Bill Text: NY A07071 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment of members to county and local boards of ethics.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to local governments [A07071 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07071-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7071
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 4, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments
        AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the appoint-
          ment of members to county and local boards of ethics
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 808 of the general munici-
     2  pal law, as amended by chapter 1019 of the laws of 1970, are amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    1.  The  governing  body of any county may establish a county board of
     5  ethics and appropriate moneys for maintenance and personal  services  in
     6  connection  therewith.  The  members  of  such  board of ethics shall be
     7  appointed by such governing body [except in the case of a county operat-
     8  ing under an optional or alternative form of county government or county
     9  charter, in which case the members shall  be  appointed  by  the  county
    10  executive or county manager, as the case may be, subject to confirmation
    11  by  such governing body]. Such board of ethics shall consist of at least
    12  three members[, a majority of whom shall not be officers or  employees].
    13  No  member  appointed shall be an officer or employee of such [county or
    14  municipalities wholly or partially located in such county and  at  least
    15  one of whom shall be an elected or appointed officer or employee of the]
    16  county or a municipality wholly or partially located within such county.
    17  The  members  of  such board shall receive no salary or compensation for
    18  their services as members of such board and shall serve at the  pleasure
    19  of the appointing authority.
    20    3.  The  governing  body  of  any municipality other than a county may
    21  establish a local board of ethics and, where such governing body  is  so
    22  authorized,  appropriate moneys for maintenance and personal services in
    23  connection therewith. A local board shall have all the powers and duties
    24  of and shall be governed by the same conditions as  a  county  board  of
    25  ethics,  except  that  it  shall  act  only with respect to officers and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 7071                             2
     1  employees of the municipality that has established such board or of  its
     2  agencies.  The  members  of  a  local  board  shall be appointed by such
     3  [person or] body as may be designated by the governing body of the muni-
     4  cipality  to  serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and such
     5  board shall consist of at least three members[, a majority of  whom  are
     6  not  otherwise  officers  or employees]. No member appointed shall be an
     7  officer or employee of such municipality. [Such board shall  include  at
     8  least  one  member  who  is an elected or appointed municipal officer or
     9  employee.]
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.