Bill Text: NY S04906 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a member of the legislature from engaging in any outside paid activity during his or her term of office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S04906 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04906-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4906
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 3, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Investigations and
          Government Operations
        AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting  outside
          work by a legislator during the term of office
          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  2-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 2-a. Members prohibited from engaging in outside activity for remun-
     4  eration  while in office. No member of the legislature, either senate or
     5  assembly, shall engage in any outside activity for remuneration  of  any
     6  kind during his or her term of office.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07128-01-7