Bill Text: NY A04068 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a public officer or member of the legislature from have a building or space named after himself or herself while he or she holds public office based on the fact that such person was responsible for securing public funds for the person or entity involved in naming the building or for securing public funds for the person's or entity's cause or agenda.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A04068 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04068-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4068

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public officers law and the legislative law, in
          relation to the prohibition of naming buildings after public officials

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section
     2  79-a to read as follows:
     3    § 79-a. Prohibition on the naming  of  buildings.  No  person  who  is
     4  subject to the provisions of this chapter shall have a building or space
     5  named  or cause a building or space to be named after himself or herself
     6  while he or she holds public office based on the fact that  such  person
     7  was  responsible  for  securing  public  funds  for the person or entity
     8  involved in naming the building or for securing  public  funds  for  the
     9  person's or entity's cause or agenda.
    10    §  2.  The  legislative  law is amended by adding a new section 7-h to
    11  read as follows:
    12    § 7-h. Prohibition on the  naming  of  buildings.  No  person  who  is
    13  subject to the provisions of this chapter shall have a building or space
    14  named  or cause a building or space to be named after himself or herself
    15  while he or she holds public office based on the fact that  such  person
    16  was  responsible  for  securing  public  funds  for the person or entity
    17  involved in naming the building or for securing  public  funds  for  the
    18  person's or entity's cause or agenda.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04929-01-3