In order to "significantly reduce expenditures," Governor Paterson has halted overtime payouts for all state agencies. The new measure would save the state just under $20 million of the $9 billion in debt, but Paterson spokesman Morgan Hook told the Daily News, "As we continue to turnover [sic] every stone, this is one of those things." There have been a few cases of overtime abuse in the past few months, and last year overtime spending cost taxpayers $433.3 million. The legislature has already approved Paterson's emergency spending bill, which calls for furloughs on 100,000 state workers.