Bill Text: NY S05399 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5399 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Restricts the employment of relatives by members of the legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S05399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05399-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5399
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 16, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 legislative law,  in  relation  to  restricting  the
         employment of relatives by members of the legislature
         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  81
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 81. RESTRICTIONS ON RELATIVE EMPLOYMENT. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,
    4  "RELATIVE" MEANS:
    5    A. A SPOUSE;
    6    B. A PARENT OR STEPPARENT;
    7    C. A SIBLING OR STEP SIBLING;
    8    D. A CHILD, STEPCHILD, FOSTER CHILD, OR WARD;
    9    E. A MOTHER-IN-LAW OR FATHER-IN-LAW;
   10    F. A SON-IN-LAW OR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW;
   11    G. A GRANDPARENT; OR
   12    H. A GRANDCHILD.
   13    2.  EXCEPT  AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, A MEMBER
   14  OF THE LEGISLATURE MAY NOT EMPLOY FOR LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS THE  MEMBER'S
   15  OWN  RELATIVE,  OR THE RELATIVE OF ANOTHER MEMBER FROM THE SAME LEGISLA-
   16  TIVE DISTRICT, USING PUBLIC FUNDS  OVER  WHICH  THE  MEMBER  HAS  DIRECT
   17  CONTROL.
   18    3.  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A MEMBER OF THE
   19  LEGISLATURE WHO:
   20    A. HAS A PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT THAT NECESSITATES  THE  EMPLOYMENT  OF  A
   21  PARTICULAR RELATIVE; AND
   22    B. DISCLOSES THE EMPLOYMENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION.
   23    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   24  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11035-01-3