Assembly Bill A7899

2023-2024 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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2023-A7899 (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
2019-2020: A1869
2021-2022: A5261
2025-2026: A3619

2023-A7899 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A7899 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7899
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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