New York S 4657: Relates to the membership of the law revision commission

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S04657 Summary:

BILL NOS04657A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06611-A

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§70 - 72, add §73, Leg L

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Relates to law revision commission membership appointment and review of judicial decisions.

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BILL NOS04657A

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02/10/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

05/28/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

03/04/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

03/04/2026PRINT NUMBER 4657A

03/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4657--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 10, 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 -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations and
 Government Operations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 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 [created] continued; terms and qualifications of
 4 members. A law revision commission is hereby [created] continued, [to]
 5 and shall consist of the [chairman] chairs of the committees on the
 6 judiciary and codes of the senate and assembly, ex-officio, and [five]
 7 nine additional members, five members to be appointed by the governor,
 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 be appointed by the attorney general. The members first appointed by the
 12 governor following the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two
 13 thousand twenty-six that amended this section shall be appointed for
 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 appointed for a term of five years. The term of a member thereafter

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09292-02-6

 S. 4657--A 2

 1 appointed, except to fill a vacancy occurring otherwise than by expira-
 2 tion of term, shall be five years from the expiration of the term of
 3 [his] such member's predecessor. A vacancy in the office of a member
 4 [appointed by the governor] occurring otherwise than by expiration of
 5 term, shall be filled by the [governor] appointing authority for only
 6 the remainder [only] of the term of such member's predecessor. [Upon
 7 making the original appointments] In July of each year, the [governor]
 8 commission's membership shall designate one of the appointed members as
 9 [chairman] chair of the commission. [Upon] A vacancy in the [appoint-
 10 ment] office of [a successor to] the [chairman] chair of the commission
 11 occurring otherwise than by expiration of term, [the governor] shall
 12 [designate such successor or other member of] be filled by the [commis-
 13 sion as chairman] commission's membership for only the remainder of the
 14 term of such chair's predecessor. Four members appointed by the governor
 15 shall be attorneys and counselors at law, admitted to practice in the
 16 courts o