Senate Bill S6958

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to payment of the governor's salary

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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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2023-S6958 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7001
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13, Exec L

2023-S6958 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires withholding the governor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs.

2023-S6958 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6958
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 payment of the  gover-
   nor's salary
 
   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. 1. EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  SHALL  HAVE
 THE NET PAYMENT OF HIS OR HER SALARY, AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE FOUR OF THE
 STATE  CONSTITUTION  AND FIXED BY THE LEGISLATURE, WITHHELD AND NOT PAID
 UNTIL LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET IS COMPLETE, IF THE  LEGISLATIVE
 PASSAGE  OF  THE  BUDGET, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
 HAS NOT OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF ANY FISCAL  YEAR.  AN  AMOUNT
 EQUAL  TO THE ACCRUED, WITHHELD AND UNPAID AMOUNT SHALL BE PROMPTLY PAID
 TO THE GOVERNOR UPON PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "NET PAYMENT" SHALL MEAN GROSS SALARY MINUS  ANY  OR  ALL  OF  THE
 FOLLOWING DEDUCTIONS: FEDERAL TAXES, STATE TAXES, SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES,
 CITY  TAXES,  PAYMENTS  ON  RETIREMENT  LOANS, RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS,
 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH INSURANCE OR  OTHER  GROUP  INSURANCE  PROGRAMS,
 CHILD SUPPORT AND COURT ORDERED PAYMENTS; AND
   (B)  "LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET" SHALL MEAN THAT THE APPROPRI-
 ATION 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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