CHAPTER 51

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of government

(LEGISLATURE AND JUDICIARY BUDGET)

Became a law April 5, 1985, with the approval of the Governor. Passed on

message of necessity pursuant to Article III, section 14 of the Constitution by a majority vote, three-fifths being present.

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

Section 1. The several amounts named in this section or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated by the appropriations, are hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid as hereinafter provided, to the respective public officers and for the fiscal year beginning the first day of April, nineteen hundred eighty-five.

on

For other expenses of maintenance and operation, including

liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 1985 (including materials, office supplies, equipment, furniture, furnishings, contingencies, printing, the purchase of exchange of automobiles, purchasing of books and travel expenses) notwithstanding and unrestricted by the provisions of any general or special law

or

25,000

THE SENATE

Maintenance undistributed
For services and expenses, including travel outside the

state in accordance with the following schedule

.. 44,951,247

EXPLANATION-Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law

SCHEDULE

PERSONAL SERVICE

Members, 61, payment of salaries pursuant to section five

of the legislative law, (April 1, 1985 to March 31,

1986) For payment of allowances to members designated by the

temporary president for particular and additional services as an officer of the house or in any other special capacity therein or directly connected therewith, pursuant to the schedule of such allowances set forth in

section five-a of the legislative law For personal service of employees and for temporary and

expert services of legislative and program operations For personal service of employees and for temporary and

expert services of standing committees including travel,

printing and other expenses of such committees For personal service of employees and for temporary and

expert services for administrative support operations For services and expenses of employees and for temporary

and expert services in connection with special studies

for members and standing committees .. For services and expenses of employees, including payment

for temporary and expert services for the operation of the senate student program office

Amount available for personal service

28,616,952

MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION

in

For payment to members elected in any general election or

special election of actual and necessary transportation expenses, and a per diem allowance of seventy-five dollars while in travel status in the performance of his or her duties within the state other than in a county having a population in excess of seven hundred thousand or

a city having a population in excess of one million, and per diem allowance of one hundred dollars while in travel status in the performance of his or her duties outside the state or within the state in a county having a population in excess of seven hundred thousand or in a city having a population in

of

million, notwithstanding and unrestricted by the provisions of any general or special law. Such payments including partial per diem allowances shall be made pursuant to regulations promulgated by the temporary president of the senate, audit end warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the temporary president of the senate (including liabilities incurred prior to April 1,

1985).. For services and expenses of maintenance and operation, as

the temporary president may certify (including liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 1985) including provi

excess

one

on

..680,000

em

sion for district offices for members, acquisition and operation of electronic data processing and telecommunications equipment, rentals and leases, materials, supplies and equipment, repairs, furniture and furnishings, printing, travel expenses of officers and employees and the purchase or exchange of automobiles, personal service and salary adjustments for the officers and ployees, fixed charges, engineering and architectural services, alterations, restoration, rehabilitation and repairs or any incidental work to the rooms and facilities of the senate in the state capitol building and legislative office building, and for which the senate may accept gifts and grants from the federal government and from public or private organizations and individuals for the purposes specified herein and hold and administer them in accordance with the terms thereof, notwithstanding and unrestricted by the provisions of

any general or special law
For services and expenses of maintenance and operation of

the following senate select and special committees,
the temporary president may certify (including liabili-
ties incurred prior to April 1, 1985) including provi-
sion for rentals and leases, materials, supplies and
equipment, telephone, telegraph and postage, repairs,
furniture and furnishings, printing, electronic data
processing, travel expenses of officers and employees,
personal service and salary adjustments for officers and
employees and such other reasonable expenses as
necessary for such committees' or task force's perform-
ance of their responsibilities

as

may be

295,000

Maintenance undistributed
For services and expenses, including travel outside the

state in accordance with the following schedule to be
paid upon the approval of the speaker of the assembly ....58,016,447

SCHEDULE

PERSONAL SERVICE

6,450,000

or

Members, 150, payment of salaries pursuant to section five

of the legislative law For payment of allowances, to members designated by the speaker and to be paid at such time

times as the speaker shall direct for particular and additional services as an officer of the house or in any other capacity therein or directly connected therewith, pursuant to the provisions of section five-a of the legislative

law For personal service of employees and for temporary and

expert services For the Assembly Intern and Youth Program for personal

service of employees and for temporary and expert

vices For personal service of employees and for temporary and expert

services of standing committees and subcommittees

ser

..590,574

7,158,859

MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION

of

an

For special studies and maintenance and

and operation of standing committees (including liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 1985) including travel expense of officers, members and employees, communication, purchase or exchange of automobiles on the order of the speaker

the assembly, fixed charges and contributions, materials, supplies and equipment, furniture and furnishings, engineering and architectural services, alterations and repairs, personal service, temporary and special services, expenditures in support

of

commissions, councils and task forces, and for expenses incurred in the installation, development, maintenance and operation of electronic voting system within and about the chambers of the assembly, personal service as certified by the speaker of the assembly, and incidental work to the rooms of the assembly, on the first, third, fourth and fifth floors of the state capitol and in the legislative office building including corridors, elevators, lobbies and toilets notwithstanding the provisions of the public buildings law or any other general or special statute to the contrary, including provision for such other offices for members designated by the

speaker . For other expenses of maintenance and operation (including

liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 1985) including travel expense of officers, members and employees, communication, acquisition and operation of an administrative computer system, acquisition and operation of telecommunications equipment, purchase or exchange of tomobiles the order of the speaker of the assembly, fixed charges and contributions, materials, supplies and

as

au

on

23,181,864

equipment, furniture and furnishings, engineering and architectural services, alterations and repairs, personal service, temporary and special services, expenditures in support of commissions, councils and task forces, and for expenses incurred in the installation, development, maintenance and operation of an electronic voting system within and about the chambers of the assembly, personal service as certified by the speaker of the assembly, and incidental work to the rooms of the assembly, on the first, third, fourth and fifth floors of the state capitol and in the legislative office building including corridors, elevators, lobbies and toilets notwithstanding the provisions of the public buildings law or any other general or special statute to the contrary, including provision for such other offices

for members as designated by the speaker
For payment to members elected in any general election or

special election of actual and necessary transportation
expenses, and a per diem allowance of seventy-five dol-
lars while in travel status in the performance of his or
her duties within the state other than in a county hav-
ing a population in excess of seven hundred thousand
in a city having a population in excess of one million,
and a per diem allowance of one hundred dollars while in
travel status in the performance of his or her duties
outside the state or within the state in a county having
a population in excess of seven hundred thousand or in a
city having a population in excess of one million, and
for payment of expenses incurred for such other offices
for members as designated by the speaker, notwithstand-
ing and unrestricted by the provisions of any general or
special law. Such payments including partial per diem
allowances shall be made pursuant to regulations promul-
gated by the speaker of the assembly, on audit and war-
rant

the comptroller vouchers approved by the speaker of the assembly (including liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 1985) ..

or

of

on

2,402, 228

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY JOINTLY
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION

For services and expenses to be paid upon approval of the

temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, including the printing of bills, additional copies of bills by resolution, certified copies of bills, session laws, slip laws, calendars, miscellaneous documents and messages, and reports of standing committees and binding of senate and assembly bills, the legislative messenger service and the legislative gressional liaison office in Washington, D. C. (includ

ing liabilities incurred prior to April 1, 1985) For legislative contingent fund to be paid upon the ap

proval of the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly

con

5,950,000

..500,000