New York S 1582: Provides for a special election, at the discretion of the governor, to fill vacancies in the office of comptroller and attorney-general

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S01582 Summary:

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Amd §§41 & 42, Pub Off L

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Provides for a special election, at the discretion of the governor, to fill vacancies in the office of comptroller or attorney-general.

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01/10/2025REFERRED 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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 1582

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 vacancies in the
 office of comptroller or attorney-general

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

 1 Section 1. Section 41 of the public officers law, as amended by chap-
 2 ter 91 of the laws of 1928, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 41. Vacancies [filled by legislature] in the office of comptroller
 4 or attorney-general. When a vacancy occurs or exists[, other than by
 5 removal,] in the office of comptroller or attorney-general, [or a resig-
 6 nation of either such officer to take effect at any future day shall
 7 have been made while the legislature is in session, the two houses ther-
 8 eof, by joint ballot, shall appoint a person to fill such actual or
 9 prospective vacancy] the governor may in the governor's discretion make
 10 proclamation of a special election to fill such office, specifying the
 11 date of such election, which shall be not less than forty-five nor more
 12 than sixty days from the date of the proclamation.
 13 § 2. Subdivision 4-a of section 42 of the public officers law, as
 14 amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
 15 follows:
 16 4-a. If a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator from
 17 this state [in any even numbered calendar year on or after the fifty-
 18 ninth day prior to the annual primary election, or thereafter during
 19 said even numbered year, the governor shall make a temporary appointment
 20 to fill such vacancy until the third day of January in the year follow-
 21 ing the next even numbered calendar year. If such vacancy occurs in any
 22 even numbered calendar year on or before the sixtieth day prior to an
 23 annual primary election, the governor shall make a temporary appointment
 24 to fill such vacancy until the third day of January in the next calendar

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01609-01-5

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 1 year. If a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator from
 2 this state in any odd numbered calendar year, the governor shall make a
 3 temporary appointment to fill such vacancy until the third day of Janu-
 4 ary in the next odd numbered calendar year. Such an appointment shall
 5 be evidenced by a certificate of the governor which shall be filed in
 6 the office of the state board of elections. At the time for filing such
 7 certificate], the governor may in the governor's discretion, make proc-
 8 lamation of a special election to fill such office, specifying the date
 9 of such election, which shall not be less than forty-five nor more than
 10 sixty days from the date of such proclamation. The governor shall issue
 11 and file in the office of the state board of elections a writ of
 12 election directing the election of a United States senator to fill such
 13 vacancy for the unexpired term at the general election next preceding
 14 the expiration for the term of such [appointment] special election.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date as a concurrent
 16 resolution entitled "CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 17 proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution, in
 18 relation to providing for special elections to fill the offices of comp-