Relates to compensation of certain district attorneys; requires the state to reimburse the counties for the entire cost of any increase in the annual salary of a district attorney due to an increase in the annual salary of a justice of the supreme court or a county judge; appropriates $1,600,000 therefor.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1645
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, FINCH, GOODELL, OAKS, McDONOUGH, BLANKEN-
BUSH, McLAUGHLIN, RAIA, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to compensation of
certain district attorneys; and making an appropriation therefor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 183-a of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter
2 1049 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 183-a. Compensation of certain district attorneys. Notwithstanding
4 any other provision of law, the district attorney of each county having
5 a population of more than five hundred thousand according to the last
6 federal census, exclusive of the counties of New York, Bronx, Kings,
7 Queens and Richmond, shall receive an annual salary equivalent to that
8 of a justice of the state supreme court together with such additional
9 compensation as the legislative body of such county may provide by local
10 law. Further, that the district attorney of each county having a popu-
11 lation of more than one hundred thousand and less than five hundred
12 thousand according to the last federal census, exclusive of the county
13 of Richmond, and the district attorney of any county, the board of
14 supervisors of which has designated such office as a full-time position
15 pursuant to subdivision eight of section seven hundred of the county
16 law, shall receive an annual salary equivalent to that of county judge
17 in the county in which the district attorney is elected or appointed,
18 together with such additional compensation as the legislative body of
19 such county may provide by local law. The state shall reimburse the
20 counties for the entire cost of any increase in the annual salary of a
21 district attorney due to an increase in the annual salary of a justice
22 of the supreme court or a county judge.
23 § 2. The sum of one million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000)
24 is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the general fund of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 state treasury to the credit of the state purposes account not otherwise
2 appropriated, for reimbursement to counties resulting from the increase
3 in salaries decided upon by the New York state commission on legisla-
4 tive, judicial & executive compensation.
5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
