New York S 1697: Establishes the "division of research and analysis" which is a separate division of the legislative library

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S01697 Summary:

BILL NOS01697 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00576

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSRGOUNARDES, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §7-a, Leg L

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Establishes the "division of research and analysis" which is a part of the legislative library and assists members of the legislature by providing research and analysis on policy.

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BILL NOS01697 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1697

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MAY, GOUNARDES, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
 gations and Government Operations

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to the creation of the
 division of research and analysis to assist the legislature

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature seeks to create a new
 2 nonpartisan division which shall provide assistance to the legislature
 3 with analysis of issues and policies in order to facilitate the lawmak-
 4 ing process. This division shall serve all members of both house cham-
 5 bers equally and without bias. The legislature further intends to create
 6 a division that shall empower the legislature by providing independent
 7 and trustworthy information to the legislature, and will maintain
 8 adequate staffing to allow the legislature to consider the best inter-
 9 ests of the state.
 10 § 2. Section 7-a of the legislative law, as amended by chapter 746 of
 11 the laws of 1974, and the third undesignated paragraph as added by chap-
 12 ter 867 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 13 § 7-a. Legislative library, librarian and assistants. 1. (a) There
 14 shall be a legislative library to be located in the state capitol in
 15 rooms assigned by the commissioner of general services, conveniently
 16 accessible to the members of both houses of legislature, and such
 17 library shall be open throughout the year.
 18 (b) Such library shall be suitably furnished, equipped and maintained
 19 under the direction of the legislative librarian, within the amount of
 20 any moneys available therefor by appropriation, subject to joint rules,
 21 if any, that may be adopted by the senate and assembly in relation ther-
 22 eto. There shall be, for such library, a legislative librarian and such
 23 assistant librarians and other employees as may be provided for in the
 24 legislative appropriation bill. Such librarian, assistant librarians and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02138-01-5

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 1 other employees shall be chosen by the temporary president of the senate
 2 and speaker of the assembly. One of the assistant librarians shall be
 3 assigned by the legislative librarian to have charge of the legislative
 4 correspondents' room in the capitol. The legislative librarian and
 5 assistant librarians heretofore chosen by the president of the senate
 6 and speaker of the assembly, and in office when this section as hereby
 7 amended takes effect, shall continue to serve until their successors
 8 shall be chosen. The salaries and compensation of the legislative
 9 librarian, assistant librarians and other employees shall be payable
 10 from moneys appropriated in the legislative appropriation bill. During a
 11 vacancy in the office of legislative librarian, the assistant librarian
 12 who shall have been longest in the service of the state as a legislative
 13 employee, shall be employed as acting legislative librarian with the
 14 powers and duties of such librarian, and shall receive during such peri-
 15 od the compensation herein prescribed for the legislative librarian.
 16 Such librarian shall have charge of the legislative library, but the two
 17 houses of the legislature may, by joint rules, regulate th