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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to governmental operations |
Jan 13, 2021 | referred to governmental operations |
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Nathalia Fernandez
Judy Griffin
Daniel O'Donnell
A1945 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1945 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ, FERNANDEZ, GRIFFIN, O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to prohibiting persons from holding civil office when convicted of certain felonies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 3 of the public officers law, as added by section 31-b of subpart A of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 1-a. (i) No person shall be capable of holding a civil office who shall stand convicted of a felony defined in article two hundred or four hundred ninety-six or section 195.20 of the penal law, OR A FELONY, COMMITTED THROUGH THE USE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH HIS OR HER CIVIL OFFICE, DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE PENAL LAW OR CHAP- TER 11, 19, 31 OR 63 OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, OR SHALL BE CAPABLE OF HOLDING CIVIL OFFICE, FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF SENTENCE, FOR A FELONY, COMMITTED THROUGH THE USE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH HIS OR HER CIVIL OFFICE, UNDER CHAPTER 47 OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. (ii) Any individual who stands convicted of a misdemeanor defined in article two hundred, article four hundred ninety-six or section 195.00 of the penal law may not hold civil office for a period of five years [from the date of conviction] FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF SENTENCE, provided that in the event such conviction is the result of a plea agreement resulting in a plea to such charge in lieu of a plea or conviction of a felony defined in section 195.20, article two hundred or article four hundred ninety-six of the penal law, all parties to such agreement may agree that the period of such bar may be for a period of up to ten years [from the date of conviction] FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF SENTENCE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00981-02-1