Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 26, 2019 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S4052
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
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) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4052 SPONSOR: ANTONACCI TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the appointment of members to county and local boards of ethics PURPOSE: This bill would prohibit the appointment of a local municipal employee or officer to the County to a local board of ethics. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 - Amends Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 808 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 1019 of the laws of 1970 Section 2 - Establishes the effective date. JUSTIFICATION:
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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