Assembly Bill A3649

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits state officers and employees from using state aircraft for political purposes

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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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2015-A3649 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §73, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6613
2011-2012: A5977
2013-2014: A6475
2017-2018: A4791
2019-2020: A5369

2015-A3649 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of the legislature or legislative employee to use state aircraft for political purposes; a violation of such restriction constitutes a class A misdemeanor.

2015-A3649 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3649

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. DiPIETRO, RAIA, CORWIN, GOODELL, LALOR, KOLB,
  MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH,  DUPREY,  McLAUGH-
  LIN,  OAKS, STEC, TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to political use of
  state aircraft by certain state officers and employees

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 73 of the public officers law, as
amended  by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is renumbered subdivision 19
and amended and a new subdivision 18 is added to read as follows:
  18. NO STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, STATE OFFICER OR  EMPLOYEE,  MEMBER
OF  THE LEGISLATURE OR LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE MAY USE OR DIRECT THE USE OF
STATE AIRCRAFT FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.
  19. In addition to any penalty contained in  any  other  provision  of
law,  any person who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions
of subdivisions two through  five,  seven,  eight,  twelve  or  fourteen
through [seventeen] EIGHTEEN of this section shall be subject to a civil
penalty  in an amount not to exceed forty thousand dollars and the value
of any gift, compensation [or],  benefit  [received]  OR  USE  OF  STATE
AIRCRAFT  in  connection  with  such  violation.   Assessment of a civil
penalty hereunder shall be made by the state oversight body with  juris-
diction  over such person. A state oversight body acting pursuant to its
jurisdiction, may, in lieu  of  a  civil  penalty,  with  respect  to  a
violation  of  subdivisions two through five, seven [or], eight OR EIGH-
TEEN of this section, refer a violation of any such subdivision  to  the
appropriate  prosecutor and upon such conviction such violation shall be
punishable as a class 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.
                                                           LBD07842-01-5

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