Senate Bill S2045

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for a special election, at the discretion of the governor, to fill vacancies in the office of comptroller and attorney-general

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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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2019-S2045 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A538
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§41 & 42, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2929, A581
2011-2012: S4113, A4350
2013-2014: S3008, A1368
2015-2016: S1969, A1526
2017-2018: S1231, A927
2021-2022: S3781, A708
2023-2024: S1514

2019-S2045 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a special election, at the discretion of the governor, to fill vacancies in the office of comptroller or attorney-general.

2019-S2045 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2045 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2045
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 public officers law, in relation to vacancies in the
   office of comptroller or attorney-general

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 41 of the public officers law, as amended by chap-
 ter 91 of the laws of 1928, is amended to read as follows:
   § 41. Vacancies [filled by legislature] IN THE OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER
 OR  ATTORNEY-GENERAL.  When  a  vacancy occurs or exists[, other than by
 removal,] in the office of comptroller or attorney-general, [or a resig-
 nation of either such officer to take effect at  any  future  day  shall
 have been made while the legislature is in session, the two houses ther-
 eof,  by  joint  ballot,  shall  appoint a person to fill such actual or
 prospective vacancy] THE GOVERNOR MAY IN  HIS  OR  HER  DISCRETION  MAKE
 PROCLAMATION  OF  A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL SUCH OFFICE, SPECIFYING THE
 DATE OF SUCH ELECTION, WHICH SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE NOR  MORE
 THAN SIXTY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  4-a  of  section 42 of the public officers law, as
 amended by chapter 373 of the laws  of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4-a.  If  a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator from
 this state [in any even numbered calendar year on or  after  the  fifty-
 ninth  day  prior  to  the annual primary election, or thereafter during
 said even numbered year, the governor shall make a temporary appointment
 to fill such vacancy until the third day of January in the year  follow-
 ing the next even numbered calendar year.  If such vacancy occurs in any
 even  numbered  calendar  year on or before the sixtieth day prior to an
 annual primary election, the governor shall make a temporary appointment
 to fill such vacancy until the third day of January in the next calendar

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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