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Assembly Bill A4784

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the state to pay for certain late fees or fines incurred by state employees

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2025-A4784 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Comptroller
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6767

2025-A4784 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state to pay for late fees or fines incurred by state employees when the legislature and the governor fail to pass a timely state budget and make a provision for state employees to be paid.

2025-A4784 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4784
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring the state to pay for certain  late  fees
   or fines
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law  to  the
 contrary,  in  the event the legislature and the governor fail to pass a
 timely state budget by April first of any year, and no provision is made
 to pay state employees for any duration of time and as  a  result,  such
 state  employee incurs any late fees or fines, including but not limited
 to, overdrafts, late payment fees and automatic withdrawals,  the  comp-
 troller  shall  reimburse  such state employee for any such late fees or
 fines.
   2. The comptroller shall promulgate any necessary rules or regulations
 necessary for the implementation of this act, including but not  limited
 to, the manner in which and to whom such state employee submits documen-
 tation proving such late fees or fines.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04091-01-5

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