Bill Text: NY A06320 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to crimes against public trust by state officers; requires such state officers salary to be suspended pending indictment for such crimes; and if convicted requires such state officers to pay back the portion of their salary beginning with the pay period immediately proceeding the date upon which the first convicted offense occurred.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A06320 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06320-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6320 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALCZYK -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to crimes against public trust by state officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the halt 2 crimes against public trust act". 3 § 2. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section 79-a 4 to read as follows: 5 § 79-a. Crimes against public trust by state officers. 1. (a) Any 6 state officer indicted for a crime involving public trust shall have 7 their salary for such official position suspended pending such indict- 8 ment. 9 (b) Where the indictment results in a conviction of a crime against 10 public trust, all monies earned by such state officer for such official 11 position beginning with the pay period immediately proceeding the date 12 upon which the first convicted offense occurred shall be paid back to 13 the state by such state officer. 14 (c) Where the indictment does not result in a conviction of a crime 15 against public trust, such suspension shall cease and such state officer 16 shall be paid back all monies not paid to such state officer during such 17 suspension. 18 2. For purposes of this section the term "crime involving public 19 trust" shall include bribery in the first degree as defined in section 20 200.04 of the penal law, bribery in the second degree as defined in 21 section 200.03 of the penal law, bribery in the third degree as defined 22 in section 200.00 of the penal law, bribe receiving in the first degree 23 as defined in section 200.12 of the penal law, bribe receiving in the 24 second degree as defined in section 200.11 of the penal law, bribe 25 receiving in the third degree as defined in section 200.10 of the penal EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09833-01-9A. 6320 2 1 law, corrupting the government in the first degree as defined in section 2 496.05 of the penal law, corrupting the government in the second degree 3 as defined in section 496.04 of the penal law, corrupting the government 4 in the third degree as defined in section 496.03 of the penal law, 5 corrupting the government in the fourth degree as defined in section 6 496.02 of the penal law, rewarding official misconduct in the first 7 degree as defined in section 200.22 of the penal law, rewarding official 8 misconduct in the second degree as defined in section 200.20 of the 9 penal law, receiving reward for official misconduct in the first degree 10 as defined in section 200.27 of the penal law, and receiving reward for 11 official misconduct in the second degree as defined in section 200.25 of 12 the penal law. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
