| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
| Feb 10, 2017 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S4353
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 44th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
Actions
2017-S4353 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Legislative Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §5, Leg L; add §13, Exec L
2017-S4353 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that members of the legislature shall be penalized one day's salary for each day the state budget is late; provides that legislative leaders and the governor shall be penalized two days pay for each day the state budget is late with all monies to be placed in the New York State children and families trust fund.
2017-S4353 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4353
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the legislative law and the executive law, in relation
to assessing a penalty upon members of the legislature and the
governor for failure to enact a timely state budget
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To provide an incentive for passing the state budget by the April 1
deadline and to prevent lawmakers who are penalized for failing to
pass a budget on time from recovering parts of their salary. Under the
current provisions of the State Constitution, the salary of lawmakers
is specified. This would change the constitution to allow penalties to
be imposed.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Provides a financial penalty on members of the state legislature and
the governor, Lt. governor, and comptroller for failure to enact a
timely state budget. Each member of the State Senate and Assembly, as
well as the Governor will forfeit one day's pro-rate salary for each
day the budget is not enacted after the April 1 deadline, until the
last of the budget bills is passed by the legislature. This amendment
will supersede the provisions of the State Constitution, which specify
2017-S4353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4353
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 10, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- 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 and the executive law, in relation
to assessing a penalty upon members of the legislature and the gover-
nor for failure to enact a timely state budget
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The section heading of section 5 of the legislative law, as
amended by chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
Compensation of members; PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO ENACT BUDGET.
§ 2. Section 5 of the legislative law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. (A) IN ANY YEAR WHERE PRIOR TO APRIL FIRST, THE LEGISLATURE FAILS
TO PASS THE BILLS, WITH OR WITHOUT AMENDMENTS, SUBMITTED TO IT BY THE
GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE CONSTITUTION
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND REAPPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF GOVERN-
MENT, CONSTITUTING THE STATE BUDGET, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY
AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE PENALIZED IN AN AMOUNT
EQUAL TO SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS MULTIPLIED BY A
FRACTION THE NUMERATOR OF WHICH IS TWO AND THE DENOMINATOR OF WHICH IS
THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE AND ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL
BE PENALIZED IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS MULTIPLIED BY A FRACTION THE NUMERATOR OF WHICH IS ONE AND THE
DENOMINATOR OF WHICH IS THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE FOR EACH DAY DURING THE
PERIOD BEGINNING WITH APRIL FIRST AND ENDING ON THE DAY THE LAST OF SUCH
BILLS ARE PASSED BY THE HOUSE IN WHICH HE SERVES.
(B) THE COMPTROLLER SHALL TRANSFER ANY FUNDS RESULTING FROM THE OPERA-
TION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION FROM THE STATE PURPOSES
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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