Senate Bill S5612A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the integrity in government act

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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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2015-S5612 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5827
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง89, 107 & 87, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1941, S7245, A1632
2019-2020: S1625
2021-2022: S1816
2023-2024: S2865

2015-S5612 - Summary

Enacts the integrity in government act; expands the powers and duties of the committee on open government.

2015-S5612 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5612 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5612

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 19, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in  relation  to  enacting  the
  integrity in government act

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "integrity
in government act".
  S  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 89 of the public offi-
cers law, as amended by chapter 33 of the laws of 1984, is  amended  and
six  new paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) are added to read as
follows:
  (a) The committee on open government is continued and shall consist of
the lieutenant governor or the delegate of such officer,  the  secretary
of  state  or  the  delegate  of such officer, whose office shall act as
secretariat for the committee, the commissioner of the office of general
services or the delegate of such officer, the director of the budget  or
the  delegate  of  such  officer,  and seven other persons, none of whom
shall hold any other state or local public office except  the  represen-
tative  of  local  governments  as  set forth herein, to be appointed as
follows: five by the governor, at least two of whom  are  or  have  been
representatives of the news media, one of whom shall be a representative
of  local  government  who,  at the time of appointment, is serving as a
duly elected officer of a local government, one by the temporary  presi-
dent  of the senate, and one by the speaker of the assembly. The persons
appointed by the temporary president of the senate and  the  speaker  of
the  assembly shall be appointed to serve, respectively, until the expi-
ration of the terms of office of the temporary president and the speaker
to which the temporary president and  speaker  were  elected.  The  four
persons presently serving by appointment of the governor for fixed terms

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09242-11-5
              

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2015-S5612A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5827
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง89, 107 & 87, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1941, S7245, A1632
2019-2020: S1625
2021-2022: S1816
2023-2024: S2865

2015-S5612A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the integrity in government act; expands the powers and duties of the committee on open government.

2015-S5612A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5612A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5612--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 19, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
  Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public officers law, in relation to enacting the
  integrity in government act

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

  Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "integrity
in government act".
  S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 89 of the public  offi-
cers  law,  as amended by chapter 33 of the laws of 1984, is amended and
six new paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) are added to read  as
follows:
  (a) The committee on open government is continued and shall consist of
the  lieutenant  governor or the delegate of such officer, the secretary
of state or the delegate of such officer,  whose  office  shall  act  as
secretariat for the committee, the commissioner of the office of general
services  or the delegate of such officer, the director of the budget or
the delegate of such officer, and seven  other  persons,  none  of  whom
shall  hold  any other state or local public office except the represen-
tative of local governments as set forth  herein,  to  be  appointed  as
follows:  five  by  the  governor, at least two of whom are or have been
representatives of the news media, one of whom shall be a representative
of local government who, at the time of appointment,  is  serving  as  a
duly  elected officer of a local government, one by the temporary presi-
dent of the senate, and one by the speaker of the assembly. The  persons
appointed  by  the  temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
the assembly shall be appointed to serve, respectively, until the  expi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09242-15-6
              

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