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Assembly Bill A8989

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of outside earned income by members of the legislature

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2025-A8989 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-b, Leg L

2025-A8989 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of outside earned income by members of the legislature; provides that the amount of income shall be determined by taxable income.

2025-A8989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8989
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to  the  definition  of
   outside earned income by members of the legislature
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 5-b of the legisla-
 tive law, as amended by section 1 of part PP of chapter 55 of  the  laws
 of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  For  purposes  of  this  section, the term "outside earned income"
 shall mean wages, salaries, fees and other  forms  of  compensation  for
 services  actually rendered. THE AMOUNT OF INCOME SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
 TAXABLE INCOME.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13336-01-5

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