Assembly Bill A7107

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits statewide elected officers and certain appointed officers from receiving compensation for any book or other published work written during the course of their term of service

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A7107 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5601
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §74, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5493, S1076

2021-A7107 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits statewide elected officers and certain appointed officers from receiving compensation for any book or other published work written during the course of their term of service.

2021-A7107 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7107
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law ,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
   statewide elected officers and certain appointed officers from receiv-
   ing  compensation  for any book or other published work written during
   the course of their term of service

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 74 of the public officers law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
   J. NO OFFICER ELECTED TO A STATEWIDE OFFICE WITHIN THE  STATE  OR  WHO
 HOLDS  AN  OFFICE  FILLED  BY  DIRECT  APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR, THAT
 RECEIVES A STATE SALARY, AND REQUIRES SENATE CONFIRMATION  MAY  SELL  OR
 RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR ANY BOOK OR OTHER PUBLISHED WORK WRITTEN DURING
 THEIR TERM OF SERVICE IN SUCH POSITION. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT PROHIB-
 IT  SUCH A PERSON FROM SELLING OR RECEIVING COMPENSATION FOR ANY BOOK OR
 OTHER SUCH PUBLISHED WORK WRITTEN EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER  SUCH  TERM  OF
 SERVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10770-01-1

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