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Assembly Bill A8652

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical, bills and resolutions

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2017-A8652 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §54-b, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8637
2013-2014: A257
2015-2016: A5753

2017-A8652 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the appointment of a standing committee on conference to resolve differences between similar, but not identical bills and resolutions; also provides that such committee may refer bills and resolutions to sub-committees for disposition; further provides for appointment of a non-partisan counsel to make referrals to such standing committee on similar bills and resolutions.

2017-A8652 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8652
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative law, in relation to providing for a
   standing committee on conference to resolve differences between  simi-
   lar,  but  not  identical bills and resolutions passing the senate and
   assembly

   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 54-b
 to read as follows:
   §  54-B.  STANDING  COMMITTEE  ON  CONFERENCE; REFERRAL TO CONFERENCE,
 APPOINTMENT OF NONPARTISAN COUNSEL FOR REFERRAL. 1. BY JANUARY FIFTH  OF
 EACH  YEAR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY SHALL APPOINT A STANDING COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. SUCH  COMMIT-
 TEE  SHALL  BE  CONSTITUTED  BY THE FILING OF A JOINT CERTIFICATE BY THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY  WITH
 THE  SECRETARY OF THE SENATE AND CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY AND SHALL CONSIST
 OF FIVE MEMBERS OF EACH HOUSE, INCLUDING AT LEAST  TWO  MEMBERS  OF  THE
 MINORITY OF EACH HOUSE. THE MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CONFER-
 ENCE  MAY  BE  CHANGED BY AN AGREEMENT OF THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AT ANY TIME.
   THIS COMMITTEE SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON  CONFERENCE
 AND:
   (A)  SHALL  DELIBERATE ON ALL BILLS OR RESOLUTIONS FOR CONFERENCE THAT
 ARE REFERRED TO IT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AS PROVIDED IN  SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF THIS SECTION OR AS REFERRED TO IT BY THE NONPARTISAN COUNSEL
 JOINTLY  APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BILL DRAFTING
 COMMISSION AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION;
   (B) MAY APPOINT SUCH OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES AS ARE NECESSARY TO  CONSIDER
 BILLS  OR  RESOLUTIONS  INVOLVING PARTICULAR TOPICS THAT ARE REFERRED TO
 THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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