Requires certain bills which establish a commission, task force, board, council or any similar body shall have not less than one position appointed by each of the legislative leaders.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5387
SPONSOR: Barclay TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills containing
provisions requiring appointments to be made by the legislative leaders
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To guarantee that all four of the legislative leaders are entitled to
make appointments to commissions, task forces, boards, councils, and
other such entities, whenever these entities are to receive appointments
from the legislature.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one defines the four legislative leaders and requires that any
bill establishing a commission, task force, board, council, or any other
such similar entity, and which requires that some of the members on that
commission or entity receive their appointments from the legislature,
shall have at least one position filled by each of the four legislative
leaders.
Section two contains the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
There are few states in the Union that display as diverse a set of demo-
graphics, local economies, and regional interests as does New York
State. In the interest of equity and of full representation for all New
Yorkers, this bill will guarantee that when various commissions, boards,
and similar entities are created by the legislature that they will have
members appointed to it by all four legislative leaders.
By so doing, we will be ensuring that the various interests and perspec-
tives of all New Yorkers are represented in these bodies by guaranteeing
an airing for diverse points of view. Members of such bodies with the
best possible intentions might overlook the unintended effects of their
decisions on regions and populations of the state with which they are
completely unfamiliar, and a full diversity of views will assist them in
making the best possible choices for our state.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A6128 (2021-22) Held in Government Operations
A4099 (2019-20) Held in Governmental Operations
A5647 (2017-18) Held in Governmental Operations
A519 (2015-16) Held in Governmental Operations
A1730 (2013-14) Held in Governmental Operations
A4744 (2011-12) Held in Governmental Operations
A8127 (2009-10) Held in Governmental Operations
A8247 (2007-08) Held in Governmental Operations
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5387
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 10, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, BRABENEC, BLANKENBUSH, SMITH, MIKULIN,
SMULLEN, MILLER, MANKTELOW, WALSH, J. M. GIGLIO, JENSEN, GALLAHAN,
LEMONDES, DeSTEFANO, NORRIS, SIMPSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
DiPIETRO, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, GOODELL, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to bills containing
provisions requiring appointments to be made by the legislative lead-
ers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 52-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 52-a. Requirements with respect to bills containing provisions
4 requiring appointments to be made by the legislature. 1. For purposes
5 of this section, the term "legislative leaders" shall mean the temporary
6 president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority lead-
7 er of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly.
8 2. Any bill which establishes a commission, task force, board, coun-
9 cil, or similar body, and which requires that a number of the members on
10 such commission, task force, board, council, or similar body receive
11 their appointments from the legislature, shall have not less than one
12 member appointed by each of the legislative leaders.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03840-01-3
