Bill Text: NY S01494 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Designates that the commissioners of public service shall be elected in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S01494 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01494-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1494

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 4 of article 5 of the constitution, in
          relation to election of public service commissioners

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 4 of  arti-
     2  cle 5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    §  4.  The  head  of  the department of audit and control shall be the
     4  comptroller and of the department of law, the attorney-general. The head
     5  of the department of education shall be The Regents of the University of
     6  the State of New York, who  shall  appoint  and  at  pleasure  remove  a
     7  commissioner  of education to be the chief administrative officer of the
     8  department. The head of the department of agriculture and markets  shall
     9  be  appointed  in a manner to be prescribed by law. The commissioners of
    10  public service shall be elected in a manner to  be  prescribed  by  law.
    11  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this constitution, the heads of all
    12  other departments and the members of all boards and commissions, except-
    13  ing temporary commissions for special purposes, shall  be  appointed  by
    14  the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate and may be
    15  removed by the governor, in a manner to be prescribed by law.
    16    §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
    17  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    18  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    19  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    20  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89035-01-3
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