Assembly Bill A1869

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to granting the attorney general jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute police misconduct

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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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2019-A1869 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §63, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4321
2017-2018: A1941
2021-2022: A5261
2023-2024: A7899

2019-A1869 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to granting the attorney general jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute police misconduct.

2019-A1869 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1869
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to granting the attor-
   ney-general jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute  police  miscon-
   duct
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 63 of the executive law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17.  INVESTIGATE  THE  ALLEGED  COMMISSION  OF ANY CRIMINAL OFFENSE OR
 OFFENSES BY A POLICE OFFICER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF  SECTION
 EIGHT  HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, WHETHER OR NOT IN CONNECTION
 WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES,  AND  PROSECUTE  ANY
 SUCH  PERSON OR PERSONS BELIEVED TO HAVE COMMITTED SUCH CRIMINAL OFFENSE
 OR OFFENSES. IN ALL SUCH PROCEEDINGS, THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL MAY APPEAR IN
 PERSON, OR BY HIS OR HER DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT, BEFORE ANY COURT OR  GRAND
 JURY  THEREOF  AND  EXERCISE  ALL  OF  THE POWERS AND PERFORM ALL OF THE
 DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTIONS  OR  PROCEEDINGS  WHICH  A  DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY  WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE  AUTHORIZED  OR  REQUIRED  TO EXERCISE OR
 PERFORM, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT  THE  COURT  AND/OR  GRAND  JURY  NOT  BE
 LOCATED  WITHIN THE COUNTY WHERE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE
 OCCURRED. IN ANY OF SUCH ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS, THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY
 FOR  THE  COUNTY  WHERE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED
 AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE COURT  IS  LOCATED
 SHALL  ONLY EXERCISE SUCH POWERS AND PERFORM SUCH DUTIES AS ARE REQUIRED
 OF HIM OR HER BY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OR THE DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT  ATTOR-
 NEY-GENERAL SO ATTENDING. IN ALL SUCH PROCEEDINGS, ALL EXPENSES INCURRED
 BY  THE  ATTORNEY-GENERAL, INCLUDING THE SALARY OR OTHER COMPENSATION OF
 ALL DEPUTIES AND ASSISTANTS EMPLOYED, SHALL  BE  A  CHARGE  AGAINST  THE
 COUNTY WHERE THE MATTER WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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