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- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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BILL NUMBER:S363
Title of bill
An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to eliminating per diem payments to members of the legislature when the legislature has not passed a budget by the first day of the fiscal year
Purpose
An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to eliminating per diem payments to members of the legislature when the legislature has not passed a budget by the first day of the fiscal year.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of section 5 of the legislative law to provide that members of the legislature shall permanently forfeit per diem payments for any days after the first day of the fiscal year in which the legislature has failed to pass a budget as defined in subdivision 3 of section 5.
Section 2 relates to the effective date.
Justification
The New York State Legislature has failed to pass an on time budget on numerous occasions in recent years. Most recently in 2010 when the state budget was 125 days late, but additionally in 2004 when the budget was 133 days late, and 1997 and 1999 when the budget was 126 days late. In addition, from 1985-2010 there have only been 3 occasions when the State Legislature has passed an on time budget.
Late budgets negatively impact many areas of the state, including: delays in greatly needed infrastructure and development projects, uncertainty in revenue and spending policy, interruptions in vital services, and increased expense to New York State taxpayers.
Members of the legislature should not benefit financially from late budgets, and the taxpayers should not have to bare any additional expenses from late budgets. To help rectify this problem, legislators should not be eligible for per diem payments for any days in which the state budget is late. This would prevent any personal financial gain for members of the legislature during a late budget process. Currently the per diem rate is $171 for every full day in Albany; this can translate to roughly $36,252 in state spending for each additional day members of the legislature are in session due to a late budget.
Prior legislative history
2011-12: S.4236 Referred to Investigations and Government Operations
Fiscal implications for the state
None when the budget is passed on time. However, there would be a cost savings to the state in the event that the budget is late.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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