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S2317 • 2025

Relates to preventing certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority; repealer

Relates to preventing certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority; repealer

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
James Skoufis
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relates to preventing certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority; repealer

Relates to preventing certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority; repealer Prevents certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to preventing certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority; repealer Prevents certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-06-04 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

  4. 2026-05-21 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-05-20 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-05-19 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1243

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  10. 2025-06-10 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2025-06-10 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

  13. 2025-05-27 Senate

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 2317A

  14. 2025-05-22 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  15. 2025-05-21 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  16. 2025-05-20 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1146

  17. 2025-01-16 Senate

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Official Summary Text

Relates to preventing certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority; repealer
Prevents certain elected officials from being a member of an agency or industrial development authority.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2317

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 16, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, KRUEGER, MATTERA, MAYER, WEBB -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Local Government

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation to preventing
          certain elected officials from being a member of  an  agency;  and  to
          repeal subdivision 4 of section 856 of such law relating thereto

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 856 of the general  municipal  law
     2  is REPEALED and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
     3    4.  NO MEMBER OF AN AGENCY SHALL BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE MUNICI-
     4  PALITY NOR SHALL ANY MEMBER OF AN AGENCY BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL  OF  ANY
     5  COUNTY,  CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE WITHIN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE AGENCY IS
     6  LOCATED. WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO CURRENTLY SERVES  AS  A  MEMBER  OF  AN
     7  AGENCY  WOULD  BE INELIGIBLE TO SERVE UNTIL THEIR TERM AS A MEMBER OF AN
     8  AGENCY HAS EXPIRED, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OR APPOINTING
     9  AUTHORITY OF THE AGENCY SHALL APPOINT  NEW  MEMBERS  OF  THE  AGENCY  AS
    10  PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WAS NO
    11  LONGER ABLE TO SERVE IN SUCH A CAPACITY.   THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT
    12  APPLY TO ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS REQUIRED TO SERVE ON AN INDUSTRIAL DEVEL-
    13  OPMENT  AGENCY  UNDER  TITLE TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
    14  NOT APPLY TO ANY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT HAS A BOARD ENTIRELY
    15  COMPOSED OF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY THAT CHARTERED  SUCH
    16  INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01283-01-5