New York A 6611: Relates to the membership of the law revision commission

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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6611--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
mental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to the law revision
commission
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 70 of the legislative law, as amended by chapter
2 239 of the laws of 1944, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 70. Commission [ ] ; terms and qualifications ofcreated continued
4 members. A law revision commission is hereby [ ] , [ ]created continued to
5 consist of the [ ] of the committees on theand shall chairman chairs
6 judiciary and codes of the senate and assembly, ex-officio, and [ ]five
7 additional members, to be appointed by the governornine five members ,
8 one member to be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one
9 member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one member to be
10 appointed by the chief judge of the court of appeals and one member to
11 . The members first appointed by thebe appointed by the attorney general
12 governor following the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two
13 shall be appointed forthousand twenty-six that amended this section
14 such terms that the term of one member will expire on each succeeding
15 thirty-first day of December. The member first appointed by the tempo-
16 rary president of the senate shall be appointed for a term of three
17 years. The member first appointed by the speaker of the assembly shall
18 be appointed for a term of five years. The member first appointed by
19 the chief judge of the court of appeals shall be appointed for a term of
20 four years. The member first appointed by the attorney general shall be
21 The term of a member thereafterappointed for a term of five years.
22 appointed, except to fill a vacancy occurring otherwise than by expira-
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 tion of term, shall be five years from the expiration of the term of
2 [ ] predecessor. A vacancy in the office of a memberhis such member's
3 [ ] occurring otherwise than by expiration ofappointed by the governor
4 term, shall be filled by the [ ] for governor appointing authority only
5 the remainder [ ] of the term . [only of such member's predecessor Upon
6 ] , the [ ]making the original appointments In July of each year governor
7 shall designate one of the appointed members ascommission's membership
8 [ ] of the commission. [ ] the [chairman chair Upon A vacancy in appoint-
9 ] of [ ] the [ ] of the commissionment office a successor to chairman chair
10 , [ ] shalloccurring otherwise than by expiration of term the governor
11 [ ] the [designate such successor or other member of be filled by commis-
12 ] sion as chairman commission's membership for only the remainder of the
13 . Four members appointed by the governorterm of such chair's predecessor
14 shall be attorneys and counselors at law, admitted to practice in the
15 courts of this state, or members of law faculties of universities or law
16 schools within the state recognized by the board of regents of the state
17 and at least two of [ ] shall be members ofof New York, them such members
18 law faculties of universities or law schools within the state recognized
19 by the board of regents of the state of New York. The commission shall
20 meet in person or virtually at least on a quarterly basis.
21 § 2. Section 71 of the legislative law, as amended by chapter 358 of
22 the laws of 1961, is amended to read as follows:
23 § 71. Expenses; employees. Each of the members of the commission
24 appointed by the governor shall receiveor by members of the legislature
25 necessary expenses incurred in the performance ofreimbursement for
26 official duty. The commission may appoint such employees as may be need-
27 ed, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation within the amount
28 appropriated for the commission.
29 § 3. Section 72 of the legislative law, as added by chapter 597 of the
30 laws of 1934, is amended to read as follows:
31 § 72. Purposes of commission. It shall be the duty of the law revision
32 commission:
33 1. To examine the common law and statutes of the state and current
34 judicial decisions [for the purpose of discovering defects and anachro-
35 ] and recommending needed reforms.nisms in the law
36 2. To receive and consider proposedsuggested areas of study and
37 changes in the law recommended by judges, justices, public officials,
38 the American law institute, the [lawyers, commissioners for the
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