A 4784: Requires the state to pay for late fees or fines incurred by state employees when the legislature and the governor fail to pass a timely state budget and make a provision for state employees to be paid.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4784 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT in relation to requiring the state to pay for certain late fees or fines The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 2 contrary, in the event the legislature and the governor fail to pass a 3 timely state budget by April first of any year, and no provision is made 4 to pay state employees for any duration of time and as a result, such 5 state employee incurs any late fees or fines, including but not limited 6 to, overdrafts, late payment fees and automatic withdrawals, the comp- 7 troller shall reimburse such state employee for any such late fees or 8 fines. 9 2. The comptroller shall promulgate any necessary rules or regulations 10 necessary for the implementation of this act, including but not limited 11 to, the manner in which and to whom such state employee submits documen- 12 tation proving such late fees or fines. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04091-01-5