N.Y. Legislative Law § 11: Designation of payrolls as annual, session or temporary

§ 11. Designation of payrolls as annual, session or temporary. Any

person having the statutory power to appoint, or fix the compensation

and/or approve vouchers of officers and/or employees paid from

appropriations made for the legislature shall place all such officers

and/or employees on an annual, session or temporary payroll, as such

person shall, in his sole discretion, determine. Any payroll which was

paid from appropriations made for the legislature prior to the effective

date of this section and which was not designated as annual, session or

temporary shall be considered as an annual payroll for all purposes.