Senate Bill S3422

2025-2026 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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2025-S3422 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2335
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6958, A7001

2025-S3422 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S3422 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3422 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3422
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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-SIX, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW  YORK  SHALL  HAVE
 THE NET PAYMENT OF THE GOVERNOR'S 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  LEGIS-
 LATIVE  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 PROMPT-
 LY 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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