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A04576 Summary:

BILL NOA04576
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORClark
 
COSPNSRGottfried, Galef
 
MLTSPNSRRobinson
 
Add S49, Leg L
 
Prohibits short titles containing any person's name from being introduced in the two thousand sixteen legislative session and any session thereafter.
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A04576 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4576
 
SPONSOR: Clark (MS)
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting short titles from containing a person's name   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would prohibit short titles containing any person's name from being introduced in the 2007 legisla- tive session and any session thereafter.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends legislative law by adding a new section 49 which states no bill shall be introduced with a short title that contains any person's name. Section 2 is the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: The practice of naming bills after people, usually those who have experienced tragedy, is exploitive and unnecessary.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A04576 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4576
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK, GOTTFRIED, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A. ROBINSON -- read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Governmental Operations
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting short
          titles from containing a person's name
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 49
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 49. Short titles. Commencing with the two thousand sixteen  legisla-
     4  tive  session  and every session thereafter, no bill shall be introduced
     5  with a short title that contains any person's name.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08634-01-5
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