Senate Bill S5243

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes all local governments to appoint the community service directors who will serve such governments

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities 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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2011-S5243 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §41.09, Ment Hyg L

2011-S5243 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes all local governments to provide for the appointment and removal of their directors of community services.

2011-S5243 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5243

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
  mental Disabilities

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  the  appointment
  of directors of community services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 41.09 of the mental hygiene law,
as amended by chapter 588 of the laws of 1973 and such section as renum-
bered by chapter 978 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) [Charter]  LOCAL  governments  may  provide  for  appointment  and
removal of directors in a manner authorized by such governments. [In all
other  local  governments, the board shall appoint and remove the direc-
tor.] Salaries and allowable expenses shall be  set  by  the  appointing
authority.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01696-01-1


              

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