NY State Senate Bill 2019-S5894

Senate Bill S5894

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to implanting recommendations of the compensation committee with respect to the appropriate salaries for members of the legislature and certain other state officials

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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S5894 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Committees
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S9199

2019-S5894 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires approval by voters of any recommendations of the compensation committee to determine the appropriate salaries for members of the legislature and certain other state officials.

2019-S5894 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5894

SPONSOR: SERINO
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act relating to requiring the approval of the
voters of the recommendation of the compensation committee

 
PURPOSE:

To allow New York State electors the ability to approve or a reject the
proposal by the compensation committee

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Provides that any recommendations made to implement a deter-
mination pursuant to section 2 of part HHH of Chapter 59 of the Laws of
2018 shall not have the force of law unless they are approved in the
next general election following such recommendations. Requires the New
York State Attorney General to prepare a title and summary for the meas-
ure.

Section 2: Provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The four-member New York State Compensation Committee recently released
a report recommending that members of the legislature and other state
officials receive a pay raise that is being phased in, with the first
phase starting in January of 2019. This pay raise would see the New York
State Governor receiving a more than $70,000 increase per year and
members of the legislators a more than $50,000 increase per year, leav-
ing each as the highest paid at their positions, respectively, surpass-
ing California-a state with approximately double the population of New
York.

It is unconscionable that such a dramatic and historic increase to the
salaries of public servants can be left to a four-member committee.
These salaries are paid by the residents of New York-many of whom have
only seen modest increases, if any, in their wages for years-and so New
York's residents deserve a say in whether this raise is finalized.

Public servants are elected to do just as the name implies-serve the
public. This pill would ensure that voters have a say in the process and
the final determination.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Similar to 59199 of 2018.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined by the electors if signed into law.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately..

2019-S5894 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5894
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT relating to requiring the approval of the voters of the recommen-
   dation of the compensation committee
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  a.  Notwithstanding  any  contrary  provision of law, any
 recommendations made to implement a determination  pursuant  to  section
 two  of  part  HHH of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, relating to estab-
 lishing a compensation committee to determine the  appropriate  salaries
 for  members of the legislature and certain other state officials, shall
 not have the  force  of  law,  nor  shall  they  supersede  inconsistent
 provisions  of section 169 of the executive law or sections 5 and 5-a of
 the legislative law, unless such recommendations have first passed by  a
 majority  of  electors  of the state voting on the measure state-wide in
 the next general election held at least one hundred eight days after any
 such recommendations.
   b. At least ninety days prior to a general election pursuant to subdi-
 vision a of this section, the attorney general of the state of New  York
 shall  prepare  a  title  and summary for the measure, not to exceed one
 hundred words, which shall appear on the ballot  and  shall  give  indi-
 cation of support or opposition to such measure.
   c.  Any action or proceeding which challenges the title and summary of
 such measure prepared by the attorney general as failing  to  accurately
 describe  such measure, shall be heard in the supreme court of the state
 and preferred over all other civil causes in all courts of the state and
 shall be heard and determined in preference to all the other civil busi-
 ness pending therein. No  action  or  proceeding  which  challenges  any
 action  or  inaction  by  the  attorney  general respecting the title or
 summary of such measure may be  brought more than  fourteen  days  after
 action by the attorney general pursuant to subdivision b of this section
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11815-01-9

 S. 5894                             2
 
 or,  if  the  attorney general fails to act, no later than fourteen days
 after the deadline for such action pursuant to such subdivision b.
   d. A measure approved by a majority of votes thereon shall take effect
 on  the  first  of January next succeeding the general election, or five
 days after the date of the official declaration of the vote by the state
 board of elections, whichever is later.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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