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Assembly Bill A5493

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits statewide elected officers and certain appointed officers from receiving compensation for any book or other published work written during the course of their term of service

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2023-A5493 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1076
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §74, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7107, S5601
2025-2026: A3388, S1446

2023-A5493 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits statewide elected officers and certain appointed officers from receiving compensation for any book or other published work written during the course of their term of service.

2023-A5493 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5493
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public officers law, in relation to prohibiting
   statewide elected officers and certain appointed officers from receiv-
   ing compensation for any book or other published work  written  during
   the course of their term of service
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 74 of the public officers  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
   J.  NO  OFFICER  ELECTED TO A STATEWIDE OFFICE WITHIN THE STATE OR WHO
 HOLDS AN OFFICE FILLED BY  DIRECT  APPOINTMENT  BY  THE  GOVERNOR,  THAT
 RECEIVES  A  STATE  SALARY, AND REQUIRES SENATE CONFIRMATION MAY SELL OR
 RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR ANY BOOK OR OTHER PUBLISHED WORK WRITTEN DURING
 THEIR TERM OF SERVICE IN SUCH POSITION. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT PROHIB-
 IT SUCH A PERSON FROM SELLING OR RECEIVING COMPENSATION FOR ANY BOOK  OR
 OTHER  SUCH  PUBLISHED  WORK WRITTEN EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER SUCH TERM OF
 SERVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03935-01-3

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