Int. No. 454
By Council Members Duane, Lopez, Michels and Reed; also Council Member Eristoff - read and referred to the Committee on General Welfare.
A Local Law to amend the charter and administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding the definition of domestic partners.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 3-240 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. "Domestic partners" shall mean persons who have a registered domestic partnership, which shall include any partnership registered pursuant to this chapter, any partnership registered in accordance with the executive order number 123, dated August 7, 1989, and any partnership registered in accordance with executive order number 48, dated January 7, 1993 and persons who are eligible to register as domestic partners pursuant to section 3-241 of this chapter and have represented themselves as such to any government official, agency or office. Nothing in this code shall affect a partnership that has been terminated in accordance with such executive orders of this chapter.
§2. Section 1150 of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
13. The term "domestic partners" shall mean persons who [have a registered domestic partnership] are domestic partners pursuant to section 3-240 of the administrative code[, a domestic partnership registered in accordance with executive order number 123, dated August 7, 1989, or domestic partnership registered in accordance with executive order number 48, dated January 7, 1993].
§3. Subparagraph b of subdivision 21 of section 2601 of the New York city charter, as added by local law number 27 for the year 1998, is amended to read as follows:
b. "Domestic partners" means persons who [have a registered domestic partnership] are domestic partners pursuant to section 3-240 of the administrative code[, a domestic partnership registered in accordance with executive order number 123, dated August 7, 1989, or a domestic partnership registered in accordance with executive order number 48, dated January 7, 1993].
§4. Subdivision 21 of section 1-112 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 27 for the year 1998, is amended to read as follows:
21. The term "domestic partners" shall mean persons who [have a registered domestic partnership] are domestic partners pursuant to section 3-240 of the administrative code[, a domestic partnership registered in accordance with executive order number 123, dated August 7, 1989, or a domestic partnership registered in accordance with executive order number 48, dated January 7, 1993].
§5. This local law shall take effect immediately.