Assembly Bill A5621

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the withholding of salaries of elected officials who have been indicted on charges of any crimes related to their public office

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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-A5621 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Ren Art 8 to be Art 9, add Art 8 §§112 - 114, Pub Off L; add §§190.95, 220.52 & 310.90, amd §290.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8182
2015-2016: A1336
2017-2018: A1402
2019-2020: A3225
2021-2022: A10074

2023-A5621 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the withholding of salaries of elected officials who have been indicted on charges of any crimes related to their public office.

2023-A5621 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5621
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, COLTON, STIRPE, GOODELL -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M.  of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public officers law and the criminal procedure law,
   in relation to the withholding of salaries of  elected  officials  who
   have  been  indicted  on charges of any crimes related to their public
   office
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Article  8  of  the public officers law, as renumbered by
 chapter 511 of the laws of 1976, is renumbered article 9 and a new arti-
 cle 8 is added to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 8
                  WITHHOLDING SALARY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
 SECTION 112. DEFINITIONS.
         113. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
         114. WITHHOLDING OF SALARY PAYMENTS.
   § 112. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "ELECTED OFFICIALS" MEANS EVERY OFFICER WHO IS ELECTED BY  ELECTORS
 OF THE STATE OR OFFICER WHO IS ELECTED BY A POLITICAL PARTY.
   2. "CRIMES RELATED TO PUBLIC OFFICE" MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CRIMI-
 NAL  OFFENSES  WHETHER COMMITTED IN THIS STATE OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDIC-
 TION BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THROUGH THE USE OF HIS OR HER PUBLIC  OFFICE
 OR  BY  THE  INDIVIDUAL  REPRESENTING THAT HE OR SHE WAS ACTING WITH THE
 AUTHORITY OF ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, AND ACTING AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL:
   A. A FELONY FOR COMMITTING, AIDING OR ABETTING  A  LARCENY  OF  PUBLIC
 FUNDS FROM THE STATE OR A MUNICIPALITY;
   B.  A FELONY COMMITTED IN DIRECT CONNECTION WITH SERVICE AS AN ELECTED
 OFFICIAL; OR
   C. A FELONY COMMITTED BY SUCH PERSON WHO, WITH THE INTENT TO  DEFRAUD,
 REALIZES OR OBTAINS, OR ATTEMPTS TO REALIZE OR OBTAIN, A PROFIT, GAIN OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04702-01-3
              

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