A5977-2011 Actions

• Apr 18, 2012: held for consideration in governmental operations
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to governmental operations
• Mar 3, 2011: referred to governmental operations

A5977-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         5977
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 March 3, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BURLING,  MOLINARO,  DUPREY, KOLB, CASTELLI,
 D. MILLER, McLAUGHLIN, CALHOUN --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
 BARCLAY,  GIGLIO,  HAWLEY,  HAYES, JORDAN, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, OAKS,
 PALMESANO, RABBITT, RAIA, SAYWARD, TEDISCO, THIELE --  read  once  and
 referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to political use of
 state aircraft by certain state officers and employees
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 73 of the public officers law, as
 amended by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is renumbered subdivision  19
 and amended and a new subdivision 18 is added to read as follows:

 18.  NO  STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, MEMBER
 OF THE LEGISLATURE OR LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE MAY USE OR DIRECT THE USE  OF
 STATE AIRCRAFT FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.
 19.  In  addition  to  any penalty contained in any other provision of
 law, any person who knowingly and intentionally violates the  provisions
 of  subdivisions  two  through  five,  seven,  eight, twelve or fourteen
 through [seventeen] EIGHTEEN of this section shall be subject to a civil
 penalty in an amount not to exceed forty thousand dollars and the  value
 of  any  gift,  compensation  [or],  benefit  [received] OR USE OF STATE
 AIRCRAFT in connection with such  violation.    Assessment  of  a  civil
 penalty  hereunder shall be made by the state oversight body with juris
 diction over such person. A state oversight body acting pursuant to  its
 jurisdiction,  may,  in  lieu  of  a  civil  penalty,  with respect to a
 violation of subdivisions two through five, seven [or], eight  OR  EIGH
 TEEN  of  this section, refer a violation of any such subdivision to the
 appropriate prosecutor and upon such conviction such violation shall  be
 punishable as a class A misdemeanor.
 

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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