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Senate Bill S6262

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for filling of vacancies on the joint commission on public ethics

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2021-S6262 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94, Exec L

2021-S6262 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes a rule that vacancies of the joint commission on public ethics with respect to a member of the commission first appointed pursuant to section 6 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011 by a legislative leader, the legislative leaders of the same political party in the same house shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy irrespective of whether that legislative leader's political party is in the majority or minority.

2021-S6262 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6262 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6262
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
   nance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to filling  of  vacancies
   on the joint commission on public ethics
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 94 of the
 executive law, as amended by section 6 of part A of chapter 399  of  the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   The  members  of  the  commission shall be appointed as follows: three
 members shall be appointed by the temporary  president  of  the  senate,
 three  members  shall  be  appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one
 member shall be appointed by the minority  leader  of  the  senate,  one
 member  shall  be  appointed by the minority leader of the assembly, and
 six members shall be appointed by the governor and the lieutenant gover-
 nor. [In the event that a vacancy arises with respect to a member of the
 commission first appointed pursuant to the chapter of the  laws  of  two
 thousand  eleven which amended this subdivision by a legislative leader,
 the legislative leaders of the same political party in  the  same  house
 shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy irrespective of whether that
 legislative leader's political party is in the majority or minority.] Of
 the  members  appointed  by the governor and the lieutenant governor, at
 least three members shall be and shall have  been  for  at  least  three
 years  enrolled members of the major political party in which the gover-
 nor is not enrolled. In the event of a vacancy in a position  previously
 appointed  by  the  governor  and  lieutenant governor, the governor and
 lieutenant governor shall appoint a member of the same  political  party
 as  the member that vacated that position. Prior to making their respec-
 tive appointments, the governor and  the  lieutenant  governor  and  the
 legislative  leaders  shall  solicit  and  receive  recommendations  for
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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