NY State Senate Bill 2019-S97B

Senate Bill S97B

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain persons from receiving compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial development agency or an economic assistance corporation

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Ethics And Internal Governance Committee

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Jan 08, 2020	referred to ethics and internal governance returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 18, 2019	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 13, 2019	amended on third reading 97b
May 13, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 08, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 07, 2019	1st report cal.634
May 01, 2019	print number 97a
May 01, 2019	amend and recommit to ethics and internal governance
Feb 11, 2019	committee discharged and committed to ethics and internal governance
Jan 09, 2019	referred to finance

Votes

- Jun 18, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S97B
  
  53
  
  Aye
  
  9
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2019
      
      aye (53)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (9)
      
      Amedore
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Griffo
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Tedisco
  May 7, 2019 - Ethics And Internal Governance Committee Vote
  S97B
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  1
  
  Abstained
  - - Ethics And Internal Governance Committee Vote: May 7, 2019
      
      aye (5)
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Breslin
      
      Jordan
      
      Stavisky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Lanza
      
      abstained (1)
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

co-Sponsors

2019-S97 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3018
Current Committee:: Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §73, Pub Off L; amd §2825, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S5695, A7645

2019-S97 - Summary

Prohibits elected officials and persons in a leadership position of a party committee from receiving compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial development agency or an economic assistance corporation.

2019-S97 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S97

SPONSOR: KAMINSKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public officers law and the public
authorities law, in relation to prohibiting certain persons from receiv-
ing compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for
an industrial development agency or an economic assistance corporation

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends the Public Officers Law to prohibit persons
holding public office and political party officers from receiving
compensation for consulting or legal services from any state or local
authority. Such a violation is punishable by forfeiture of any gains
related to the prohibited action, as well as a civil penalty of up to
$40,000.

Section 2 of the bill makes a conforming amendment to the Public Author-
ities Law reflecting the same prohibitions.

Section 3 of the bill is the effective date, which is immediate upon
enactment.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation arises in response to an instance wherein a local
elected official collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in consult-
ing fees from local industrial development agencies (IDAs) and local
economic assistance corporations (LDCs) via outside employers and
consulting companies, which resulted in a Justice Department indictment
on eight criminal counts.

Even the State's auditor, the Comptroller, has encountered difficulty
and even litigation - in auditing IDAs' and LDCs' finances. These obsta-
cles to basic transparency demonstrate these entities' power and the
potential for misconduct with respect to expenditure of public dollars.

The current system seems to allow for a preference in appointments of
those consultants or attorneys who are politically connected, as opposed
to suitably qualified to advise the IDAs on issues that impact taxpayers
in the jurisdiction. The members of the IDA are authorized to hire
consultants to advise them in their decision-making capacity. When those
consultants or attorneys have conflicts of interest and/or are not the
best qualified candidate for the job, an injustice occurs that must be
rectified.

To address this issue, this legislation prohibits public officeholders
and party committee leaders from collecting consulting fees from state
and local authorities either directly or through companies in which they
have at least 10% ownership.

Elected officials can have significant influence over state and local
revenues and spending plans, and can have access to agencies that
private companies may not. It is time for them to choose whether they
want to serve the public or private clients.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.5695- 2017/2018
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

No negative impact anticipated. To the extent that public actions are
less affected by officials' private interests, it may reduce state and
local expenditures.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S97 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    97
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KAMINSKY, BROOKS, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the public authorities  law,
   in relation to prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation
   for  legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial
   development agency or an economic assistance corporation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 73 of the public officers law, as
 amended  by  section  5 of part CC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   18. (A) NO PERSON WHO HOLDS ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR IS AN  OFFICER  IN  A
 PARTY COMMITTEE OR FIRM OR ASSOCIATION OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A MEMBER,
 OR CORPORATION, TEN PER CENTUM OR MORE OF THE STOCK OF WHICH IS OWNED OR
 CONTROLLED  DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY SUCH PERSON, SHALL RECEIVE COMPEN-
 SATION FOR LEGAL FEES, CONSULTING, OR ANY OTHER CONTRACTUAL  EXPENDITURE
 FOR  SERVICES,  WHETHER ACTUALLY PERFORMED OR NOT, FROM A STATE OR LOCAL
 AUTHORITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM  "PARTY  COMMITTEE"
 SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 2-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   19.  In  addition  to  any penalty contained in any other provision of
 law, any person who knowingly and intentionally violates the  provisions
 of subdivisions two through five, seven, seven-a, eight, twelve or four-
 teen  through [seventeen] EIGHTEEN of this section shall be subject to a
 civil penalty in an amount not to exceed forty thousand dollars and  the
 value  of  any gift, compensation or benefit received in connection with
 such violation. Assessment of a civil penalty hereunder shall be made by
 the state oversight body with jurisdiction over  such  person.  A  state
 oversight  body  acting  pursuant to its jurisdiction, may, in lieu of a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03420-01-9

