Assembly Bill A6761

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that public officers convicted of a felony related to the abuse of his or her office shall forfeit their state pension

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A6761 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §74-b, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4181
2013-2014: A6464
2015-2016: A4659
2017-2018: A5327
2019-2020: A5150

2009-A6761 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that public officers convicted of a felony related to the abuse of his or her office shall forfeit their state pension.

2009-A6761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6761

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BURLING,  BALL, CALHOUN, ERRIGO, KOLB, OAKS,
  P. LOPEZ, SPANO, TOWNSEND, WALKER, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.
  of  A.  BACALLES,  DUPREY,  HAWLEY  --  read  once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  forfeiture  of
  state pension for felony convictions related to abuse of office

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

  Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new  section
74-b to read as follows:
  S  74-B.  FELONY  CONVICTIONS  OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE CONVICTION OF A PUBLIC OFFI-
CER, AS DEFINED BY THIS CHAPTER, FOR ANY FELONY CRIME RELATED  TO  ABUSE
OF  HIS OR HER OFFICE SHALL INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PUNISHMENT
IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, A  FORFEITURE  OF  HIS  OR  HER  STATE
PENSION.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06265-01-9

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