Bill Text: NY S03236 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires at least one member of the workers' compensation board be a chiropractor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S03236 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03236-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3236
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to  requiring
         at  least one member of the workers' compensation board to be a chiro-
         practor
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 140 of the workers' compensation law, as amended by
    2  chapter 57 of the laws of 1951, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S  140. [Workmen's] WORKERS' compensation board. The [workmen's] WORK-
    4  ERS' compensation board in the department of labor is hereby  continued.
    5  Such  board  shall  consist  of  thirteen members, at least four of whom
    6  shall be attorneys and counsellors-at-law duly admitted to  practice  in
    7  this  state AND AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A CHIROPRACTOR LICENSED TO
    8  PRACTICE IN THIS STATE.  The members of the board shall be appointed  by
    9  the  governor,  by  and  with the advice and consent of the senate.  The
   10  members of the board in office, together with the additional members and
   11  the members appointed to fill  vacancies,  if  any,  at  the  time  this
   12  section takes effect, shall continue, notwithstanding the appointment of
   13  any  of  the  members  for  a term expiring on a different date, to hold
   14  office for terms to be assigned by the governor by and with  the  advice
   15  and  consent of the senate; two such terms to expire on December thirty-
   16  first, nineteen hundred fifty; two to expire on  December  thirty-first,
   17  nineteen  hundred  fifty-one;  two  to  expire on December thirty-first,
   18  nineteen hundred fifty-two; two  to  expire  on  December  thirty-first,
   19  nineteen  hundred  fifty-three;  two to expire on December thirty-first,
   20  nineteen hundred fifty-four; two to  expire  on  December  thirty-first,
   21  nineteen hundred fifty-five; and one to expire on December thirty-first,
   22  nineteen hundred fifty-six. The members next appointed, except to fill a
   23  vacancy created otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be appointed
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08326-02-1
       S. 3236                             2
    1  for  terms  of  seven  years.  The  governor  shall designate one of the
    2  members of the board as chairman and another as vice-chairman.
    3    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
    4  the amendments to section 140 of the workers' compensation law  made  by
    5  section  one  of  this act shall not affect the terms of current members
    6  serving on the workers' compensation board and shall only apply  to  new
    7  board  members filling vacancies after this act shall have become a law,
    8  and provided further, that the provisions of this act shall not prohibit
    9  current members from being reappointed.