Assembly Bill A5888

2019-2020 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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2019-A5888 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §74-b, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7570
2015-2016: A4641
2017-2018: A2608
2021-2022: A5921

2019-A5888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A5888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5888
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. LALOR, ASHBY, DeSTEFANO, FINCH, FRIEND, GIGLIO,
   HAWLEY, JOHNS, MIKULIN, MORINELLO,  NORRIS,  RAIA,  REILLY,  SALKA  --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH -- 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:
   § 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00920-01-9

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