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                                   4587
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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  eliminating  allow-
   ances  for members serving as an officer of either house of the legis-
   lature; and to repeal section 5-a  of  the  legislative  law  relating
   thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 5-a of the legislative law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 5 of the legislative law,  as  added  by
 chapter 635 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  "Legislative  passage  of  the budget", solely for the purposes of
 this section [and section five-a of this article], shall mean  that  the
 appropriation  bill  or  bills  submitted  by  the  governor pursuant to
 section three of article seven  of  the  state  constitution  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  constitution  determined
 necessary  by  the  legislature for the effective implementation of such
 appropriation bill or bills shall have been acted on.  Nothing  in  this
 section  shall  be  construed  to  affect  the  prohibition contained in
 section five of article seven of the state constitution.
   § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 83-c of the legislative law, as added by
 chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   3. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as
 it  may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor.  The
 commission  may  hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all
 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
 of  the  commission  shall  receive no compensation for their services[,
 except as provided pursuant to section  five-a  of  this  chapter,]  but
 shall  be  allowed  their  actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
 performance of their duties hereunder.
   § 4. Subdivision 7 of section 83-e of the legislative law, as added by
 chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   7. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as
 it  may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions
 and fix  compensation  within  the  amount  appropriated  therefor.  The
 commission  may  hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all
 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
 of the commission and advisory board shall receive no  compensation  for
 their  services[,  except as provided pursuant to section five-a of this
 chapter,] but shall be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
   § 5. Subdivision 4 of section 83-f of the legislative law, as added by
 chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel as
 it may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's  functions
 and  fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor. The
 commission may hold public and private hearings and otherwise  have  all
 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
 of  the  commission  shall  receive no compensation for their services[,
 except as provided pursuant to section  five-a  of  this  chapter,]  but
 shall  be  allowed  their  actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
 performance of their duties hereunder.
   § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 83-i of the legislative law, as added by
 chapter 141 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   4. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as
 it  may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions
 and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor.  The
 commission  may hold public and private hearings, and otherwise have all
 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
 of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for  their  services[,
 except  as  provided  pursuant  to  section five-a of this chapter,] but
 shall be allowed their actual and necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the
 performance of their duties hereunder.
   §  7. Subdivision 4 of section 83-l of the legislative law, as amended
 by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   4. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel  as
 it  may deem necessary for the performance of the commission's functions
 and fix their compensation within the amount appropriated therefor.  The
 commission  may  hold public and private hearings and otherwise have all
 of the powers of a legislative committee under this chapter. The members
 of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for  their  services[,
 except  as  provided  pursuant  to  section five-a of this chapter,] but
 shall be allowed their actual and necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the
 performance of their duties hereunder.
   §  8.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments to sections 83-c, 83-e, 83-f, 83-i and 83-l of the legis-
 lative law made by sections three, four, five, six and seven of this act
 shall not affect the  repeal  of  such  sections  and  shall  be  deemed
 repealed therewith.