Senate Bill S10533

                             
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                                   10533
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURRAY -- 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  prohibiting  certain
   salary increases of state officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of  section  169  of  the  executive  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION,  NO SALARY INCREASE FOR A
 STATE OFFICER INDICATED UNDER SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 RESULT IN A SALARY ABOVE THE GOVERNOR'S SALARY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 169 of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 263 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section  or  any  other
 provision  of law, the boards of trustees of the state university of New
 York and the city university of New York shall each establish and imple-
 ment salary plans for the chancellors, presidents and senior  staffs  of
 such  state  and  city  universities, respectively. The board of regents
 shall establish and implement a separate salary plan for  the  president
 of  the  university  of the state of New York, setting forth the compen-
 sation to be received by the president for performing the duties of that
 office assigned by the rules of the regents or statute, which  shall  be
 in  addition to the compensation received by such person pursuant to the
 provisions of subdivisions one and two of this  section.    Such  salary
 plans  shall  be developed after consultation with the governor's office
 of employee relations and the division of the budget. NO SALARY INCREASE
 FOR A CHANCELLOR AND/OR PRESIDENT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR
 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL RESULT IN A SALARY  ABOVE  THE  GOVER-
 NOR'S  SALARY.  Any increase in compensation for the positions set forth
 in this subdivision, not otherwise funded from any appropriation,  shall
 be  funded from reallocations of funds within the appropriations specif-
 ically identified by the aforementioned boards. Each board  of  trustees
 and  the  board of regents shall file a proposed salary plan report with
 the chairs of the senate finance committee and  the  assembly  ways  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 means committee and the director of the budget at least sixty days prior
 to the effective date of such salary plan. Each salary plan report shall
 set  forth  the  salary  schedule, the dollar value of additional public
 compensation  and  other  employment  benefits that such positions would
 receive, the specific sources of funding to be  reallocated  for  salary
 increases,  the  amount of increase to be provided to each position, the
 comparison salary data on which the plan is based, and such other infor-
 mation as the boards of trustees and the board of regents deem appropri-
 ate.
   § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027.