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The discussion surrounding stipends arose when Democratic Sen. Mike Gianaris sought to raise the issue of vice chairs of committees receiving payments normally reserved for committee chairs.

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley received a copy of Rice's memo on June 16, 2017, according to records obtained by Business Insider on Thursday.

During fiscal year 2009, each of our non-employee directors, with the exception of the Chairman of the Board, received an annual retainer of $ 65,000 for serving as a director and each of the applicable fees and retainers set forth below for serving as a chair of one of the committees of the Board.

The Chair of the Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Committee and senior GVBOT staff travelled to Victoria today for the provincial budget lockup, where they received an advance copy of the budget and assessed it on four criteria: Fiscal Prudence; Cumulative Impact on Business; Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure; and Housing Affordability.

«It's the same old argument: not being able to charge commissions limits choice and prevents the small investor from receiving financial advice,» says Dave O'Brien, principal, O'Brien Financial Planning, Richmond, Va. and chair of NAPFA's public policy committee.

To honor 30 - years of community support, a special honorary committee of former chairs will receive special recognition.

On top of that he will receive # 66,396 for his salary as an MP in the 2013/14 financial year and a further # 14,728 top - up because of his select committee chair role.

All have received tens of thousands of dollars for holding the vice chair post for the funds available for the committee chair.

Sen. Patty Ritchie, the deputy vice chair of the Senate Health Committee, said she did not expect to receive money for the post.

Adding more fuel to the fire that has ignited in the Senate in recent weeks has been a controversy over paid stipends to lawmakers, including three IDC members, who hold the title of vice chair, but receive money usually designated for a committee chairman.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Tuesday called for an investigation of arrangement of falsely designating some lawmakers as committee chairs on payroll records in order to receive paid stipends.

Falsely reporting senators as committee chairs so they can receive lucrative stipends has shined a light on a more commonplace practice in both the Senate and Assembly: The so - called lulu system of doling out extra pay for leadership positions.

Seven lawmakers in the Senate receive stipends under the arrangement in which they are reported to the comptroller's office for holding the post of chair of a committee when they do not actually hold that post.

Sen. Pam Helming received a $ 12,500 stipend after being falsely listed as chair of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee, she was surprised, and said she thought she was receiving the money by mistake.

The use of falsely classifying lawmakers as committee chairs came under scrutiny on Friday as The New York Times reported members of the Independent Democratic Conference — Sens. David Valesky, Jose Peralta and Diane Savino — have received stipends, or «lulus» in Albany parlance, despite holding the post of vice chair.

Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into the arrangement in which seven state lawmakers, including three members of the Independent Democratic Conference, have received stipends and were listed as committee chairs on official payroll records sent to the comptroller's office.

The lawmakers in question received paid stipends or «lulus» as a result of being designated committee chairs.

The arrangement allows vice chairs of committees to accept chair stipends that would normally go toward the panel's leader, but in those cases the actual committee chair receives more money from another leadership title.

«I am so grateful to receive the endorsement of the New York State Democratic Committee in my campaign for DNC Vice Chair, and even more excited by the unified consensus behind my #LeadershipForTomorrow vision,» Blake said.

Spectrum News reported on Wednesday lawmakers who have received thousands of dollars as vice chairs have missed committee meetings in recent weeks.

Republican Sen. Pam Helming on Wednesday wrote on Facebook she was never told she would receive a paid stipend as vice chair of a Senate committee.

The majority of select committee chairs do not receive significant income from sources outside parliament, however.

By being listed as chair of a committee, the senator receives a stipend.

In Helming's case, she's listed as the chair of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee and is slated to receive a $ 12,500 stipend in 2017.

The payment was allocated for Helming because Gallivan is receiving a separate — and higher — stipend after being listed as chair of the Senate Education Committee in documents submitted to the state comptroller's office.

Helming, R - Canandaigua, has been identified as one of seven senators who have received stipends this year for committee chair assignments they do not hold.

Helming received the checks after Senate leadership listed her as chair of the Crime Victims, Crime and Correction committee.

