Senate Bill S2012

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for special elections for the offices of comptroller and attorney general for vacancies during a term

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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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2019-S2012 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A394
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 5 §1, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2930, A580
2011-2012: S3266, A4348
2013-2014: S1969, A1242
2015-2016: S2271, A1705
2017-2018: S1230, A1329
2021-2022: S3876, A596
2023-2024: S1597, A3699

2019-S2012 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for special elections for the offices of comptroller and attorney general for vacancies during a term.

2019-S2012 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2012 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2012
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GRIFFO, LANZA, LAVALLE, RANZENHOFER -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution, in
   relation to providing for special elections to  fill  the  offices  of
   comptroller and attorney general
 
   Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti-
 cle 5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 comptroller  and  attorney-general  shall  be chosen at the same general
 election as the governor and hold office for the same  term,  and  shall
 possess  the  qualifications  provided  in section 2 of article IV. [The
 legislature shall provide for filling vacancies in the office  of  comp-
 troller  and  of  attorney-general.  No  election of a comptroller or an
 attorney-general shall be had except at the time of  electing  a  gover-
 nor.]  WHERE A VACANCY OCCURS DURING A TERM OF THE COMPTROLLER OR ATTOR-
 NEY GENERAL A SPECIAL ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED TO FILL  SUCH  OFFICE.
 The  comptroller  shall  be  required:  (1) to audit all vouchers before
 payment and  all  official  accounts;  (2)  to  audit  the  accrual  and
 collection of all revenues and receipts; and (3) to prescribe such meth-
 ods  of accounting as are necessary for the performance of the foregoing
 duties. The payment of any money of the state, or of any money under its
 control, or the refund of any money paid to the state, except upon audit
 by the comptroller, shall be void, and may be restrained upon  the  suit
 of any taxpayer with the consent of the supreme court in appellate divi-
 sion  on notice to the attorney-general. In such respect the legislature
 shall define the powers and duties and may also assign to  him  or  her:
 (1)  supervision  of  the  accounts  of any political subdivision of the
 state; and (2) powers and duties pertaining to  or  connected  with  the
 assessment  and  taxation  of  real  estate,  including determination of
 ratios which the assessed valuation of taxable real  property  bears  to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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