Assembly Bill A8293

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires district attorney ethics guidelines to be based exclusively on guidelines set by the New York state bar association

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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-A8293 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Add §90-a, Judy L

2023-A8293 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires district attorney ethics guidelines to be based exclusively on guidelines set by the New York state bar association.

2023-A8293 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8293
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law,  in  relation  to  district  attorney
   ethics guidelines
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new  section  90-a
 to read as follows:
   §  90-A. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ETHICS GUIDELINES. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ETHICS
 GUIDELINES, AS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK RULES OF PROFESSIONAL  CONDUCT,
 22  NYCRR  1200, SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY BASED ON GUIDELINES SET BY THE NEW
 YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13044-01-3

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