Senate Bill S1816

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the integrity in government 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-S1816 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7275
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§89, 107 & 87, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5612
2017-2018: S1941, S7245
2019-2020: S1625
2023-2024: S2865, A5614

2021-S1816 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the integrity in government act; expands the powers and duties of the committee on open government.

2021-S1816 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1816 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1816
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SKOUFIS, BIAGGI, KRUEGER, PARKER -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public officers law, in relation to enacting the
   integrity in government act
 
   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 "integrity
 in government act".
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 89 of the public  offi-
 cers  law,  as amended by chapter 33 of the laws of 1984, is amended and
 six new paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) are added to read  as
 follows:
   (a) The committee on open government is continued and shall consist of
 the  lieutenant  governor or the delegate of such officer, the secretary
 of state or the delegate of such officer,  whose  office  shall  act  as
 secretariat for the committee, the commissioner of the office of general
 services  or the delegate of such officer, the director of the budget or
 the delegate of such officer, and seven  other  persons,  none  of  whom
 shall  hold  any other state or local public office except the represen-
 tative of local governments as set forth  herein,  to  be  appointed  as
 follows:  five  by  the  governor, at least two of whom are or have been
 representatives of the news media, one of whom shall be a representative
 of local government who, at the time of appointment,  is  serving  as  a
 duly  elected officer of a local government, one by the temporary presi-
 dent of the senate, and one by the speaker of the assembly. The  persons
 appointed  by  the  temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
 the assembly shall be appointed to serve, respectively, until the  expi-
 ration of the terms of office of the temporary president and the speaker
 to  which  the  temporary  president  and speaker were elected. The four
 persons presently serving by appointment of the governor for fixed terms
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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