Bill Text: NY S08062 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8062 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the taking and filing of oaths of office; authorizes officials who failed to take or file their required oath of office within the statutorily prescribed period to take and file such oaths within thirty days of the effective date of this act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-05 - SIGNED CHAP.94 [S08062 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S08062-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8062
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 9, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT authorizing the taking and filing of oaths of office
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any other law, rule or regulation to the
     2  contrary, any village, town, city or county  official  duly  elected  on
     3  November  3, 2015 or March 15, 2016 who currently occupies the office to
     4  which he or she was elected but who failed to take or file  his  or  her
     5  respective oath of office within the statutorily prescribed period shall
     6  continue  to serve in such capacity and for the full term to which he or
     7  she was elected upon the taking and filing of oaths of office consistent
     8  with section 402 of the county law, section  25  of  the  town  law,  or
     9  section 10 of the public officers law, provided such oaths are taken and
    10  filed within 30 calendar days after the effective date of this act. Such
    11  officials  that take and file their oaths of office under this act shall
    12  be deemed to have been continuously serving in office since  the  begin-
    13  ning of the term to which they were elected.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15778-03-6