Senate Bill S6266

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Withholds the governor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs

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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-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7003
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13, Exec L

2023-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Withholds the governor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs; provides such salary should be withheld if the budget has not passed prior to the first day of the fiscal year and shall not be paid until such passage occurs.

2023-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6266
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 withholding the gover-
   nor's salary until the legislative passage of the budget occurs
 
   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; LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET.
 1. IF LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET HAS NOT OCCURRED  PRIOR  TO  THE
 FIRST  DAY  OF ANY FISCAL YEAR, THE GOVERNOR'S BI-WEEKLY SALARY INSTALL-
 MENT 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  SALARY  INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS SHALL RESUME AND AN AMOUNT EQUAL
 TO THE ACCRUED, WITHHELD AND UNPAID INSTALLMENTS SHALL BE PROMPTLY PAID.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LEGISLATIVE PASSAGE OF THE BUDG-
 ET" SHALL MEAN THAT THE APPROPRIATION BILL OR  BILLS  SUBMITTED  BY  THE
 GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE STATE CONSTI-
 TUTION  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 CONSTI-
 TUTION  DETERMINED NECESSARY BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLE-
 MENTATION OF SUCH APPROPRIATION BILL OR BILLS SHALL HAVE BEEN ACTED ON.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10713-02-3

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