Bill Text: NY S07927 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that any district attorney who knowingly solicits, accepts or receives any gift, service, hospitality, thing or promise, campaign donation, or anything else of value, under any circumstance from a criminal defendant, the defendant's attorney, or the family, employees or business partners of the defendant's attorney while prosecution of the defendant is pending, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-24 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07927 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S07927-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7927
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 24, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ESPADA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  providing  that  any
         district  attorney  who  knowingly  solicits,  accepts or receives any
         gift, service, hospitality, thing or promise,  campaign  donation,  or
         anything else of value, under any circumstance from a criminal defend-
         ant, is guilty of a misdemeanor
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  17-163
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  17-163.  MISDEMEANOR  CONCERNING  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  SOLICITATION,
    4  ACCEPTANCE OR RECEIPT OF GIFTS.  ANY  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  WHO  KNOWINGLY
    5  SOLICITS,  ACCEPTS  OR  RECEIVES  ANY GIFT, SERVICE, LOAN, TRAVEL ENTER-
    6  TAINMENT, HOSPITALITY, THING OR PROMISE, CAMPAIGN DONATION, OR  ANYTHING
    7  ELSE  OF  VALUE,  UNDER  ANY CIRCUMSTANCE FROM A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT, THE
    8  DEFENDANT'S ATTORNEY, OR THE FAMILY, EMPLOYEES, OR BUSINESS PARTNERS  OF
    9  THE DEFENDANT'S ATTORNEY, WHILE PROSECUTION OF THE DEFENDANT IS PENDING,
   10  IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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