Senate Bill S2209

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits increase in state legislator's salary or allowance during lame duck session

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S2209 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5 & 5-a, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4431
2021-2022: S1260

2019-S2209 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the legislature from increasing the salary or allowance payable to members of the legislature by a law enacted during the period running from the date of the general election until 12/31 in any year in which members are elected to the legislature.

2019-S2209 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2209
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- 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 limiting passage  of
   laws increasing salaries and allowances of members of the state legis-
   lature

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 5 of the legislative law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. THE SALARY OF A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT BE INCREASED BY
 A LAW ENACTED BETWEEN THE GENERAL  ELECTION  DAY  AND  DECEMBER  THIRTY-
 FIRST,  BOTH  SUCH  DAYS  INCLUSIVE,  IN  ANY  YEAR IN WHICH MEMBERS ARE
 ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE.
   § 2. Section 5-a of the legislative law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  THE  ALLOWANCE  OF  A  MEMBER OF EITHER HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE
 SHALL NOT BE INCREASED BY A LAW ENACTED BETWEEN THE GENERAL ELECTION DAY
 AND DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, BOTH SUCH DAYS  INCLUSIVE,  IN  ANY  YEAR  IN
 WHICH MEMBERS ARE ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06181-01-9

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