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A05545 Summary:

BILL NO	A05545
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Smith
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §72-a, State L
Requires a concurrent resolution of the legislature to permit the display in the state capitol of a portrait of any governor who does not complete any term for which they were elected; excludes death in office.

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A05545 Actions:

BILL NO	A05545
03/16/2023	referred to governmental employees
01/03/2024	referred to governmental employees

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A05545 Committee Votes:

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A05545 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5545
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 16, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Employees
 
        AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to portraits of former gover-
          nors
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  state law is amended by adding a new section 72-a to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 72-a. Portraits of governors in the state capitol. No portrait of  a
     4  former  governor  who  does  not  complete  any term for which they were
     5  elected may be displayed in  the  state  capitol  building  without  the
     6  approval  of  the legislature by the passage of a concurrent resolution.
     7  This provision shall not apply to a governor who dies while in office.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01058-01-3

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