Senate Bill S5059

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires appointees of the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly to be included in all legislatively enacted workgroups, task forces, commissions, and committees

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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-S5059 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8554
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Commissions
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3201, A3207

2021-S5059 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires proportionally equivalent appointees of both the majority and minority houses of the legislature in all legislatively enacted workgroups, task forces, commissions, councils, advisory boards, committees and any other legislatively enacted and appointed groups or workgroups; requires that the number of appointees by the legislature shall be proportionally equivalent to the number of appointees by the governor.

2021-S5059 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5059 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5059
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT in relation to the appointees of all legislatively enacted  work-
   groups,  task  forces,  commissions,  councils,  advisory  groups  and
   committees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, all legisla-
 tively enacted workgroups, task forces, commissions, councils,  advisory
 groups,  committees,  or  any  other legislatively enacted and appointed
 groups or  panels,  shall  have  proportionally  equivalent  numbers  of
 appointees  in  both  the  majority  and  minority of the senate and the
 assembly; provided, further, that the number of appointees by the legis-
 lature shall be proportionally equivalent to the number of appointees by
 the governor.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09491-02-1



              

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