Bill Text: NY A04013 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the joint commission on public ethics to develop and maintain an ethics training course for members and staff of the legislature; requires all members of the legislature to successfully complete the ethics training course on an annual basis.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A04013 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04013-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4013
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. LAVINE, STECK, SKOUFIS, McDONALD, M. G. MILLER,
          JAFFEE, COLTON, KEARNS, BUCHWALD,  ARROYO,  MONTESANO,  HAWLEY,  RAIA,
          FINCH,  CURRAN,  ZEBROWSKI, HOOPER, GALEF, PICHARDO -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A.   GARBARINO, SIMON -- read once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the joint
          commission on public ethics to develop and maintain an ethics training
          course for members and staff of the  legislature;  and  to  amend  the
          legislative  law, in relation to requiring all members of the legisla-
          ture to successfully complete the ethics training course on an  annual
          basis
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (m) and subparagraph (iv)  of  paragraph  (n)  of
     2  subdivision  9  of  section  94  of  the executive law, paragraph (m) as
     3  amended and subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (n) as added by section 6  of
     4  part  A  of  chapter 399 of the laws of 2011 are amended and a new para-
     5  graph (o) is added to read as follows:
     6    (m) Determine a question common to a  class  or  defined  category  of
     7  persons or items of information required to be disclosed, where determi-
     8  nation  of  the  question  will prevent undue repetition of requests for
     9  exemption or deletion or prevent undue complication  in  complying  with
    10  the requirements of such section; [and]
    11    (iv)  if thereafter sufficient cause exists, the commission shall take
    12  additional actions, as appropriate and consistent with law[.]; and
    13    (o) The commission shall  develop  and  maintain  an  ethics  training
    14  course  for  members  and staff of the legislature. Such course shall be
    15  designed to help legislators and staff in  understanding  and  complying
    16  with  current ethical and campaign finance requirements under state law,
    17  legislative rules and federal law. The course which shall  be  available
    18  to members and staff of the legislature and to the general public on the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  internet, shall include training materials and exercises to be completed
     2  as  part of the course and shall include provisions for verifying when a
     3  legislator has successfully completed key training exercises.
     4    §  2.  Article  5  of  the  legislative law is amended by adding a new
     5  section 81 to read as follows:
     6    § 81. Ethics training course. 1. Each member of the legislature shall:
     7    a. annually complete the ethics training course developed by the joint
     8  commission on public ethics pursuant to  paragraph  (o)  of  subdivision
     9  nine of section ninety-four of the executive law;
    10    b. successfully complete the key training exercises of the course; and
    11    c.  verify  the  completion on his or her annual legislative financial
    12  disclosure form.
    13    2. Newly elected legislators shall complete the ethics training course
    14  within seven days of being sworn into office.
    15    3. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section  shall  be  a
    16  class  A  misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of five thousand
    17  dollars.
    18    § 3. If any part or provision of this act is adjudged by  a  court  of
    19  competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such
    20  judgment  shall not affect or impair any other part or provision of this
    21  act, but shall be confined in its operation to such part or provision.
    22    § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.