 S. 97                               2
 
 civil penalty, with respect to a violation of subdivisions  two  through
 five,  seven  or  eight  of  this section, refer a violation of any such
 subdivision to the appropriate prosecutor and upon such conviction  such
 violation shall be punishable as a class A misdemeanor.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 2825 of the public authorities law, as
 amended by chapter 766 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  No  public officer or employee shall be ineligible for appointment
 as a trustee or member of the governing body of a state or local author-
 ity, as defined in section two of this chapter, and any  public  officer
 or  employee  may  accept  such appointment and serve as such trustee or
 member without forfeiture of any other  public  office  or  position  of
 public  employment  by reason thereof. PROVIDED, ADDITIONALLY, NO PERSON
 WHO HOLDS ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR IS AN OFFICER IN A  PARTY  COMMITTEE,  OR
 FIRM  OR  ASSOCIATION  OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A MEMBER, OR CORPORATION,
 TEN PER CENTUM OR MORE OF THE STOCK WHICH IS OWNED OR CONTROLLED DIRECT-
 LY OR INDIRECTLY BY SUCH PERSON, SHALL RECEIVE  COMPENSATION  FOR  LEGAL
 FEES,  CONSULTING,  OR  ANY  OTHER CONTRACTUAL EXPENDITURE FOR SERVICES,
 WHETHER ACTUALLY PERFORMED OR NOT, FROM A STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY.  FOR
 THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "PARTY COMMITTEE" SHALL HAVE
 THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 2-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2019-S97A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3018
Current Committee:: Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §73, Pub Off L; amd §2825, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S5695, A7645

2019-S97A - Summary

2019-S97A - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S97A

SPONSOR: KAMINSKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public officers law and the public
authorities law, in relation to prohibiting certain persons from receiv-
ing compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for
an industrial development agency or an economic assistance corporation

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends the Public Officers Law to prohibit elected
officials, state officer or employee, member of the legislature, legis-
lative employee or political party chairman from receiving compensation
for consulting or legal services from any state or local authority. Such
a violation is punishable by forfeiture of any gains related to the
prohibited action, as well as a civil penalty of up to 40,000.

Section 2 of the bill makes a conforming amendment to the Public Author-
ities Law reflecting the same prohibitions.

Section 3 of the bill is the effective date, which is immediate upon
enactment.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation arises in response to an instance wherein a local
elected official collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in consult-
ing fees from local industrial development agencies (IDAs) and local
economic assistance corporations (LDCs) via outside employers and
consulting companies, which resulted in a Justice Department indictment
on eight criminal counts.

Even the State's auditor, the Comptroller, has encountered difficulty
and even litigation - in auditing IDAs' and LDCs' finances. These obsta-
cles to basic transparency demonstrate these entities' power and the
potential for misconduct with respect to expenditure of public dollars.

The current system seems to allow for a preference in appointments of
those consultants or attorneys who are politically connected, as opposed
to suitably qualified to advise the IDAs on issues that impact taxpayers
in the jurisdiction. The members of the IDA are authorized to hire
consultants to advise them in their decision-making capacity. When those
consultants or attorneys have conflicts of interest and/or are not the
best qualified candidate for the job, an injustice occurs that must be
rectified.

To address this issue, this legislation prohibits public officeholders
and party committee leaders from collecting consulting fees from state
and local authorities either directly or through companies in which they
have at least 100 ownership.

