Bill Text: NY A05711 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to necessary transportation expenses and per diem expenses of members of the legislature
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A05711 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A05711-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5711 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 19, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, DelMONTE, CLARK, GALEF, REILLY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. KOON, STIRPE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to necessary transpor- tation expenses and per diem expenses of members of the legislature 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 5 of the legislative law, as 2 amended by section 1 of part M-1 of chapter 407 of the laws of 1999, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 2. Each member of the legislature shall receive payment of actual and 5 necessary transportation expenses and a per diem equivalent to the most 6 recent federal per diem rates published by the General Services Adminis- 7 tration and set forth in 41 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 301, 8 App. A, while in travel status in the performance of his or her duties; 9 and such other reasonable expenses as may be necessary for the perform- 10 ance of the member's responsibilities as determined by the temporary 11 president of the senate or speaker of the assembly for their respective 12 houses. The per diem allowances, including partial per diem allowances, 13 shall be made pursuant to regulations promulgated by the temporary pres- 14 ident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly for their respective 15 houses, on audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved by 16 the temporary president of the senate or his or her designee and the 17 speaker of the assembly or his or her designee for their respective 18 houses. WHEN FILING A VOUCHER FOR THE PER DIEM ALLOWANCE, EACH MEMBER 19 OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL FILE A CERTIFICATION INCLUDED IN SUCH VOUCHER 20 STATING THAT SUCH EXPENSES WERE INCURRED IN THE RENDERING OF LEGISLATIVE 21 DUTIES, AND THAT THE VOUCHER IS JUST, TRUE AND CORRECT, AND THAT THE 22 BALANCE SHOWN IS ACTUALLY DUE AND OWING, AND THE TAXES FROM WHICH THE 23 STATE IS EXEMPT ARE EXCLUDED THEREFROM AND THE VOUCHER SUBMITTED IN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07520-01-9 A. 5711 2 1 ACCORDANCE WITH RULES PROMULGATED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY OR THE 2 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. 3 FOR THE PAYMENT OF ACTUAL AND NECESSARY TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES THE 4 MEMBER SHALL FILE A CERTIFICATION ON SUCH VOUCHER STATING THAT SUCH 5 MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE INCURRED SUCH TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES FROM HIS 6 OR HER OWN PERSONAL FUNDS, AND WAS NOT REIMBURSED OR PAID FROM ANY OTHER 7 SOURCE FOR SUCH TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES, THAT SUCH EXPENSES WERE 8 INCURRED IN THE RENDERING OF LEGISLATIVE DUTIES, AND THAT THE VOUCHER IS 9 JUST, TRUE, AND CORRECT, AND THAT THE BALANCE SHOWN IS ACTUALLY DUE AND 10 OWING. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 12 have become a law.