The New York City Council - File #: Int 0241-2018

• File #: Int 0241-2018
• Version: B
• Name: Establishing a charter revision commission to draft a new or revised city charter.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/31/2018
• In control: Committee on Governmental Operations
• On agenda: 1/31/2018
• Final action: 4/30/2018
• Title: A Local Law in relation to establishing a charter revision commission to draft a new or revised city charter
• Sponsors: The Public Advocate (Ms. James), Corey D. Johnson, Ben Kallos, Carlina Rivera , (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
• Indexes: Council Appointment Required, Other Appointment Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/1/2018	B	City Council	Recved from Mayor by Council
4/30/2018	B	Mayor	Signed Into Law by Mayor
4/30/2018	B	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
4/11/2018	B	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
4/11/2018	B	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
4/10/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
4/10/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amendment Proposed by Comm
4/10/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amended by Committee
4/10/2018	B	Committee on Governmental Operations	Approved by Committee	Pass
3/16/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
3/16/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amendment Proposed by Comm
3/16/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Laid Over by Committee
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 241-B

By the Public Advocate (Ms. James), the Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Kallos and Rivera (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)

Title
A Local Law in relation to establishing a charter revision commission to draft a new or revised city charter
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established a commission to draft a new or revised charter for the city of New York.
? 2. Composition of the commission. a. The commission shall consist of up to 15 members to be appointed as follows:
1. four members appointed by the mayor;
2. four members appointed by the speaker of the city council;
3. one member appointed by each borough president;
4. one member appointed by the public advocate; and
5. one member appointed by the comptroller.
b. The speaker of the city council shall appoint from among the membership a chairperson.
c. All appointments to the commission shall be made within 60 days of the enactment of this local law, after which time any unused appointment authority granted by subdivision a of this section is forfeited. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission occurring after such date shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A vacancy in the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the commission, and any number of commissioners greater than half the number of appointments made within 60 days of the enactment of this local law shall constitute a quorum.
d. No member of the commission may be removed except for cause by the appointing authority that appointed such member.
e. No commission member may be a registered lobbyist as that term is defined in subdivision (a) of section 3-211 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Any person other than such a lobbyist who has business dealings with the city, as that term is defined in s...