Assembly Bill A3303

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the forfeiture by state officers or local officers of STAR exemption eligibility upon conviction of a felony related to public employment

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A3303 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1136
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §74-b, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9854, S7580
2019-2020: A10951, S2008
2021-2022: A4368, S1258
2023-2024: A5146, S672

2025-A3303 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the forfeiture by state officers or local officers of STAR exemption eligibility upon conviction of a felony related to public employment.

2025-A3303 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3303
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  requiring  the
   forfeiture  by  state  officers  or  local  officers of STAR exemption
   eligibility upon conviction of a felony related to public employment

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be cited as the "STAR
 Corruption Reduction Act for Politicians (SCRAP)".
   § 2. The public officers law is amended by adding a new  section  74-b
 to read as follows:
   §  74-B.  FELONY  CONVICTIONS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. ANY STATE OFFICER OR
 LOCAL OFFICER, AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  WHO  IS
 CONVICTED  IN  ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION OF A
 FELONY RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH  OFFICER'S  DUTIES  IN  PUBLIC
 OFFICE  OR  TO ABUSE OF SUCH OFFICER'S OFFICE, SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ANY
 OTHER PENALTY, BE SUBJECT TO PERMANENT FORFEITURE OF ELIGIBILITY  FOR  A
 SCHOOL  TAX  RELIEF (STAR) EXEMPTION AS PROVIDED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
   § 3. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
 convictions occurring on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03521-01-5

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