New York S 7887: Amends the list of persons eligible to succeed the governor in the event that the governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor

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S07887 Summary:

BILL NOS07887 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03995

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 1-A §5, Chap 784 of 1951

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Amends the list of persons eligible to succeed the governor in the event that the governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor as a result of an attack or a natural or peacetime disaster and the lieutenant governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly are unable to discharge such duties.

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BILL NOS07887 

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05/13/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7887

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 New York state defense emergency act, in relation to
 persons eligible to succeed the governor

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "unfore-
 2 seen circumstances act".
 3 § 2. Section 5 of article 1-A of chapter 784 of the laws of 1951
 4 constituting the New York state defense emergency act, as amended by
 5 chapter 420 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 5. Persons eligible to succeed governor. If, as a result of an
 7 attack or a natural or peacetime disaster, the office of governor
 8 becomes vacant and each of the lieutenant governor, the temporary presi-
 9 dent of the senate and the speaker of the assembly is unable to
 10 discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor or is absent
 11 from the state, then the officer of the state who is (a) highest in
 12 order of the following list, (b) not otherwise unable to discharge such
 13 powers and duties, and (c) not absent from the state, shall act as
 14 governor: attorney general, comptroller, commissioner of transporta-
 15 tion, commissioner of health, commissioner of [commerce] economic devel-
 16 opment, [industrial] commissioner of labor, [chairman] chairperson of
 17 the public service commission, [secertary] secretary of state.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04313-01-5

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