Int 0942-2009
Prohibiting allowances in addition to salary for council members.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2009-03-11
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2009-03-11Passed: 2009-12-31
Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.
How it compares
26% of similar bills passed
13 passed · 37 died
This bill: 294 days in committee
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2009-03-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2009-03-11 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2009-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2009-03-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 26 of the New York City charter is amended to read as follows:
b. The salary of each council member shall be one hundred twelve thousand five hundred dollars a year. No allowances, including allowances for [In addition any council member, while] serving as a committee chairperson or other officer of the council, may [also] be paid, in addition to such salary[, an allowance fixed by resolution, after a hearing, for the particular and additional services pertaining to the additional duties of such position].
§2. This local law shall take effect on the first day of January of the year immediately following its approval by vote of the electorate.
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