Bill Text: NY S04268 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4268 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits elected officials, state officers or employees, members of the legislature and legislative employees from supervising a relative in the performance of their duties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04268 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04268-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4268
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 20, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER  --  (at request of the State Commission on
         Public Integrity) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
         to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public officers law, in relation to prohibiting
         elected officials, state officers or employees, members of the  legis-
         lature and legislative employees from supervising a relative
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 14 of section 73 of the public
    2  officers law, as added by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (a)  No  statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member
    5  of the legislature or legislative employee may participate in any  deci-
    6  sion  to  hire,  promote,  discipline  or  discharge  a relative for any
    7  compensated position at, for or within any state agency, public authori-
    8  ty or the legislature, OR SUPERVISE A RELATIVE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS
    9  OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08302-02-9