Bill Text: NY S07781 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the temporary appointment of heads of departments without the advice and consent of the senate and sets time limits for serving in such capacity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-09 - referred to governmental operations [S07781 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07781-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7781
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 22, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  the  temporary
          appointment  of heads of departments without the advice and consent of
          the senate
          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  33-b to read as follows:
     3    § 33-b. Appointment of heads of departments  without  the  advice  and
     4  consent of the senate. 1. No person shall serve as the head of a depart-
     5  ment  for  more  than  ninety days without the advice and consent of the
     6  senate when the legislature is in session.
     7    2. When a vacancy occurs when the legislature is not  in  session,  no
     8  person  shall  serve  as the head of a department without the advice and
     9  consent of the senate for longer than thirty calendar days of  the  next
    10  succeeding legislative session.
    11    3.  A  person  may  only serve as the head of a department without the
    12  advice and consent of the senate once, regardless of the amount of  time
    13  such person served as the head of a department.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14833-01-8