM ACTIONS OF THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION ON LEGISLATIVE, JUDI-
 CIAL AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SHALL BE REIMBURSED TO THE COUNTY BY THE
 OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION AND SHALL BE PAID ON OR BEFORE  THE  LAST
 DAY OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH SUCH INCREASE SHALL HAVE BEEN PAID.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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