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                                   6202
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, FAHY -- 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.
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 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.