New York S 6663: Relates to waiving certain fees charged for motor vehicle license plates

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S06663 Summary:

BILL NOS06663 

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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Amd §24, St Fin L; amd §5, Leg L

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Withholds the salary of the governor and members of the legislature if the budget is late until final ratification of the budget; forfeits withheld salary.

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BILL NOS06663 

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03/19/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6663

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 19, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the legislative law, in
 relation to withholding the salary of the governor and members of the
 legislature if the budget is late until final ratification of the
 budget

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "passage of late enacted budget (PLEB) act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 24 of the state finance law is amended
 4 by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 5 (c) On or after April first, two thousand twenty-six, any such salary
 6 installment payments to be paid on or after such day to the governor and
 7 members of the legislature shall be withheld and not paid until the
 8 final ratification of the budget for the following fiscal year pursuant
 9 to section five of the legislative law whereupon any salary installment
 10 payments intended for the governor and members of the legislature that
 11 are withheld and not paid shall be forfeited in perpetuity.
 12 § 3. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 5 of the legislative law, subdi-
 13 vision 1 as amended and subdivision 3 as added by chapter 635 of the
 14 laws of 1998, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chap-
 15 ter 841 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 16 1. Effective January first, two thousand twenty-three, each member of
 17 the legislature shall receive a salary of one hundred forty-two thousand
 18 dollars per annum. Such salary of a member of the legislature shall be
 19 payable in twenty-six bi-weekly installments provided, however, that,
 20 effective January first, two thousand twenty-six, if [legislative
 21 passage] final ratification of the budget as defined in subdivision
 22 three of this section has not occurred prior to the first day of any
 23 fiscal year, the net amount of any such bi-weekly salary installment

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09919-01-5

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 1 payments to be paid on or after such day shall be withheld and not paid
 2 until such [legislative passage] final ratification of the budget has
 3 occurred whereupon bi-weekly salary installment payments shall resume
 4 [and an amount equal to the accrued, withheld and unpaid installments
 5 shall be promptly paid to each member].
 6 For purposes of this section, net amount shall mean gross salary minus
 7 any or all of the following deductions: federal taxes, state taxes,
 8 social security taxes, city taxes, payments on retirement loans, retire-
 9 ment contributions, contributions to health insurance or other group
 10 insurance programs, child support and court ordered payments.
 11 3. ["Legislative passage] "Final ratification of the budget", solely
 12 for the purposes of this section and section five-a of this article,
 13 shall mean that the appropriation bill or bills submitted by the gover-
 14 nor pursuant to section three of article seven of the state constitution
 15 have been finally acted on by both houses of the legislature in accord-
 16 ance with article seven of the state constitution [and], the state comp-
 17 troller has determined that such appropriation bill or bills that have
 18 been finally acted on by the legislature are sufficient for the ongoing
 19 operation and support of state government and local ass