NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6113

Senate Bill S6113

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires approval of the salary plan for the chancellors, presidents and senior staffs of the state university of New York and the city university of New York

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to finance
Mar 29, 2023	referred to finance

2023-S6113 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7988
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §169, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:: A3771

2023-S6113 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires approval of the salary plan for the chancellors, presidents and senior staffs of the state university of New York and the city university of New York by the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee and the director of the budget.

2023-S6113 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6113

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring approval of
the salary plan for the chancellors, presidents and senior staffs of the
state university of New York and the city university of New York

 
PURPOSE:

To require approval of the salary plan for the chancellors, presidents
and senior staffs of the state university of New York and the city
university of New York

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - Amends subdivision 3 section 169 of the executive law to
require the board of trustees not just to file the respective salary
plans with the chairs of the senate finance committee and assembly ways
and means committee but also receive approval.

Section 2 - Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In late 2022, the The State University of New York Board of Trustees
appointed a new SUNY Chancellor. With the position came a $750,000 annu-
al salary, a paid residence in Albany, an additional New York City hous-
ing stipend, a monthly travel stipend, a private driver, and a universi-
ty-owned vehicle or monthly car allowance. The former SUNY Chancellor
and the Interim Chancellor received base salaries of $450,000 and
$500,000 respectively.

At a time when New Yorkers are having to make difficult decisions about
whether to take on crippling student debt to attend our public universi-
ties, the SUNY board-approved compensation package awarded to our new
Chancellor is wasteful taxpayer spending. This bill will enact a set of
checks and balances, requiring the chairs of the senate finance commit-
tee and the assembly ways and means committee and the director of the
budget to approve the salary plan report before it becomes effective.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2023-S6113 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6113
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 requiring approval  of
   the  salary  plan for the chancellors, presidents and senior staffs of
   the state university of New York and the city university of New York

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 169 of the executive law, as added
 by chapter 263 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this section or any other
 provision of law, the boards of trustees of the state university of  New
 York and the city university of New York shall each establish and imple-
 ment  salary  plans for the chancellors, presidents and senior staffs of
 such state and city universities, respectively.  The  board  of  regents
 shall  establish  and implement a separate salary plan for the president
 of the university of the state of New York, setting  forth  the  compen-
 sation to be received by the president for performing the duties of that
 office  assigned  by the rules of the regents or statute, which shall be
 in addition to the compensation received by such person pursuant to  the
 provisions  of  subdivisions  one  and two of this section.  Such salary
 plans shall be developed after consultation with the  governor's  office
 of  employee  relations and the division of the budget.  Any increase in
 compensation for the positions set forth in this subdivision, not other-
 wise funded from any appropriation, shall be funded  from  reallocations
 of funds within the appropriations specifically identified by the afore-
 mentioned  boards. Each board of trustees and the board of regents shall
 file a proposed salary plan report with the chairs of the senate finance
 committee and the assembly ways and means committee and the director  of
 the  budget at least [sixty] NINETY days prior to the PROPOSED effective
 date of such salary plan. EACH SALARY PLAN SHALL NOT TAKE  EFFECT  UNTIL
 THE  SALARY  PLAN REPORT IS APPROVED BY THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE FINANCE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10587-01-3

 S. 6113                             2
 
 COMMITTEE AND THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AND THE DIRECTOR  OF
 THE BUDGET. Each salary plan report shall set forth the salary schedule,
 the  dollar value of additional public compensation and other employment
 benefits  that  such  positions  would  receive, the specific sources of
 funding to be reallocated for salary increases, the amount  of  increase
 to be provided to each position, the comparison salary data on which the
 plan  is based, and such other information as the boards of trustees and
 the board of regents deem appropriate.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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