Assembly Bill A5583

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits foreign agents from holding public office and political party positions

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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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2021-A5583 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2102
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L; add §2-126, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7465, S5577
2023-2024: A4492

2021-A5583 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits persons who are or have ever been foreign agents from holding public office and political party positions; defines "foreign agent".

2021-A5583 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5583
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RAMOS,  COOK, TAYLOR, STERN, HEVESI, SAYEGH,
   D. ROSENTHAL, STIRPE, O'DONNELL, J. RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, SIMON, WALLACE,
   GLICK, GRIFFIN, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law  and  the  election  law,  in
   relation  to prohibiting foreign agents from holding public office and
   political party positions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
   1-B. NO PERSON SHALL BE CAPABLE OF HOLDING A CIVIL OFFICE WHO SHALL BE
 OR WHO HAS EVER BEEN A FOREIGN AGENT.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE  TERM  "FOREIGN  AGENT" MEANS A PERSON WHO ACTS AT THE ORDER,
 REQUEST, OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OR  CONTROL  OF  A  FOREIGN  GOVERNMENT,
 ORGANIZATION  OR  PERSON OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OR PERSONS WHO ARE
 CONTROLLED OR SUBSIDIZED IN MAJOR PART BY A FOREIGN  GOVERNMENT,  ORGAN-
 IZATION OR PERSON OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 2-126 to read
 as follows:
   §  2-126. PARTY POSITIONS; PROHIBITED PERSONS. NO PERSON WHO IS OR HAS
 EVER BEEN A FOREIGN AGENT SHALL HOLD A PARTY POSITION. FOR THE  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "FOREIGN AGENT" MEANS A PERSON WHO ACTS AT THE
 ORDER,  REQUEST,  OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OR CONTROL OF A FOREIGN GOVERN-
 MENT, ORGANIZATION OR PERSON OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES OR PERSONS WHO
 ARE CONTROLLED OR SUBSIDIZED IN MAJOR  PART  BY  A  FOREIGN  GOVERNMENT,
 ORGANIZATION OR PERSON OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04521-01-1

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