NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1608

Senate Bill S1608

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for the increase in the annual salary of members of the legislature commencing on January 1, 2019

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to investigations and government operations
Jan 10, 2017	referred to investigations and government operations

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2017-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5933
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §5, Leg L

2017-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the increase in the annual salary of members of the legislature, commencing on January 1, 2019, in an amount equal to the increase in the value of $79,500 based on the rate of inflation between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2018.

2017-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1608

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to
compensation payable to members of the state legislature

 PURPOSE :

Provides for the increase in the annual salary of members of the
legislature commencing on January 1, 2019

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Subdivision 1 of section 5 of the legislative law to
provide for an increase in the annual salary of members of the New
York State Legislature, based solely on the rise in inflation as
calculated by the national Consumer Price index.

Section 2 sets forth the effective date of this legislation.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Members of the New York State Legislature have not received a raise in
their annual salary since 1999. when their annual pay was set at
$79,500. Since this time, the national economy has experienced a
massive rise in inflation, experiencing both an economic boom, but
also a serious recession and an ongoing recovery from it. This

legislation seeks not to provide legislators with a raise, but only to
peg the current rate of pay with the current value of $79,500 in 1999,
using only the rate of inflation set forth by the federal Bureau of
Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.

Contrary to common belief, the majority of New York State legislators
typically engage work on an annual, full-time basis that far exceeds
scheduled session days that occur between January and June of every
year. Countless hours, days and months are spent by legislators and
their staff members to address serious concerns raised by
constituents, as well as to coordinate and engage in important events
that serve to benefit the communities they serve. As the discussion
over whether to designate the New York State Legislature to be a
'full-time' legislature continues, it is true that most legislators
already view their offices as being exactly that.

Finally, failing to recognize the rise in inflation in the salaries of
legislators has the negative effect of discouraging those who do not
earn income from outside sources from remaining in office. Until
important issues such as the potential implementation of term limits
and a ban on the accrual of outside income are resolved, the sensible
approach to maintaining fairness and promoting the execution of good
governance is to recognize the impact of inflation upon legislators
and the families that they support.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPACT :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.

2017-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1608
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to compensation payable
   to members of the state legislature

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  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:
   1.  Effective  January first, [nineteen hundred ninety-nine] TWO THOU-
 SAND NINETEEN, each member of the legislature shall receive [a] AN ANNU-
 AL salary IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE INCREASE IN THE  VALUE  of  seventy-
 nine  thousand  five  hundred dollars [per annum] BETWEEN JANUARY FIRST,
 NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE AND  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 EIGHTEEN,  BASED  ON  THE  RATE OF INFLATION ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSUMER
 PRICE INDEX AS CALCULATED BY THE FEDERAL  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR.    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 budget 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.
   For purposes of this section, net amount shall mean gross salary minus
 any or all of the following  deductions:  federal  taxes,  state  taxes,
 social security taxes, city taxes, payments on retirement loans, retire-
 ment  contributions,  contributions  to  health insurance or other group
 insurance programs, child support and court ordered payments.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07436-01-7

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Sponsored By

Jose Peralta

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

co-Sponsors

Tony Avella

Leroy Comrie

Simcha Felder

Velmanette Montgomery

2017-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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