Assembly Bill A7570

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires all plea agreements offered to public officers and former public officers to include pension forfeiture

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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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2013-A7570 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6432
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §74-b, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4641
2017-2018: A2608
2019-2020: A5888
2021-2022: A5921

2013-A7570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all plea agreements offered to public officers and former public officers to include pension forfeiture.

2013-A7570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7570

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LALOR, CORWIN, McLAUGHLIN, FINCH, HAWLEY, JOHNS,
  RAIA, BARCLAY, RABBITT -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  CROUCH,
  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
  Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  requiring  plea
  agreements offered to public officers to include pension forfeiture

  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. PLEA AGREEMENTS TO INCLUDE PENSION FORFEITURE.  NOTWITHSTAND-
ING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO  PLEA  AGREEMENT  FOR
ANY  CRIME  RELATED TO ABUSE OF HIS OR HER OFFICE SHALL BE ACCEPTED BY A
COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION WHERE THE DEFENDANT IS A PUBLIC  OFFICER
OR  FORMER  PUBLIC  OFFICER  WITHOUT  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF AN ACTION TO
FORFEIT ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS AS A MEMBER OR A RETIRED MEMBER  OF  THE
APPROPRIATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE PENSION OF THE PUBLIC OFFI-
CER OR FORMER PUBLIC OFFICER IN SUPREME COURT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10227-03-3

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