Assembly Bill A931

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to preventing certain elected officials from being a member of an agency; repealer

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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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2025-A931 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §856 sub 4, amd §856, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7235
2021-2022: A1308
2023-2024: A255

2025-A931 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prevents certain elected officials from being a member of an agency.

2025-A931 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    931
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MAGNARELLI, SIMON, BUTTENSCHON, COOK, LAVINE,
   JACOBSON, STIRPE, STECK, PAULIN,  GLICK,  REYES,  EPSTEIN,  LEVENBERG,
   EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation to preventing
   certain elected officials from being a member of  an  agency;  and  to
   repeal subdivision 4 of section 856 of such law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 856 of the general  municipal  law
 is REPEALED and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
   4.  NO MEMBER OF AN AGENCY SHALL BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE MUNICI-
 PALITY NOR SHALL ANY MEMBER OF AN AGENCY BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL  OF  ANY
 COUNTY,  CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE WITHIN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE AGENCY IS
 LOCATED. WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO CURRENTLY SERVES  AS  A  MEMBER  OF  AN
 AGENCY  WOULD  BE INELIGIBLE TO SERVE UNTIL THEIR TERM AS A MEMBER OF AN
 AGENCY HAS EXPIRED, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OR APPOINTING
 AUTHORITY OF THE AGENCY SHALL APPOINT  NEW  MEMBERS  OF  THE  AGENCY  AS
 PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WAS NO
 LONGER ABLE TO SERVE IN SUCH A CAPACITY.   THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT
 APPLY TO ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS REQUIRED TO SERVE ON AN INDUSTRIAL DEVEL-
 OPMENT  AGENCY  UNDER  TITLE TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 NOT APPLY TO ANY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT HAS A BOARD ENTIRELY
 COMPOSED OF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY THAT CHARTERED  SUCH
 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01283-01-5

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