New York S 8521: Relates to the payment of salaries to members of the legislature and the governor in the event of a late passage of the state budget

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S08521 Summary:

BILL NOS08521 

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Amd §§5 & 5-a, Leg L; amd §24, St Fin L; add §13, Exec L

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Provides that if legislative passage of the budget has not occurred prior to the first day of any fiscal year, the bi-weekly salary installment payments of the governor and members of the legislature to be paid on or after such day shall be withheld and forfeited in perpetuity until such legislative passage of the budget has occurred.

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BILL NOS08521 

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10/03/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8521

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 October 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the state finance law, in
 relation to the payment of compensation and allowances to members of
 the state legislature; and to amend the executive law, in relation to
 compensation of the governor

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 5 of the legislative law, as
 2 amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1998, the opening paragraph as
 3 amended by chapter 841 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 1. Effective January first, two thousand twenty-three, each member of
 6 the legislature shall receive a salary of one hundred forty-two thousand
 7 dollars per annum. Such salary of a member of the legislature shall be
 8 payable in twenty-six bi-weekly installments provided, however, that if
 9 legislative passage of the budget as defined in subdivision three of
 10 this section has not occurred prior to the first day of any fiscal year,
 11 the net amount of any such bi-weekly salary installment payments to be
 12 paid on or after such day shall be withheld and [not paid until such
 13 legislative passage of the budget has occurred whereupon bi-weekly sala-
 14 ry installment payments shall resume and an amount equal to the accrued,
 15 withheld and unpaid installments shall be promptly paid to] forfeited in
 16 perpetuity by each member.
 17 For purposes of this section, net amount shall mean gross salary minus
 18 any or all of the following deductions: federal taxes, state taxes,
 19 social security taxes, city taxes, payments on retirement loans, retire-
 20 ment contributions, contributions to health insurance or other group
 21 insurance programs, child support and court ordered payments.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13856-01-5

 S. 8521 2

 1 § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 5-a of the legislative
 2 law, as added by chapter 635 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 c. If legislative passage of the budget as defined in subdivision
 5 three of section five of this article has not occurred prior to the
 6 first day of any fiscal year, the net amount of any allowances author-
 7 ized pursuant to this section to be paid on or after such date shall be
 8 withheld and [not paid until such legislative passage of the budget has
 9 occurred whereupon the payment of such allowances in an amount equal to
 10 the withheld and unpaid payments shall be paid pursuant to paragraph b
 11 of this subdivision] forfeited in perpetuity by each member.
 12 For purposes of this section, net amount shall mean gross salary minus
 13 any or all of the following deductions: federal taxes, state taxes,
 14 social security taxes, city taxes, payments on retirement loans, retire-
 15 ment contributions, contributions to health insurance or other group
 16 insurance programs, child support and court ordered payments.
 17 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 24 of the state finance law is amended
 18 by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 19 (c) On or after April first, two thousand twenty-six, any s