Bill Text: NY A01611 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that an individual who is appointed to the joint commission on public ethics is ineligible for appointment if he or she has been a NYS registered lobbyist, an elected official, or a state officer or employee, or legislative employee within the last ten years.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A01611 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01611-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1611 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the eligibility of individuals appointed to JCOPE The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 94 of the executive law, as 2 amended by section 6 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 2. The members of the commission shall be appointed as follows: three 5 members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, 6 three members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one 7 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, one 8 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly, and 9 six members shall be appointed by the governor and the lieutenant gover- 10 nor. In the event that a vacancy arises with respect to a member of the 11 commission first appointed pursuant to the chapter of the laws of two 12 thousand eleven which amended this subdivision by a legislative leader, 13 the legislative leaders of the same political party in the same house 14 shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy irrespective of whether that 15 legislative leader's political party is in the majority or minority. Of 16 the members appointed by the governor and the lieutenant governor, at 17 least three members shall be and shall have been for at least three 18 years enrolled members of the major political party in which the gover- 19 nor is not enrolled. In the event of a vacancy in a position previously 20 appointed by the governor and lieutenant governor, the governor and 21 lieutenant governor shall appoint a member of the same political party 22 as the member that vacated that position. Prior to making their respec- 23 tive appointments, the governor and the lieutenant governor and the 24 legislative leaders shall solicit and receive recommendations for 25 appointees from the attorney general and the comptroller of the state of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04996-01-9A. 1611 2 1 New York, which recommendations shall be fully and properly considered 2 but shall not be binding. 3 No individual shall be eligible for appointment as a member of the 4 commission who currently or within the last [three] ten years: 5 (i) is or has been registered as a lobbyist in New York state; 6 (ii) is or has been a member of the New York state legislature, is or 7 [a statewide] has been an elected official of any capacity or a commis- 8 sioner of an executive agency appointed by the governor; or 9 (iii) is or has been a political party chairman, as defined in para- 10 graph (k) of subdivision one of section seventy-three of [this article] 11 the public officers law. 12 No individual shall be eligible for appointment as a member of the 13 commission who currently or within the last [year] ten years is or has 14 been a state officer or employee or legislative employee as defined in 15 section seventy-three of the public officers law. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