Elected officials can have significant influence over state and local
revenues and spending plans, and can have access to agencies that
private companies may not. It is time for them to choose whether they
want to serve the public or private clients.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.5695- 2017/2018
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

No negative impact anticipated. To the extent that public actions are
less affected by officials' private interests, it may reduce state and
local expenditures.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S97A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   97--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KAMINSKY, BROOKS, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Finance -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Commit-
   tee on Ethics and Internal Governance --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the public authorities  law,
   in relation to prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation
   for  legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial
   development agency or an economic assistance corporation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 73 of the public officers law, as
 amended  by  section  5 of part CC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   18.  NO STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE,  MEMBER
 OF  THE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE OR POLITICAL PARTY CHAIRMAN OR
 FIRM OR ASSOCIATION OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A  MEMBER,  OR  CORPORATION,
 TEN  PER  CENTUM  OR  MORE  OF THE STOCK OF WHICH IS OWNED OR CONTROLLED
 DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY SUCH PERSON, SHALL  RECEIVE  COMPENSATION  FOR
 LEGAL  FEES,  CONSULTING,  OR  ANY  OTHER  CONTRACTUAL  EXPENDITURE  FOR
 SERVICES, WHETHER ACTUALLY PERFORMED OR  NOT,  FROM  A  STATE  OR  LOCAL
 AUTHORITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   19.  In  addition  to  any penalty contained in any other provision of
 law, any person who knowingly and intentionally violates the  provisions
 of subdivisions two through five, seven, seven-a, eight, twelve or four-
 teen  through [seventeen] EIGHTEEN of this section shall be subject to a
 civil penalty in an amount not to exceed forty thousand dollars and  the
 value  of  any gift, compensation or benefit received in connection with
 such violation. Assessment of a civil penalty hereunder shall be made by
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03420-02-9

 S. 97--A                            2
 
 the state oversight body with jurisdiction over  such  person.  A  state
 oversight  body  acting  pursuant to its jurisdiction, may, in lieu of a
 civil penalty, with respect to a violation of subdivisions  two  through
 five,  seven  or  eight  of  this section, refer a violation of any such
 subdivision to the appropriate prosecutor and upon such conviction  such
 violation shall be punishable as a class A misdemeanor.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 2825 of the public authorities law, as
 amended by chapter 766 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  No  public officer or employee shall be ineligible for appointment
 as a trustee or member of the governing body of a state or local author-
 ity, as defined in section two of this chapter, and any  public  officer
 or  employee  may  accept  such appointment and serve as such trustee or
 member without forfeiture of any other  public  office  or  position  of
 public  employment  by reason thereof.  PROVIDED, ADDITIONALLY NO STATE-
 WIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, MEMBER OF THE LEGISLA-
 TURE, LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE OR POLITICAL PARTY CHAIRMAN OR FIRM OR  ASSO-
 CIATION OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A MEMBER, OR CORPORATION, TEN PER CENTUM
 OR  MORE  OF THE STOCK OF WHICH IS OWNED OR CONTROLLED DIRECTLY OR INDI-
 RECTLY BY SUCH  PERSON,  SHALL  RECEIVE  COMPENSATION  FOR  LEGAL  FEES,
 CONSULTING,  OR  ANY OTHER CONTRACTUAL EXPENDITURE FOR SERVICES, WHETHER
 ACTUALLY PERFORMED OR NOT, FROM A STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

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2019-S97B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3018
Current Committee:: Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §73, Pub Off L; amd §2825, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S5695, A7645

2019-S97B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S97B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S97B

SPONSOR: KAMINSKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public officers law and the public
authorities law, in relation to prohibiting certain persons from receiv-
ing compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for
an industrial development agency or an economic assistance corporation

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends the Public Officers Law to prohibit elected
officials, state officer or employee, member of the legislature, legis-
lative employee or political party chairman from receiving compensation
for consulting or legal services from any state or local authority. Such
a violation is punishable by forfeiture of any gains related to the
prohibited action, as well as a civil penalty of up to 40,000.

Section 2 of the bill makes a conforming amendment to the Public Author-
ities Law reflecting the same prohibitions.

Section 3 of the bill is the effective date, which is immediate upon
enactment.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation arises in response to an instance wherein a local
elected official collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in consult-
ing fees from local industrial development agencies (IDAs) and local
economic assistance corporations (LDCs) via outside employers and
consulting companies, which resulted in a Justice Department indictment
on eight criminal counts.

Even the State's auditor, the Comptroller, has encountered difficulty
and even litigation - in auditing IDAs' and LDCs' finances. These obsta-
cles to basic transparency demonstrate these entities' power and the
potential for misconduct with respect to expenditure of public dollars.

