Bill Text: NY S05519 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the task force for the review of rules, regulations and public authorities to perform a review and make recommendations relating to the necessity for each rule, regulation and public authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S05519 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05519-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5519--B
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 16, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  GRIFFO, BALL, GRISANTI, VALESKY -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Finance -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Commit-
         tee  on  Finance  --  ordered  to a third reading, amended and ordered
         reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- recom-
         mitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,
         sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the  task
         force for the review of rules, regulations and public authorities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 3-B to
    2  read as follows:
    3                                 ARTICLE 3-B
    4                        REVIEW OF RULES, REGULATIONS
    5                           AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
    6  SECTION 39-G. TASK FORCE FOR THE REVIEW OF RULES, REGULATIONS AND PUBLIC
    7                  AUTHORITIES.
    8    S 39-G. TASK FORCE FOR THE REVIEW OF  RULES,  REGULATIONS  AND  PUBLIC
    9  AUTHORITIES.  1.  ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST IN EACH YEAR THAT ENDS WITH A
   10  FIVE, THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED A TASK FORCE FOR THE REVIEW  OF  RULES,
   11  REGULATIONS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES. SUCH TASK FORCE SHALL EXAMINE, EVAL-
   12  UATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE UTILITY OF AND THE NECESSI-
   13  TY FOR EACH STATE RULE, REGULATION AND PUBLIC AUTHORITY.
   14    2.  THE  TASK  FORCE  FOR  THE REVIEW OF RULES, REGULATIONS AND PUBLIC
   15  AUTHORITIES SHALL BE COMPOSED OF ELEVEN MEMBERS  APPOINTED  AS  FOLLOWS:
   16  THREE  MEMBERS  APPOINTED  BY THE GOVERNOR; TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE
   17  STATE COMPTROLLER; TWO MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF
   18  THE  SENATE;  TWO  MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY; ONE
   19  MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE;  AND  ONE  MEMBER
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11014-04-4
       S. 5519--B                          2
    1  APPOINTED  BY  THE  MINORITY  LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY. THE GOVERNOR SHALL
    2  DESIGNATE THE CHAIR OF THE TASK FORCE FROM AMONG HIS OR HER APPOINTEES.
    3    3. THE TASK FORCE SHALL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SHALL HAVE THE POWERS
    4  OF A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO THE LEGISLATIVE LAW.
    5    4.  THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE TASK FORCE SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR
    6  THEIR SERVICES, BUT SHALL BE ALLOWED THEIR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES
    7  INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
    8    5. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE, THE TASK FORCE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
    9  REQUEST AND RECEIVE AND SHALL UTILIZE AND BE PROVIDED WITH SUCH  FACILI-
   10  TIES,  RESOURCES  AND  DATA  OF  ANY COURT, DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD,
   11  BUREAU, COMMISSION, OR AGENCY OF THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION
   12  OR  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY  THEREOF AS IT MAY REASONABLY REQUEST TO CARRY OUT
   13  PROPERLY ITS POWERS AND DUTIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   14    6. THE TASK FORCE SHALL, ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST IN EACH YEAR  THAT
   15  ENDS WITH A SIX, SUBMIT A REPORT OF ITS FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOM-
   16  MENDATIONS  TO  THE GOVERNOR, THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE LEGISLATURE,
   17  AND SHALL SUBMIT WITH SUCH REPORT SUCH LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AS IT DEEMS
   18  NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS.  THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
   19  REPEAL OF ANY UNNECESSARY RULE OR REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING UNLESS  BY
   20  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION THE LEGISLATURE SHALL REJECT THE RECOMMENDATION IN
   21  WHOLE OR IN PART.
   22    7.  EACH  TASK  FORCE SHALL BE DISSOLVED UPON SUBMISSION OF ITS REPORT
   23  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.