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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S917
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
2015-S917 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S917 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S917 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to enacting the "politician self-immortalization prevention act" PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the politicization of naming facilities after sitting public officials, by prohibiting such namings while a public official is still in office. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the public officers law by adding a new section, 73-c. This section prohibits the naming of facilities whose construction, rehabilitation or operation is supported by state funds after any public official who is living unless they have been out of public office for at least ten years. This prohibition will not apply when the legislature approves the naming of the facility in accordance with section fourteen of article three of the state constitution, and when the governor approves the naming in a manner provided for in section seven of article four of the state constitution. The attorney general may initiate a civil action against any entity that violates the provisions of this new section.
2015-S917 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 917 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to enacting the "politician self-immortalization prevention act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "politician self-immortalization prevention act". S 2. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section 73-c to read as follows: S 73-C. NAMING OF FACILITIES AFTER PUBLIC OFFICIALS; PROHIBITED. 1. NO FACILITY, THE CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION OR OPERATION OF WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY STATE FUNDS, MAY BE NAMED AFTER A LIVING PERSON WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN OUT OF PUBLIC OFFICE FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS. 2. THE PROHIBITION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE LEGISLATURE APPROVES THE NAMING OF SUCH FACILITY IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION FOURTEEN OF ARTICLE THREE OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION, AND THE GOVERNOR APPROVES THE NAMING OF SUCH FACILITY IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION SEVEN OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION. 3. WHERE ANY PERSON, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY INITIATE A CIVIL ACTION TO ENFORCE THE PROHIBITION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01169-01-5
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