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Senate Bill S6536

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Withholds the governor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs

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2025-S6536 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5096
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6266, A7003

2025-S6536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Withholds the governor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs; provides such salary should be withheld if the budget has not passed prior to the first day of the fiscal year and shall not be paid until such passage occurs.

2025-S6536 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6536
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SANDERS,  BRISPORT, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, JACKSON,
   KRUEGER, MYRIE, SALAZAR, TEDISCO -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to withholding the gover-
   nor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 13  to
 read as follows:
   § 13. COMPENSATION OF THE GOVERNOR; LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET.
 1.  IF  LEGISLATIVE  PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET HAS NOT OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE
 FIRST DAY OF ANY FISCAL YEAR, THE GOVERNOR'S BI-WEEKLY  SALARY  INSTALL-
 MENT  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.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE OF THE BUDG-
 ET"  SHALL  MEAN  THAT  THE APPROPRIATION BILL OR BILLS SUBMITTED BY THE
 GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE STATE CONSTI-
 TUTION HAVE BEEN FINALLY ACTED ON BY BOTH HOUSES OF THE  LEGISLATURE  IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE  SEVEN OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE
 COMPTROLLER HAS DETERMINED THAT SUCH APPROPRIATION BILL  OR  BILLS  THAT
 HAVE  BEEN  FINALLY  ACTED  ON BY THE LEGISLATURE ARE SUFFICIENT FOR THE
 ONGOING OPERATION AND SUPPORT OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND  LOCAL  ASSISTANCE
 FOR  THE  ENSUING FISCAL YEAR. IN ADDITION, LEGISLATION SUBMITTED BY THE
 GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE STATE CONSTI-
 TUTION DETERMINED NECESSARY BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE EFFECTIVE  IMPLE-
 MENTATION OF SUCH APPROPRIATION BILL OR BILLS SHALL HAVE BEEN ACTED ON.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08161-01-5

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