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Senate Bill S4052

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the appointment of members to county and local boards of ethics

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2019-S4052 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7071
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §808, Gen Muni L

2019-S4052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the appointment of members to county and local boards of ethics.

2019-S4052 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4052
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ANTONACCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the appoint-
   ment of members to county and local boards of ethics
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 808 of the general munici-
 pal law, as amended by chapter 1019 of the laws of 1970, are amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  The  governing  body of any county may establish a county board of
 ethics and appropriate moneys for maintenance and personal  services  in
 connection  therewith.  The  members  of  such  board of ethics shall be
 appointed by such governing body [except in the case of a county operat-
 ing under an optional or alternative form of county government or county
 charter, in which case the members shall  be  appointed  by  the  county
 executive or county manager, as the case may be, subject to confirmation
 by  such governing body]. Such board of ethics shall consist of at least
 three members[, a majority of whom shall not be officers or  employees].
 NO  MEMBER  APPOINTED SHALL BE AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE of such [county or
 municipalities wholly or partially located in such county and  at  least
 one of whom shall be an elected or appointed officer or employee of the]
 county or a municipality WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY located within such county.
 The  members  of  such board shall receive no salary or compensation for
 their services as members of such board and shall serve at the  pleasure
 of the appointing authority.
   3.  The  governing  body  of  any municipality other than a county may
 establish a local board of ethics and, where such governing body  is  so
 authorized,  appropriate moneys for maintenance and personal services in
 connection therewith. A local board shall have all the powers and duties
 of and shall be governed by the same conditions as  a  county  board  of
 ethics,  except  that  it  shall  act  only with respect to officers and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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