Bill Text: NY A04744 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 32-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-18 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A04744 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04744-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4744
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. KOLB, TEDISCO, CONTE, CALHOUN, OAKS, MOLINARO,
         CASTELLI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BARCLAY,  BOYLE,  BURLING,
         BUTLER,  CORWIN,  CROUCH,  DUPREY, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, GIGLIO, HAWLEY,
         HAYES, JORDAN,  P. LOPEZ,  McDONOUGH,  McKEVITT,  J. MILLER,  RABBITT,
         RAIA,  REILICH,  SALADINO,  SAYWARD,  THIELE, TOBACCO -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Governmental 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    S  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    S 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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