Sentences with phrase «paying lulus»

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But the average lawmaker in the Senate and Assembly earns a lot more, according to an Empire Center report released last year: In the Senate, the average pay with legislative stipends or lulus is $ 96,565.

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

Lawmakers are being scrutinized for the system in which up to seven senators have received paid stipends or «lulus» for committee chairmanships they do not actually hold.

Last year, for instance, the New York City Council did away with lulus as part of a deal to raise its members» salaries to $ 148,500, a large pay increase that towers over the base pay for state legislators: $ 79,500.

And what we've seen is lulus and committee chairmanship bonuses and an expansive use of per diems — wrongly used as a proxy for a legislative pay increase.

Also, in case you have forgotten, the base pay for a state legislator is $ 79,500 (that's without lulus), which hasn't increased since 1999.

These lulus made up for the lack of a pay raise.

The current annual pay for council members starts at $ 112,000, he reports, but most earn an extra $ 10,000 or more in so - called «lulus» for leading legislative committee.

Lawmakers currently earn $ 79,500, but are allowed to receive outside income and have added on pay in the form of stipends or «lulus.»

But the pay increase comes with a catch: Council members would no longer be able to earn outside income, and they would have to give up the extra payments for holding leadership positions known as «lulus.»

Most of the reforms are very popular with good government groups — who have argued for years that lulus should be abolished and believe that elected officials should be paid well to encourage good candidates to run for office.

And eliminate the extra pay bonuses, known as lulus, that leaders could dole out to allies, and withhold from enemies, more or less at whim.

Skelos» legislative base pay and leadership bonuses — or «lulus» — toted up to $ 121,000.

That development came on the heels of a scandal surrounding the Senate Republican and IDC's use of lulus to pay members for committee work they didn't actually do and a mounting display of grassroots protests against IDC members in their districts.

Senate Democrats tried to push a motion that going forward would bar the stipends meant for committee chairmen — known as lulus — from being paid to anyone else.

Other reform measures passed by council members to justify the 32 percent pay hike will make the job full - time and eliminate committee chairmanship bonuses, known as «lulus,» of between $ 8,000 and $ 25,000.

Helming and Gallivan were among the four Republicans and three breakaway Democrats in the Senate who were paid thousands of dollars in stipends known as «lulus» this year, even though they didn't head any of the committees that payroll records said they did.

The current base pay for lawmakers is $ 79,500, though that amount is augmented for many members by stipends for committee posts and other legislative roles — payments known as «lulus.»

They've seen no increase in their $ 79,500 base pay since 1999, although many earn more salary through «lulus» or stipends for additional duties such as serving as chairmen of committees.