The current system seems to allow for a preference in appointments of
those consultants or attorneys who are politically connected, as opposed
to suitably qualified to advise the IDAs on issues that impact taxpayers
in the jurisdiction. The members of the IDA are authorized to hire
consultants to advise them in their decision-making capacity. When those
consultants or attorneys have conflicts of interest and/or are not the
best qualified candidate for the job, an injustice occurs that must be
rectified.

To address this issue, this legislation prohibits public officeholders
and party committee leaders from collecting consulting fees from state
and local authorities either directly or through companies in which they
have at least 100 ownership.

Elected officials can have significant influence over state and local
revenues and spending plans, and can have access to agencies that
private companies may not. It is time for them to choose whether they
want to serve the public or private clients.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.5695 - 2017/2018
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

No negative impact anticipated. To the extent that public actions are
less affected by officials' private interests, it may reduce state and
local expenditures.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S97B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   97--B
     Cal. No. 634
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KAMINSKY, BROOKS, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Finance -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Commit-
   tee on Ethics and Internal Governance --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to  first  and
   second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the public authorities  law,
   in relation to prohibiting certain persons from receiving compensation
   for  legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial
   development agency or an economic assistance corporation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 73 of the public officers law, as
 amended  by  section  5 of part CC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   18.  NO STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE,  MEMBER
 OF  THE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE OR POLITICAL PARTY CHAIRMAN AS
 DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF THIS ARTICLE WHO:
 (I) OWNS OR CONTROLS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TEN PER CENTUM  OR  MORE  OF
 STOCK  IN  A  CORPORATION  OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; OR (II) OWNS OR
 CONTROLS TEN PER CENTUM OR MORE OF THE CAPITAL, PROFITS,  OR  BENEFICIAL
 INTEREST  IN A PARTNERSHIP OR FIRM, SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR LEGAL
 FEES, CONSULTING, OR ANY OTHER  CONTRACTUAL  EXPENDITURE  FOR  SERVICES,
 WHETHER  ACTUALLY  PERFORMED  OR NOT, FROM A STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY AS
 DEFINED SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   19. In addition to any penalty contained in  any  other  provision  of
 law,  any person who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions
 of subdivisions two through five, seven, seven-a, eight, twelve or four-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03420-04-9

 S. 97--B                            2
 
 teen through [seventeen] EIGHTEEN of this section shall be subject to  a
 civil  penalty in an amount not to exceed forty thousand dollars and the
 value of any gift, compensation or benefit received in  connection  with
 such violation. Assessment of a civil penalty hereunder shall be made by
 the  state  oversight  body  with jurisdiction over such person. A state
 oversight body acting pursuant to its jurisdiction, may, in  lieu  of  a
 civil  penalty,  with respect to a violation of subdivisions two through
 five, seven or eight of this section, refer  a  violation  of  any  such
 subdivision  to the appropriate prosecutor and upon such conviction such
 violation shall be punishable as a class A misdemeanor.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2825 of the public authorities  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  766  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. No public officer or employee shall be ineligible  for  appointment
 as a trustee or member of the governing body of a state or local author-
 ity,  as  defined in section two of this chapter, and any public officer
 or employee may accept such appointment and serve  as  such  trustee  or
 member  without  forfeiture  of  any  other public office or position of
 public employment by reason thereof.  PROVIDED, ADDITIONALLY  NO  STATE-
 WIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, MEMBER OF THE LEGISLA-
 TURE,  LEGISLATIVE  EMPLOYEE  OR  POLITICAL PARTY CHAIRMAN AS DEFINED IN
 SECTIONS SEVENTY-THREE AND SEVENTY-THREE-A OF THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS  LAW
 WHO:  (I) OWNS OR CONTROLS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TEN PER CENTUM OR MORE
 OF STOCK IN A CORPORATION OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; OR (II) OWNS  OR
 CONTROLS  TEN  PER CENTUM OR MORE OF THE CAPITAL, PROFITS, OR BENEFICIAL
 INTEREST IN A PARTNERSHIP OR FIRM, SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR  LEGAL
 FEES,  CONSULTING,  OR  ANY  OTHER CONTRACTUAL EXPENDITURE FOR SERVICES,
 WHETHER ACTUALLY PERFORMED OR NOT, FROM A STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Ethics And Internal Governance Committee

Bill Amendments

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2019-S97 - Details

2019-S97 - Summary

2019-S97 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S97 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2019-S97A - Details

2019-S97A - Summary

2019-S97A - Sponsor Memo

2019-S97A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2019-S97B (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S97B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S97B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S97B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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