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Jan 08, 2014 |
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May 16, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S5399
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S5399 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Legislative Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §81, Leg L
- Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
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S49
2013-S5399 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5399 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to restricting the employment of relatives by members of the legislature PURPOSE: Restrict the employment of relatives by members of the Legislature SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section One of the bill creates a new section, 81, in the legislative law to state a member of the legislature may not employ for legislative business the member's own relative, or the relative of another member from the same legislative district, using public funds over which the member has direct control. The provision of this section shall not apply to a member of the legislature who has a physical impairment that necessitates the employment of a particular relative and discloses the employment to the legislative ethics commission For the purposes of this section "relative" means: a spouse, parent or stepparent, a sibling or step sibling, child, stepchild, foster child, ward, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent or grandchild.
2013-S5399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5399 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 16, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to restricting the employment of relatives by members of the legislature THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 81 to read as follows: S 81. RESTRICTIONS ON RELATIVE EMPLOYMENT. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RELATIVE" MEANS: A. A SPOUSE; B. A PARENT OR STEPPARENT; C. A SIBLING OR STEP SIBLING; D. A CHILD, STEPCHILD, FOSTER CHILD, OR WARD; E. A MOTHER-IN-LAW OR FATHER-IN-LAW; F. A SON-IN-LAW OR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW; G. A GRANDPARENT; OR H. A GRANDCHILD. 2. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE MAY NOT EMPLOY FOR LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS THE MEMBER'S OWN RELATIVE, OR THE RELATIVE OF ANOTHER MEMBER FROM THE SAME LEGISLA- TIVE DISTRICT, USING PUBLIC FUNDS OVER WHICH THE MEMBER HAS DIRECT CONTROL. 3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE WHO: A. HAS A PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT THAT NECESSITATES THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PARTICULAR RELATIVE; AND B. DISCLOSES THE EMPLOYMENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11035-01-3
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