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Senate Bill S8089

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to compensation of members of the legislature

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2025-S8089 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2678
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Leg L

2025-S8089 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in years where a pay period occurs on January first of such year, the salaries of members of the legislature shall be payable in twenty-seven bi-weekly payments.

2025-S8089 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8089 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8089
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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,  in  relation  to  compensation  of
   members of the legislature
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 5 of  the
 legislative  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  841 of the laws of 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Effective January first, two thousand twenty-three, each member of the
 legislature shall receive a salary of  one  hundred  forty-two  thousand
 dollars  per  annum. Such salary of a member of the legislature shall be
 payable in twenty-six bi-weekly installments provided, however, that  if
 legislative  passage  of  the  budget as defined in subdivision three of
 this section has not occurred prior to the first day of any fiscal year,
 the net amount of any such bi-weekly salary installment 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 sala-
 ry installment payments shall resume and an amount equal to the accrued,
 withheld and unpaid installments shall be promptly paid to each  member.
 HOWEVER,  IN YEARS WHERE A PAY PERIOD OCCURS ON JANUARY FIRST OF A GIVEN
 YEAR, MEMBERS' SALARIES  SHALL  BE  PAYABLE  IN  TWENTY-SEVEN  BI-WEEKLY
 PAYMENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03631-01-5

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