Rick Karlin is reporting at Capitol Confidential the members of a special commission assigned to come up with pay raises for state lawmakers met in Albany, Tue., Jul. 26. Following the meeting, the commission floated a suggested salary of $116,900 for elected legislators, up from the current $79,500 in base pay. The governor’s pay would go from $179,000 to $263,200. Agency commissioners would be paid as much as $200,000, depending on the size of their organization. The commission did not make a recommendation on whether limits should be placed on outside income by lawmakers. The seven-member commission has four months to make recommendations on pay for lawmakers and other top officials. Their recommendations would then go into law unless they were rejected by the legislature. At least one outside observer said he would be disappointed if lawmakers receive substantial raises without enacting extensive ethics reforms, as well. “That’s mind boggling,” NYPIRG [NIE-PERG] Legislative Director Blair Horner said when told of the $116,900 figure floated on Tuesday. “A year in which two legislative leaders get convicted of corruption and the only thing that happens is they get a pay raise?” The commission will next meet in early September. Read the full story at Capitol Confidential.