Assembly Bill A8963

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the filling of vacancies in the office of attorney general or comptroller

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A8963 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §41, Pub Off L

2023-A8963 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the filling of vacancies in the office of attorney general or comptroller be done by a two-thirds majority of each house.

2023-A8963 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8963
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public officers law, in relation to the filling of
   vacancies in the office of attorney general or comptroller
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 41 of the public officers law, as amended by chap-
 ter 91 of the laws of 1928, is amended to read as follows:
   § 41. Vacancies filled  by  legislature.  When  a  vacancy  occurs  or
 exists[,  other than by removal,] in the office of comptroller or attor-
 ney-general, or a resignation of either such officer to take  effect  at
 any future day shall have been made while the legislature is in session,
 the  two  houses  thereof,  by  [joint ballot] A TWO-THIRDS VOTE IN EACH
 HOUSE, shall appoint a person to fill such actual or prospective  vacan-
 cy.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14056-01-4

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