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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Jan 09, 2019 |
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Senate Bill S295
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2019-S295 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §19, Pub Off L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S2262
2017-2018: S2394
2021-2022: S164
2023-2024: S150
2019-S295 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S295 SPONSOR: GIANARIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to prohibiting reimbursement of campaign committees and legal defense funds for defense costs incurred on behalf of state employees PURPOSE: To close a loophole in New York's ethics laws, preventing state taxpayer money from being used to reimburse campaign or legal defense accounts. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of section 19 of the Public Officers Law preventing any state reimbursement to a campaign account or legal defense account for attorneys fees and litigation expenses to a public official after an acquittal or dismissal. Additionally, no reimbursement shall be made to a state employee who has a legal defense account until
2019-S295 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 295 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, BROOKS, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to prohibiting reimbursement of campaign committees and legal defense funds for defense costs incurred on behalf of state employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 19 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 769 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: 2. (a) Upon compliance by the employee with the provisions of subdivi- sion three of this section, and subject to THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND the conditions set forth in para- graph [(b)] (C) of this subdivision, it shall be the duty of the state to pay reasonable attorneys' fees and litigation expenses incurred by or on behalf of an employee in his or her defense of a criminal proceeding in a state or federal court arising out of any act which occurred while such employee was acting within the scope of his public employment or duties upon his acquittal or upon the dismissal of the criminal charges against him or reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in connection with an appearance before a grand jury which returns no true bill against the employee where such appearance was required as a result of any act which occurred while such employee was acting within the scope of his public employment or duties unless such appearance occurs in the normal course of the public employment or duties of such employee. (b) NO REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE PAID PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO ANY CAMPAIGN OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE, OR LEGAL DEFENSE FUND WHICH PAYS ALL OR ANY PORTION OF AN EMPLOYEES' REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND/OR LITI- GATION EXPENSES. FURTHERMORE, AN EMPLOYEE ON WHOSE BEHALF A LEGAL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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