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CHAPTER 800 AN ACT in relation to executive officers, constituting chapter eighteen of the consolidated laws Became a law April 13, 1951, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, by a majority vote, three-fifths being present The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows…
ARTICLE 1 SHORT TITLE Section 1. Short title.
§ 1. This chapter shall be known as the "Executive Law."
ARTICLE 2 GOVERNOR Section 2. Office and residence of governor. 3. Acting governor. 4. Secretary and counsel to the governor. 4-a. Chief diversity officer. 4-b. Chief disability officer. 5. Executive records. 6. Examination and inspection by the governor. 7. Limited operation of holiday. 9. Lease or loan of state prope…
§ 2. Office and residence of governor. The office of the governor shall be known as the executive chamber, and his residence, as the executive mansion.
§ 3. Acting governor. Every provision of law relating to the governor shall extend to the lieutenant-governor, to the president of the senate, and to the speaker of the assembly respectively, while acting as governor in pursuance of law.
§ 4. Secretary and counsel to the governor. A secretary to the governor shall be appointed by the governor, and shall receive a salary to be fixed by the governor within the amount appropriated therefor. It shall be the duty of such secretary to assist the governor in matters pertaining to the executive department and…
§ 4-a. Chief diversity officer. A chief diversity officer for the state shall be appointed by the governor and shall receive a salary to be fixed by the governor within the amount appropriated therefor. The chief diversity officer's responsibilities shall include the following: 1. Advise and assist the governor in form…
§ 4-b. Chief disability officer. 1. Persons with disabilities comprise a major segment of the state of New York's population and their particular needs and concerns must be considered as an integral part of the planning and implementation of all state programs and services affecting their lives and well-being. The offi…
§ 5. Executive records. The governor shall cause to be kept in the executive chamber or in the appropriate state office: 1. Journals of the daily transactions of his office. 2. Registers, containing classified statements of such transactions. 3. Separate registers containing classified statements of all applications fo…
§ 6. Examination and inspection by the governor. The governor is authorized at any time, either in person or by one or more persons appointed by him for the purpose, to examine and investigate the management and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission of the state. The governor and the persons so appoint…
§ 7. Limited operation of holiday. The governor in issuing any proclamation appointing any day as a holiday or as a day of thanksgiving or fasting and prayer or other religious observance, under section twenty-four of the general construction law is authorized, in his discretion, to limit or restrict the effect and ope…
§ 9. Lease or loan of state property; temporary transfer of personnel. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, general, special or local 1. (a) The governor, from time to time, whenever he deems it to be in the public interest, may authorize any department or agency of the state to lease or lend to the army…
§ 11. Indian settlement agreements. 1. Oneida settlement agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon filing with the secretary of state, the settlement agreement executed between the governor, the counties of Oneida and Madison, and the Oneida Nation of New York dated the sixteenth day of May, two thous…
§ 12. Tribal-state compact. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the state, through the governor, may execute a tribal-state compact with the Seneca Nation of Indians pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-497; 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2721 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 1166-1168) consistent with a memorandum of unde…
ARTICLE 2-A REPRIEVES, COMMUTATIONS AND PARDONS Section 15. Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons. 16. His power; in respect to convictions for treason; duty of the legislature, in such cases. 17. Governor to communicate annually to legislature, reprieves, commutations and pardons. 18. Conditio…
§ 15. Power of governor to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons. The governor has power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, after conviction, for all offenses, except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions, and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to the…
§ 16. His power; in respect to convictions for treason; duty of the legislature, in such cases. He may also suspend the execution of the sentence, upon a conviction for treason, until the case can be reported to the legislature, at its next meeting, when the legislature must either pardon or commute the sentence, direc…
§ 17. Governor to communicate annually to legislature, reprieves, commutations and pardons. He must annually communicate to the legislature, each case of reprieve, commutation or pardon; stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, par…
§ 18. Conditional pardon; procedure on violation of. If any person who has been discharged from imprisonment, by virtue of any parole, conditional pardon, or conditional commutation of his sentence, shall violate such condition or neglect to perform it, his parole, pardon or commutation shall be void and he shall be re…
§ 19. Setting aside judgment of conviction and dismissing indictment, information or complaint in case of pardon of defendant on ground of innocence. Upon motion duly made therefor, the judgment of conviction must be set aside and the indictment, information or complaint dismissed by the court in which the defendant wa…
ARTICLE 2-B STATE AND LOCAL NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Section 20. Natural and man-made disasters; policy; definitions. 21. Disaster preparedness commission established; meetings; powers and duties. 22. State disaster preparedness plans. 23. Local comprehensive emergency management plans. 23-a. County r…
§ 20. Natural and man-made disasters; policy; definitions. 1. It shall be the policy of the state that: a. local government and emergency service organizations continue their essential role as the first line of defense in times of disaster, and that the state provide appropriate supportive services to the extent necess…
§ 21. Disaster preparedness commission established; meetings; powers and duties. 1. There is hereby created in the executive department a disaster preparedness commission consisting of the commissioners of transportation, health, division of criminal justice services, education, economic development, agriculture and ma…
§ 22. State disaster preparedness plans. 1. The commission shall prepare a state disaster preparedness plan and submit such plan to the governor for approval no later than one year following the effective date of this act. The governor shall act upon such plan by July first of that year. The commission shall review suc…