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Assembly Bill A5727

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain state employees from soliciting or receiving contributions for campaigns for state or federal office

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2009-A5727 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง74, Pub Off L

2009-A5727 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes no officer or employee of a state agency or legislative employee required to file an annual statement of financial disclosure shall solicit or receive contributions for a campaign for state or federal office.

2009-A5727 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5727

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 19, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, CANESTRARI, HOYT, JOHN, CAHILL, DESTITO,
  FINCH, ALFANO -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  BARRA,  BENEDETTO,
  BRADLEY,  BRENNAN,  CHRISTENSEN,  CLARK,  COOK,  DINOWITZ,  EDDINGTON,
  ENGLEBRIGHT, FIELDS, KOON, LAVINE, MAGEE, MAGNARELLI, MAYERSOHN, McEN-
  ENY, MILLMAN, PAULIN, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
  certain state employees from soliciting or receiving contributions for
  campaigns for state or federal office

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 74 of the public officers law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph j to read as follows:
  J.  NO  OFFICER  OR EMPLOYEE OF A STATE AGENCY OR LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE
REQUIRED TO FILE AN ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO
SECTION  SEVENTY-THREE-A  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  SOLICIT  OR  RECEIVE
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR A CAMPAIGN FOR STATE OR FEDERAL OFFICE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01674-01-9

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