New York Consolidated Laws, Legislative Law - LEG § 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.