New York S 7097: Relates to appointments made by the governor and the senate

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S07097 Summary:

BILL NOS07097 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, ORTT, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §7, Pub Off L

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Provides that when an appointment to an office by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate is communicated, in the form of a written nomination of a person for the office, the senate shall wait at least thirty days to confirm or reject such nomination from the date such written nomination was received; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS07097 

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04/01/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7097

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. LANZA, BORRELLO, ORTT, WEIK -- 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, in relation to certain appoint-
 ments by the governor and the senate

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

 1 Section 1. Section 7 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter
 2 230 of the laws of 1949, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 7. Appointment by the governor and senate. 1. An appointment to an
 4 office by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate,
 5 shall be made by communicating to the senate, while in session, a writ-
 6 ten nomination of a person for the office, designating the residence of
 7 the nominee, and if nominated to be an officer of a political subdivi-
 8 sion of the state, designating also such subdivision, and if nominating
 9 two or more persons to the same office for different terms, designating
 10 the term for which each is nominated. If such nomination be of a succes-
 11 sor to a predecessor in the same office, it may be made and acted upon
 12 by the senate after the expiration of the term or occurrence of a vacan-
 13 cy in the office of such predecessor, or at any time during the legisla-
 14 tive session of the calendar year in which the term of office of such
 15 predecessor shall expire or in which the office shall become vacant. If
 16 the appointment be made before the expiration of the term of such prede-
 17 cessor, the term of office of the appointee shall commence upon the
 18 expiration of the term of such predecessor, or if made to fill a vacan-
 19 cy, upon the occurrence of such vacancy, or immediately if a vacancy
 20 already exist. If the senate shall reject such nomination, the secretary
 21 of the senate shall forthwith communicate, by writing, signed by [him]
 22 such secretary and by the temporary president of the senate, to the
 23 governor the fact of such rejection. If the senate shall confirm such
 24 nomination the appointment shall be deemed complete, and thereupon

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11340-01-5

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 1 duplicate certificates of the confirmation shall be made and signed by
 2 the temporary president and secretary of the senate, who shall cause one
 3 to be delivered to the governor and the other to the secretary of state,
 4 who shall record the same in [his] their office in a book kept for that
 5 purpose.
 6 2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, when an appoint-
 7 ment to an office by the governor by and with the advice and consent of
 8 the senate is communicated, in the form of a written nomination of a
 9 person for the office, the senate shall wait at least thirty days to
 10 confirm or reject such nomination from the date such written nomination
 11 was received. If the senate acts to confirm or reject such nomination
 12 within thirty days, such action:
 13 (a) shall be deemed void; and
 14 (b) shall not be reconsidered until thirty days have elapsed from the
 15 date of such illegal confirmation or rejection.
 16 3. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section,