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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2317
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 16, 2025
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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2 is REPEALED and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows: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.
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