Assembly Bill A7645

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain persons from receiving compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial development agency or an economic assistance corporation

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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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2017-A7645 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5695
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §73, Pub Off L; amd §2825, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A3018, S97

2017-A7645 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits elected officials and persons in a leadership position of a party committee from receiving compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial development agency or an economic assistance corporation.

2017-A7645 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7645
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the public authorities  law,
   in relation to prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation
   for  legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial
   development agency or an economic assistance corporation
 
   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  section  5 of part CC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   18. (A) NO PERSON WHO HOLDS ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR IS AN  OFFICER  IN  A
 PARTY COMMITTEE OR FIRM OR ASSOCIATION OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A MEMBER,
 OR CORPORATION, TEN PER CENTUM OR MORE OF THE STOCK OF WHICH IS OWNED OR
 CONTROLLED  DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY SUCH PERSON, SHALL RECEIVE COMPEN-
 SATION FOR LEGAL FEES, CONSULTING, OR ANY OTHER CONTRACTUAL  EXPENDITURE
 FOR  SERVICES,  WHETHER ACTUALLY PERFORMED OR NOT, FROM A STATE OR LOCAL
 AUTHORITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM  "PARTY  COMMITTEE"
 SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 2-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   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, seven-a, eight, twelve or four-
 teen  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 in connection with
 such violation. Assessment of a civil penalty hereunder shall be made by
 the state oversight body with jurisdiction 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  of  this section, refer a violation of any such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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