New York S 4987: Relates to the residency of an appointment of person as an assistant district attorney by a district attorney

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S04987 Summary:

BILL NOS04987 

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Amd §169, Exec L

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Requires approval by a two-thirds vote of the state senate for certain salary increases of certain state officers that would result in a salary above the governor's salary.

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BILL NOS04987 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4987

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- 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 by
 a two-thirds vote of the state senate for certain salary increases of
 certain state officers

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 169 of the executive law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision, if any salary increase for a
 4 state officer indicated under subdivision one of this section shall
 5 result in a salary above the governor's salary, such salary increase
 6 shall require approval by a two-thirds vote of the state senate.
 7 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 169 of the executive law, as added by
 8 chapter 263 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
 9 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other
 10 provision of law, the boards of trustees of the state university of New
 11 York and the city university of New York shall each establish and imple-
 12 ment salary plans for the chancellors, presidents and senior staffs of
 13 such state and city universities, respectively. The board of regents
 14 shall establish and implement a separate salary plan for the president
 15 of the university of the state of New York, setting forth the compen-
 16 sation to be received by the president for performing the duties of that
 17 office assigned by the rules of the regents or statute, which shall be
 18 in addition to the compensation received by such person pursuant to the
 19 provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section. Such salary
 20 plans shall be developed after consultation with the governor's office
 21 of employee relations and the division of the budget. If any salary
 22 increase for a chancellor and/or president of the state university of
 23 New York or city university of New York shall result in a salary above
 24 the governor's salary, the boards of trustees of such state or city

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09727-01-5

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 1 university, respectively, shall not approve such salary increase unless
 2 such salary increase receives a two-thirds approval from the state
 3 senate; provided, however, that such approval shall not be required for
 4 senior staffs of the state university of New York or the city university
 5 of New York. Any increase in compensation for the positions set forth in
 6 this subdivision, not otherwise funded from any appropriation, shall be
 7 funded from reallocations of funds within the appropriations specif-
 8 ically identified by the aforementioned boards. Each board of trustees
 9 and the board of regents shall file a proposed salary plan report with
 10 the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and
 11 means committee and the director of the budget at least sixty days prior
 12 to the effective date of such salary plan. Each salary plan report shall
 13 set forth the salary schedule, the dollar value of additional public
 14 compensation and other employment benefits that such positions would
 15 receive, the specific sources of funding to be reallocated for salary
 16 increases, the amount of increase to be provided to each position, the
 17 comparison salary data on which the plan is based, and such other infor-
 18 mation as the boards of trustees and t