Prohibits elected officials, state officers or employees, members of the legislature and legislative employees from supervising a relative in the performance of their duties.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4268
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 20, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- (at request of the State Commission on
Public Integrity) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to prohibiting
elected officials, state officers or employees, members of the legis-
lature and legislative employees from supervising a relative
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 14 of section 73 of the public
2 officers law, as added by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (a) No statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member
5 of the legislature or legislative employee may participate in any deci-
6 sion to hire, promote, discipline or discharge a relative for any
7 compensated position at, for or within any state agency, public authori-
8 ty or the legislature, or supervise a relative in the performance of his
9 or her official duties.
10 § 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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