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S01601 Summary:

BILL NO	S01601
SAME AS	No Same As
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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S01601 Actions:

BILL NO	S01601
01/12/2023	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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S01601 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1601
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 12, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD02997-01-3

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