Assembly Bill A3450

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "politician self-immortalization prevention act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A3450 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1425
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §73-c, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9909, S1558
2011-2012: A203, S3868
2013-2014: A9126, S688
2015-2016: A293, S917

2017-A3450 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "politician self-immortalization prevention act"; provides that no facility supported by state funds may be named after a living public official unless such person has been out of public service for at least ten years.

2017-A3450 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3450
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONALD,  FRIEND, ABINANTI -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in  relation  to  enacting  the
   "politician self-immortalization prevention act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "politician self-immortalization prevention act".
   §  2.  The public officers law is amended by adding a new section 73-c
 to read as follows:
   § 73-C. NAMING OF FACILITIES AFTER PUBLIC OFFICIALS; PROHIBITED.    1.
 NO  FACILITY,  THE CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION OR OPERATION OF WHICH IS
 SUPPORTED BY STATE FUNDS, MAY BE NAMED AFTER  A  LIVING  PERSON  WHO  IS
 SUBJECT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN
 OUT OF PUBLIC OFFICE FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS.
   2. THE PROHIBITION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE
 LEGISLATURE APPROVES THE NAMING OF SUCH FACILITY IN THE MANNER  PROVIDED
 FOR  IN SECTION FOURTEEN OF ARTICLE THREE OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION, AND
 THE GOVERNOR APPROVES THE NAMING OF SUCH FACILITY IN THE MANNER PROVIDED
 FOR IN SECTION SEVEN OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
   3. WHERE ANY PERSON, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR  OTHER  ENTITY  VIOLATES
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY INITIATE A
 CIVIL ACTION TO ENFORCE THE PROHIBITION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00642-01-7

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