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Senator · Senate District 40
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to local government
Companion bill
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Relates to use of official seals
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor Claudia Tenney
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6616
Title of bill
An act to amend the county law, in relation to use of official seals
PURPOSE::
Prohibits the use of County Seals without prior consent of the County.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends section 404 of the County Law to add language prohibiting the use of County Seals, including, Seal of the Board of Supervisors, County Seal, Seal of the County Treasurer, Surrogate and Register of Deeds, without prior consent of the County or official authorized to issue consent for use of the seals.
Section 2 contains the effective date.
Justification
This legislation is in response to the overwhelming number of Counties across the state who have voiced opposition to the use of their County seals being used by the state or its agencies in conjunction with the recertification of pistol licenses under the SAFE Act. This bill would prohibit the use of county seals by the state police or any other state or municipal agency without the consent of the county.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act shall take effect immediately.
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