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Assembly Bill A10700

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that any district attorney who knowingly solicits, accepts or receives any gift or anything else of value, under any circumstance from a criminal defendant, is guilty of a misdemeanor

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2009-A10700 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §17-163, El L

2009-A10700 - Summary

Provides that any district attorney who solicits, accepts or receives any gift, service, hospitality, thing or promise, campaign donation, or anything else of value, under any circumstance from a criminal defendant, the defendant's attorney, or the family, employees or business partners of the defendant's attorney while prosecution of the defendant is pending, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

2009-A10700 - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10700 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10700

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 14, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  providing  that  any
  district attorney who solicits, accepts or receives any gift, service,
  hospitality,  thing or promise, campaign donation, or anything else of
  value, under any circumstance from a criminal defendant, is guilty  of
  a misdemeanor

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  17-163
to read as follows:
  S  17-163.  MISDEMEANOR  CONCERNING  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  SOLICITATION,
ACCEPTANCE OR RECEIPT OF GIFTS.  ANY  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  WHO  SOLICITS,
ACCEPTS  OR  RECEIVES  ANY  GIFT,  SERVICE, LOAN, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT,
HOSPITALITY, THING OR PROMISE, CAMPAIGN DONATION, OR  ANYTHING  ELSE  OF
VALUE, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE FROM A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT'S
ATTORNEY,  OR THE FAMILY, EMPLOYEES, OR BUSINESS PARTNERS OF THE DEFEND-
ANT'S ATTORNEY, WHILE PROSECUTION OF THE DEFENDANT IS PENDING, IS GUILTY
OF A MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15800-02-0

2009-A10700A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §17-163, El L

2009-A10700A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any district attorney who solicits, accepts or receives any gift, service, hospitality, thing or promise, campaign donation, or anything else of value, under any circumstance from a criminal defendant, the defendant's attorney, or the family, employees or business partners of the defendant's attorney while prosecution of the defendant is pending, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

2009-A10700A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                10700--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 14, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Election  Law  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to providing that any
  district attorney who knowingly  solicits,  accepts  or  receives  any
  gift,  service,  hospitality,  thing or promise, campaign donation, or
  anything else of value, under any circumstance from a criminal defend-
  ant, is guilty of a misdemeanor

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 17-163
to read as follows:
  S  17-163.  MISDEMEANOR  CONCERNING  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  SOLICITATION,
ACCEPTANCE  OR  RECEIPT  OF  GIFTS.  ANY DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO KNOWINGLY
SOLICITS, ACCEPTS OR RECEIVES ANY GIFT, SERVICE,  LOAN,  TRAVEL,  ENTER-
TAINMENT,  HOSPITALITY, THING OR PROMISE, CAMPAIGN DONATION, OR ANYTHING
ELSE OF VALUE, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE FROM  A  CRIMINAL  DEFENDANT,  THE
DEFENDANT'S  ATTORNEY, OR THE FAMILY, EMPLOYEES, OR BUSINESS PARTNERS OF
THE DEFENDANT'S ATTORNEY, WHILE PROSECUTION OF THE DEFENDANT IS PENDING,
IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15800-05-0

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