Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 05, 2016 |
signed chap.94 |
Jun 23, 2016 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 16, 2016 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.468 substituted for a10598a |
Jun 15, 2016 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1802 |
Jun 09, 2016 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8062
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
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2015-S8062 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10598
- Law Section:
- Elections
2015-S8062 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8062 TITLE OF BILL : An act authorizing the taking and filing of oaths of office PURPOSE : To uphold the will of the electorate despite ministerial defects in certain oaths of office requirements. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 provides that notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any village, town, city or county official duly elected on November 3, 2015 or March 15, 2016 who currently occupies the office which he or she was elected but who failed to take or file his or her respective oath of office within the statutorily prescribed period shall continue to serve in such capacity and for the full term to which he or she was elected upon the taking and filing oaths of office consistent with the County Law, Town, Law, or the Public Officers Law, provided that such oaths are taken within 30 calendar days after the effective date of this act. Section 2 is the effective date. EXISTING LAW :
2015-S8062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8062 I N S E N A T E June 9, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT authorizing the taking and filing of oaths of office THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any village, town, city or county official duly elected on November 3, 2015 or March 15, 2016 who currently occupies the office to which he or she was elected but who failed to take or file his or her respective oath of office within the statutorily prescribed period shall continue to serve in such capacity and for the full term to which he or she was elected upon the taking and filing of oaths of office consistent with section 402 of the county law, section 25 of the town law, or section 10 of the public officers law, provided such oaths are taken and filed within 30 calendar days after the effective date of this act. Such officials that take and file their oaths of office under this act shall be deemed to have been continuously serving in office since the begin- ning of the term to which they were elected. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15778-03-6
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