Under the first three constitutions, the governor's salary could not be increased or reduced while he was in office; this provision was extended to all public officials in the present constitution.
NOTE 6 - OFFICE EXPENSES Provision has been made for estimated general office expenses.
Now the former army colonel, who will be 46 on Friday, seems assured of at least six more years in office, thanks to provisions in the new charter that extend the presidential term by one year and eliminate a ban on immediate re-election.
The budget office said one provision of the Senate bill accounted for $40 billion of the cost.
Mr. Cuomo's office said the provision would allow the governor to move functions from one state agency to another in the interest of efficiency, but would not allow him to cut funds for programs approved by the Legislature.
Some offices are ordering provisions like cots and extra food, and catering trucks have been deployed at certain locations to feed managers who would work 12- or 16-hour shifts.
But the budget office said one provision of the House bill, added at the last minute and not included in the $408 billion basic cost, would be much more expensive, reducing federal tax collections by $174 billion over the next decade.
The bill, which Gov. Eliot Spitzer is expected to sign, prohibits colleges from soliciting or accepting any gifts or money from lenders in exchange for recommending them to students, and prohibits lenders' staff members from working out of college financial aid offices, among other provisions.
Chris Cate, a spokesman for the office, said the provision has been in place since at least 1996.
But after considering the complaints for nearly two years, the civil rights office decided this provision did not apply to the California health insurance providers in question because they were willing to provide abortion coverage to their other customers.
