Assembly Bill A7104

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Restore Checks and Balances Act"

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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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2021-A7104 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §29-a, Exec L

2021-A7104 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restores the legislative checks and balances to any emergency declaration that exceeds forty-five days.

2021-A7104 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7104
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to restoring the legisla-
   tive checks and balances to any  emergency  declaration  that  exceeds
   forty-five days
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "Restore
 Checks and Balances Act".
   §  2.  Paragraph  a  of subdivision 2 of section 29-a of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 640 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   a.  no suspension shall be made for a period in excess of thirty days,
 provided, however, that upon reconsideration  of  all  of  the  relevant
 facts  and circumstances, the governor may extend the suspension for ANY
 SPECIFIED COUNTY OR COUNTIES FOR AN additional [periods] PERIOD  not  to
 exceed  [thirty]  FIFTEEN  days  [each].  AT THE END OF SUCH PERIOD, ALL
 SUSPENSIONS SHALL TERMINATE AND BE OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT  UNLESS
 THE  LEGISLATURE,  BY  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZES AN EXTENSION BY
 THE GOVERNOR FOR A SPECIFIED COUNTY OR COUNTIES, FOR  A  PERIOD  NOT  TO
 EXCEED  AN  ADDITIONAL  THIRTY  DAYS;  PROVIDED THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY
 AUTHORIZE MULTIPLE EXTENSIONS IF IT DEEMS NECESSARY;
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10407-02-1

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