Requires certain bills which establish a commission, task force, board, council or any similar body shall have not less than one position appointed by each of the legislative leaders.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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519
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, TEDISCO, OAKS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. BARCLAY, BUTLER, CORWIN, CROUCH, DUPREY, FINCH, FITZPATRICK,
GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY, LOPEZ, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, RAIA, SALADINO,
TENNEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
mental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills containing
provisions requiring appointments to be made by the legislative lead-
ers
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 52-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 52-a. Requirements with respect to bills containing provisions
4 requiring appointments to be made by the legislature. 1. For purposes
5 of this section, the term "legislative leaders" shall mean the temporary
6 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
7 er of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly.
8 2. Any bill which establishes a commission, task force, board, coun-
9 cil, or similar body, and which requires that a number of the members on
10 such commission, task force, board, council, or similar body receive
11 their appointments from the legislature, shall have not less than one
12 member appointed by each of the legislative leaders.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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