A 4295: Requires the filling of vacancies in the office of attorney general or comptroller be done by a two-thirds majority of each house.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4295 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the filling of vacancies in the office of attorney general or comptroller The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 41 of the public officers law, as amended by chap- 2 ter 91 of the laws of 1928, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 41. Vacancies filled by legislature. When a vacancy occurs or 4 exists[, other than by removal,] in the office of comptroller or attor- 5 ney-general, or a resignation of either such officer to take effect at 6 any future day shall have been made while the legislature is in session, 7 the two houses thereof, by [joint ballot] a two-thirds vote in each 8 house, shall appoint a person to fill such actual or prospective vacan- 9 cy. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08289-01-5