New York S 2136: Prohibits a person currently employed by the governor in the executive chamber or employed as a lobbyist from being appointed to a position that requires approval of the senate

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S02136 Summary:

BILL NOS02136 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, BRISPORT, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, RYAN S

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Amd §3, Pub Off L; amd §2825, Pub Auth L; amd §856, Gen Muni L; amd §4, UDC Act

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Prohibits a person currently employed by the governor in the executive chamber or employed as a lobbyist from being appointed to a position that requires approval of the senate.

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BILL NOS02136 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2136

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, BORRELLO, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, S. RYAN
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, the public authorities law, the
 general municipal law and the New York state urban development corpo-
 ration act, in relation to prohibiting a person employed by the gover-
 nor in the executive chamber or employed as a lobbyist from being
 appointed to a position that requires approval of the senate

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
 3 1-b. No person who is serving as a state officer or employee in the
 4 executive chamber of the governor, or person who is a lobbyist regis-
 5 tered under a state or local law, or person registered as a lobbyist
 6 pursuant to article one-A of the legislative law, shall within the peri-
 7 od of such service or employment be appointed by the governor to any
 8 board, agency or capacity that would require such nomination to be
 9 approved by the senate.
 10 § 2. Subdivision 1 and the opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of
 11 section 2825 of the public authorities law, subdivision 1 as amended by
 12 chapter 766 of the laws of 2005 and the opening paragraph of subdivision
 13 2 as amended by chapter 174 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as
 14 follows:
 15 1. No public officer or employee shall be ineligible for appointment
 16 as a trustee or member of the governing body of a state or local author-
 17 ity, as defined in section two of this chapter, and any public officer
 18 or employee may accept such appointment and serve as such trustee or
 19 member without forfeiture of any other public office or position of
 20 public employment by reason thereof, provided, however, that a public

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04751-01-5

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 1 officer or employee serving in the executive chamber of the governor
 2 shall be ineligible for any such appointment.
 3 Except for members who serve as members by virtue of holding a civil
 4 office of the state, [the majority of] the remaining members of the
 5 governing body of every state or local authority shall be independent
 6 members; provided, however, that this provision shall apply to appoint-
 7 ments made on or after the effective date of chapter seven hundred
 8 sixty-six of the laws of two thousand five which added this subdivision.
 9 The official or officials having the authority to appoint or remove such
 10 remaining members shall take such actions as may be necessary to satisfy
 11 this requirement and further, shall consider the prospective diversity
 12 of the members of a state authority when making their determinations to
 13 appoint any member. For the purposes of this section, an independent
 14 member is one who:
 15 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 and subdivisions 2 and 4 of
 16 section 856 of the general municipal law, paragraph (a) of subdivision 1
 17 and subdivision 4 as added by chapter 1030 of the laws of 1969 and
 18 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 356 of the laws of 1993, are amended