Bill Text: NY A10151 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10151 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to compensation of certain district attorneys; requires the state to reimburse the counties for the entire cost of any increase in the annual salary of a district attorney due to an increase in the annual salary of a justice of the supreme court or a county judge; appropriates $1,600,000 therefor.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-17 - enacting clause stricken [A10151 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10151-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10151
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 13, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. HAWLEY, FINCH, NOJAY, GOODELL, OAKS, McDONOUGH,
          BLANKENBUSH, McLAUGHLIN, RAIA, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of
          A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  judiciary  law,  in relation to compensation of
          certain district attorneys; and making an appropriation therefor
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 183-a of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter
     2  1049 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 183-a. Compensation of certain district  attorneys.  Notwithstanding
     4  any  other provision of law, the district attorney of each county having
     5  a population of more than five hundred thousand according  to  the  last
     6  federal  census,  exclusive  of  the counties of New York, Bronx, Kings,
     7  Queens and Richmond, shall receive an annual salary equivalent  to  that
     8  of  a  justice  of the state supreme court together with such additional
     9  compensation as the legislative body of such county may provide by local
    10  law. Further, that the district attorney of each county having  a  popu-
    11  lation  of  more  than  one  hundred thousand and less than five hundred
    12  thousand according to the last federal census, exclusive of  the  county
    13  of  Richmond,  and  the  district  attorney  of any county, the board of
    14  supervisors of which has designated such office as a full-time  position
    15  pursuant  to  subdivision  eight  of section seven hundred of the county
    16  law, shall receive an annual salary equivalent to that of  county  judge
    17  in  the  county  in which the district attorney is elected or appointed,
    18  together with such additional compensation as the  legislative  body  of
    19  such  county  may  provide  by  local law. The state shall reimburse the
    20  counties for the entire cost of any increase in the annual salary  of  a
    21  district  attorney  due to an increase in the annual salary of a justice
    22  of the supreme court or a county judge.
    23    § 2. The sum of one million six hundred thousand dollars  ($1,600,000)
    24  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any moneys in the general fund of the
    25  state treasury to the credit of the state purposes account not otherwise
    26  appropriated, for reimbursement to counties resulting from the  increase
    27  in  salaries  decided  upon by the New York state commission on legisla-
    28  tive, judicial & executive compensation.
    29    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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