Assembly Bill A8505

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees, codes of ethics and boards of ethics

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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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2021-A8505 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§800, 801, 802, 805-a, 806, 808 & 810, Gen Muni L; amd §13, Chap 946 of 1964
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7477

2021-A8505 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees, codes of ethics and boards of ethics; permits local codes of ethics to prohibit activities expressly permitted by article 18 of the general municipal law.

2021-A8505 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8505
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. THIELE -- (at request of the State Comptroller)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  conflicts  of
   interest  of  municipal  officers  and  employees, codes of ethics and
   boards of ethics; and to amend chapter 946 of the laws of 1964, amend-
   ing the general municipal law and other laws relating to conflicts  of
   interest  of  municipal officers and employees, in relation to permit-
   ting local codes of ethics to prohibit activities expressly  permitted
   by article 18 of the general municipal law
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 800 of the general municipal  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter 1043 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. "Interest" means a direct or indirect pecuniary or material benefit
 accruing to a municipal officer or employee, OR HIS OR  HER  SPOUSE,  as
 the  result  of  a  contract with the municipality which such officer or
 employee serves. For the purposes of this article a municipal officer or
 employee shall be deemed to have an interest in the contract of (a)  his
 OR  HER  spouse,  minor  children  and  dependents, except a contract of
 employment with the municipality which such officer or employee  serves,
 (b)  a  firm,  partnership  or  association  of  which  such  officer or
 employee, OR HIS OR HER SPOUSE, is a member or employee,  (c)  a  corpo-
 ration  of  which  such officer or employee, OR HIS OR HER SPOUSE, is an
 officer, director or employee and (d) a corporation any stock  of  which
 is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such officer or employ-
 ee, OR HIS OR HER SPOUSE.
   §  2.  Section 801 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter
 1043 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   § 801. Conflicts of interest prohibited. Except as provided in section
 eight hundred two of this [chapter] ARTICLE, (1) no municipal officer or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10553-01-1
              

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