Senate Bill S6862

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the term limit of members of the autism spectrum disorders advisory board

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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-S6862 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10542
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13.42, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S2494, A3534

2021-S6862 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a three year term limit for members of the autism spectrum disorders advisory board.

2021-S6862 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6862 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6862
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the term limit of
   members of the autism spectrum disorders advisory board
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 13.42 of the mental hygiene law,
 as  added  by  chapter  469  of  the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) Members of the board shall serve [at the pleasure of the  appoint-
 ing authority] FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS, AT WHICH POINT SUCH MEMBERSHIP
 POSITION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO REAPPOINTMENT.   Vacancies on the board
 shall be filled in the same manner as the original  appointment  ONCE  A
 MEMBER'S TERM HAS EXPIRED, OR IF A MEMBER RESIGNS BEFORE HIS OR HER TERM
 HAS  EXPIRED.    Members of the board shall receive no compensation, but
 may be reimbursed for actual and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the
 performance  of their duties within amounts appropriated therefor. AS OF
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
 WHICH AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION, ALL APPOINTEES WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING
 ON THE BOARD SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERM LIMIT SET  FORTH  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11066-01-1



              

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