Assembly Actions -
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Jun 26, 2020 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8640
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
2019-S8640 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3, Pub Off L
2019-S8640 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8640 SPONSOR: KAMINSKY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to disqualification for holding civil office or a position of leadership in a political party PURPOSE: Prohibits certain people from holding public office or positions of political party leaderships. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 The public officers law is amended to add additional felony crimes to lifetime ban on holding civil office, when committed through the use of or in connection with civil office. Creates a new 10 year ban on holding civil office for certain additional felony crimes, when committed through or in connection with civil office. Also creates a
2019-S8640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8640 I N S E N A T E June 26, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to disqualification for holding civil office or a position of leadership in a political party 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)] (A) No person shall be capable of holding a civil office who shall stand convicted of: (I) a felony defined in article two hundred or four hundred ninety-six or section 195.20 of the penal law; (II) A FELONY, COMMITTED THROUGH THE USE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH POSITION, DEFINED IN SECTION 155.30 OF THE PENAL LAW (GRAND LARCENY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE); SECTION 155.35 OF THE PENAL LAW (GRAND LARCENY IN THE THIRD DEGREE); SECTION 155.40 OF THE PENAL LAW (GRAND LARCENY IN THE SECOND DEGREE); SECTION 155.42 OF THE PENAL LAW (GRAND LARCENY IN THE FIRST DEGREE); SECTION 190.60 OF THE PENAL LAW (SCHEME TO DEFRAUD IN THE SECOND DEGREE); OR SECTION 190.65 OF THE PENAL LAW (SCHEME TO DEFRAUD IN THE FIRST DEGREE); (III) A FELONY, COMMITTED THROUGH THE USE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH POSITION, UNDER CHAPTER 19, 31 OR 63 OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE; OR (IV) AN OFFENSE, COMMITTED THROUGH THE USE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH POSITION, IN THIS OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A FELONY DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I), (II) OR (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH. (B) IN ADDITION TO THE DISQUALIFICATIONS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION, NO PERSON SHALL BE CAPABLE OF HOLDING A CIVIL OFFICE, FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF ANY SENTENCE, WHO STANDS CONVICTED OF A FELONY DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THE PENAL LAW (FORGERY AND RELATED OFFENSES), ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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