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S07781 Summary:

BILL NO	S07781
SAME AS	SAME AS A10553
SPONSOR	GRIFFO
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §33-b, Pub Off L
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.

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S07781 Actions:

BILL NO	S07781
02/22/2018	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
05/09/2018	COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
05/09/2018	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1128
05/09/2018	PASSED SENATE
05/09/2018	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/09/2018	referred to governmental operations

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S07781 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7781
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 22, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        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

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