State Sen. Pam Helming has returned the stipend she received after being falsely listed as chair of a Senate committee.

Over the weekend, Senate Republicans provided documentation showing that other senators have received committee chair stipends over the years even though they weren't the leaders of the respective panels.

When state Sen. Pam Helming received a $ 12,500 stipend after being falsely listed as chair of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee, she was surprised.

In addition to Senate Republicans that have benefited from the practice, three members of the Independent Democratic Conference, which has a power - sharing arrangement with the GOP, receive stipends despite not serving as committee chairs or having leadership posts.

Committee chair Keith Vaz said he had received complaints from members of the public claiming the Labour leader gave inaccurate or misleading responses.

But committee chairs — all of whom are either from the majority Republicans or the GOP - aligned Independent Democratic Conference — receive an allotment of 158,000 more pieces, according to the Senate Democrats.

Pilon also received nearly $ 14,000 worth of «in - kind» contributions from the Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, chaired by incoming Senate Democratic Leader Audrey Gibson.

A faction of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference has been in the news lately for receiving stipend payments for chairing committees that the Senators in fact did not chair.

Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson, who chairs the Public Safety committee received the largest donation of $ 2,000.

Sen. Patrick Gallivan of Elma received $ 18,000 as vice chairman of the Education Committee, $ 5,500 more than he would have been be paid for chairing the Crime Victims, Crime, and Correction Committee.

Savino received the $ 18,000 stipend of the Codes Committee chair this year.

Mr. Flanagan (R - East Northport), who chairs the senate's Standing Committee on Education, is also sponsoring legislation to create independent oversight, as well as establishing civil and criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure of personal information stored on the state's student data portal received from public schools.

On Monday, the New York Post reported that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D — Manhattan) announced support for state lawmakers raising their salaries, which are now set at a base of $ 79,500 - a-year, with many receiving stipends for chairing or serving on committees, which takes them up to an average between $ 90,00 to $ 100,000 per year.

Seven senators have received payments for their work as vice chairs of committees in the chamber, but have been listed on a payroll document sent to the comptroller's office as the chairs of those committee.

Sen. Tony Avella, chair of the chamber's Ethics Committee, revealed to reporters that he had no idea that any official with Glenwood Management had received a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors, and has no plans to return the company's campaign contributions.

He has received two national awards for disability rights work, chaired the Assembly Mental Health Committee, won NYC Transit eligibility for half - fare for persons with mental disabilities was lead sponsor of the Work and Wellness Act, won 5,000 units of NYNYII supportive housing, and many other awards.

«The Governor's announcement today will eliminate a senseless barrier that, for too long, has prevented tens of thousands of qualified New Yorkers from receiving the assistance they need to feed themselves and their families,» she said in a joint statement with City Council General Welfare Committee Chair Annabel Palma.

O'Mara, who chairs the Environmental Conservation Committee and is vice-chair of Transportation, said in a statement he receives a stipend for the Transportation job, but not the other.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — On Monday, July 17, 2017 The Westchester County Board of Legislators Budget and Appropriations Committee, Chaired by Legislator Sheila Marcotte (R) Eastchester, New Rochelle, Tuckahoe, received the Comprehensive Annual Financ

The payments were revealed last week by The New York Times, which reported that IDC members have received committee leadership stipends, often called lulus, even though they were vice chairs, not chairs, of the committees they serve on.

The bill was sponsored by Councilman Danny Dromm, chair of the education committee, who said the measure will help the Council learn how long it takes from the time students receives a special education referral to the time they actually receive it.

New York's senior senator said he had no intention of returning the $ 8,900 he has received from the GOP candidate in his career, nor would he support reimbursing the Queens - born mogul the $ 116,000 he showered on the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which Mr. Schumer chaired from 2005 to 2009.

But another senator, Republican Pam Helming of Geneva, said in a brief statement that she is giving back the stipend she received for chairing the Crime and Correction Committee when she is actually the vice chair.