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A02678 Summary:

BILL NOA02678
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08089
 
SPONSORMagnarelli
 
COSPNSRWilliams
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §5, Leg L
 
Provides that in years where a pay period occurs on January first of such year, the salaries of members of the legislature shall be payable in twenty-seven bi-weekly payments.
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A02678 Actions:

BILL NOA02678
 
01/22/2025referred to governmental operations
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A02678 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2678
 
SPONSOR: Magnarelli
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to compensation of members of the legislature   PURPOSE: This bill corrects an oversight in the Legislative Law to allow State Legislators to receive regular pay on January 18t in years where the final day of the pay period ends on January 15t.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Section 5 of the Legislative Law to add the follow- ing language to allow legislators to receive 27 bi-weekly payments in years where the final pay period of the year ends on January 1st. Section 2: Effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Every decade or so, the final pay period of the year for legislators falls on January 1st. Due to the current law only authorizing twenty-six biweekly payments, this causes a delay in the processing of payments. This change will allow the legislature to maintain a normal pay schedule for members in these years and make payment processing easier for payroll staff.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None. This bill does not change the salary for legislators.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
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A02678 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2678
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 22, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the legislative law,  in  relation  to  compensation  of
          members of the legislature
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 5 of  the
     2  legislative  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  841 of the laws of 2022, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    Effective January first, two thousand twenty-three, each member of the
     5  legislature shall receive a salary of  one  hundred  forty-two  thousand
     6  dollars  per  annum. Such salary of a member of the legislature shall be
     7  payable in twenty-six bi-weekly installments provided, however, that  if
     8  legislative  passage  of  the  budget as defined in subdivision three of
     9  this section has not occurred prior to the first day of any fiscal year,
    10  the net amount of any such bi-weekly salary installment payments  to  be
    11  paid  on  or  after  such  day shall be withheld and not paid until such
    12  legislative passage of the budget has occurred whereupon bi-weekly sala-
    13  ry installment payments shall resume and an amount equal to the accrued,
    14  withheld and unpaid installments shall be promptly paid to each  member.
    15  However,  in years where a pay period occurs on January first of a given
    16  year, members' salaries  shall  be  payable  in  twenty-seven  bi-weekly
    17  payments.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03631-01-5
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