STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          11288
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      July 25, 2018
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        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Abinanti) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  in  relation  to  holding  the  position of acting or temporary
          commissioner
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any provision of law to the contrary, no
     2  person may act as or hold the position of an acting or temporary commis-
     3  sioner of any state agency, department or office for  more  than  forty-
     4  five  days  while  the legislature is in session or for more than thirty
     5  days after the legislature convenes if the  legislature  was  in  recess
     6  when the vacancy occurred.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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