Section 169. Salaries of certain state officers  


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  • 1. Salaries of certain
      state officers holding the positions indicated hereinbelow shall  be  as
      set forth in subdivision two of this section:
        (a)  commissioner of correctional services, commissioner of education,
      commissioner of health, commissioner of mental health,  commissioner  of
      mental  retardation  and  developmental  disabilities,  commissioner  of
      children and family services, commissioner of temporary  and  disability
      assistance, chancellor of the state university of New York, commissioner
      of   transportation,   commissioner   of   environmental   conservation,
      superintendent of state police, and commissioner of general services;
        (b) commissioner of labor,  chairman  of  public  service  commission,
      commissioner   of   taxation   and  finance,  superintendent  of  banks,
      commissioner of criminal justice services, superintendent of  insurance,
      and commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation;
        (c)   commissioner   of   agriculture  and  markets,  commissioner  of
      alcoholism and substance abuse services, adjutant general,  commissioner
      and  president  of  state  civil  service  commission,  commissioner  of
      economic development, chair  of  the  energy  research  and  development
      authority,  executive  director  of the board of real property services,
      president of higher  education  services  corporation,  commissioner  of
      motor  vehicles,  member-chair of board of parole, director of probation
      and correctional alternatives,  chair  of  public  employment  relations
      board, secretary of state, chair of the state racing and wagering board,
      commissioner  of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  services, executive
      director of the housing finance  agency,  commissioner  of  housing  and
      community   renewal,   executive   director  of  state  insurance  fund,
      commissioner-chair of state liquor  authority,  chair  of  the  workers'
      compensation board;
        (d)  director  of  office for the aging, commissioner of human rights,
      commissioners of the department of public  service,  chairman  of  state
      commission  on  quality  of  care for the mentally disabled, chairman of
      commission on alcoholism and substance abuse prevention  and  education,
      executive  director of the council on the arts and executive director of
      the board of social welfare;
        (e) chairman of state  athletic  commission,  chairman  and  executive
      director  of consumer protection board, member-chairman of crime victims
      board, chairman of human rights appeal board, chairman of the industrial
      board of appeals, chairman of the employment relations  board,  chairman
      of  the  state commission of correction, members of the board of parole,
      members of the state  racing  and  wagering  board,  member-chairman  of
      unemployment  insurance appeal board, director of veterans' affairs, and
      vice-chairman of the workers' compensation board;
        (f) executive director of adirondack park agency, commissioners of the
      state  liquor  authority,  commissioners  of  the  state  civil  service
      commission,  members  of  state commission of correction, members of the
      employment relations board, members of crime victims board,  members  of
      unemployment  insurance  appeal  board,  and  members  of  the  workers'
      compensation board.
        2. (a) Effective January  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-nine,  the
      annual  salaries  of  the  officers  holding  the positions indicated in
      subdivision one of this section shall be as follows: for  the  positions
      listed  in  paragraph  (a),  $136,000;  in  paragraph  (b), $127,000; in
      paragraph (c), $120,800; in paragraph (d), $109,800; in  paragraph  (e),
      $101,600; and in paragraph (f), $90,800.
        (b) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section to
      the  contrary,  an  incumbent in a position (i) listed in former section
      one hundred sixty-nine of the executive law in effect on the  day  prior
      to  the  effective  date  of  this  subdivision,  or (ii) listed in this
    
      section, or (iii) covered by a provision of law other than such section,
      shall not receive compensation  in  an  amount  less  than  such  person
      received on the effective date of this section.
        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
      implement 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
      compensation  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.
      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
      specifically 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  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  information as the boards of trustees and the board of
      regents deem appropriate.