Assembly Bill A3225

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the withholding of salaries of elected officials who have been indicted on charges of any crimes related to their public office

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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-A3225 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Ren Art 8 to be Art 9, add Art 8 §§112 - 114, Pub Off L; add §§190.95, 220.52 & 310.90, amd §290.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8182
2015-2016: A1336
2017-2018: A1402
2021-2022: A10074
2023-2024: A5621

2019-A3225 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the withholding of salaries of elected officials who have been indicted on charges of any crimes related to their public office.

2019-A3225 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3225
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the criminal procedure  law,
   in  relation  to  the withholding of salaries of elected officials who
   have been indicted on charges of any crimes related  to  their  public
   office

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 8 of the public  officers  law,  as  renumbered  by
 chapter 511 of the laws of 1976, is renumbered article 9 and a new arti-
 cle 8 is added to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 8
                  WITHHOLDING SALARY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
 SECTION 112. DEFINITIONS.
         113. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
         114. WITHHOLDING OF SALARY PAYMENTS.
   § 112. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1.  "ELECTED OFFICIALS" MEANS EVERY OFFICER WHO IS ELECTED BY ELECTORS
 OF THE STATE OR OFFICER WHO IS ELECTED BY A POLITICAL PARTY.
   2. "CRIMES RELATED TO PUBLIC OFFICE" MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CRIMI-
 NAL OFFENSES WHETHER COMMITTED IN THIS STATE OR IN ANY  OTHER  JURISDIC-
 TION  BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THROUGH THE USE OF HIS OR HER PUBLIC OFFICE
 OR BY THE INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTING THAT HE OR SHE  WAS  ACTING  WITH  THE
 AUTHORITY OF ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, AND ACTING AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL:
   A.  A  FELONY  FOR  COMMITTING, AIDING OR ABETTING A LARCENY OF PUBLIC
 FUNDS FROM THE STATE OR A MUNICIPALITY;
   B. A FELONY COMMITTED IN DIRECT CONNECTION WITH SERVICE AS AN  ELECTED
 OFFICIAL; OR
   C.  A FELONY COMMITTED BY SUCH PERSON WHO, WITH THE INTENT TO DEFRAUD,
 REALIZES OR OBTAINS, OR ATTEMPTS TO REALIZE OR OBTAIN, A PROFIT, GAIN OR
 ADVANTAGE FOR HIMSELF OR HERSELF OR FOR SOME OTHER PERSON,  THROUGH  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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