Assembly Bill A6463

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits members of the legislature from obtaining funding to provide to any business entities in which such members, domestic partners or certain relatives hold official or legal positions

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  • 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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2021-A6463 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S850
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §73, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9864
2013-2014: A5718
2015-2016: A5006
2017-2018: A6808, S6306
2019-2020: A4634, S5733
2023-2024: A5491

2021-A6463 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits members of the legislature from obtaining funding through state grants or member items and subsequently providing such funding to any business entities or not-for-profit entities in which such officials, members, domestic partners or certain relatives hold official or legal positions.

2021-A6463 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6463
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GALEF, PAULIN, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI,
   LUPARDO, WOERNER, SEAWRIGHT, BYRNE, WALSH, J. M. GIGLIO,  FITZPATRICK,
   PALMESANO, MONTESANO, DiPIETRO, BRABENEC, FRIEND -- Multi-Sponsored by
   --  M.  of  A.    BLANKENBUSH, ENGLEBRIGHT, EPSTEIN, McDONOUGH, SIMON,
   THIELE -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
   Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public officers law, in relation to prohibiting
   members of the legislature from obtaining funding and  providing  such
   funds  to any business entity or not-for-profit entities in which such
   officials, members, domestic partners or certain relatives hold  offi-
   cial or legal positions
 
   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 section 5 of part CC of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2015,  is
 amended  and renumbered subdivision 19 and a new subdivision 18 is added
 to read as follows:
   18. NO STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL OR MEMBER OF THE  LEGISLATURE  SHALL
 OBTAIN ANY FUNDING THROUGH STATE GRANTS OR MEMBER ITEMS, AND SUBSEQUENT-
 LY PROVIDE SUCH FUNDS TO ANY CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED LIABILITY
 CORPORATION,  OTHER  BUSINESS  ENTITY  OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITY IN WHICH
 SUCH OFFICIAL, MEMBER OR ANY RELATIVE BY BLOOD, MARRIAGE OR ADOPTION  OF
 SUCH  OFFICIAL  OR  MEMBER,  DOMESTIC PARTNER OR A PERSON WORKING IN THE
 EMPLOY OF SUCH MEMBER HOLDS AN OFFICIAL OR LEGAL POSITION, INCLUDING BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO WORKING ON AN UNPAID, VOLUNTEER BASIS.
   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, seven-a, eight, twelve or four-
 teen 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 in  connection  with
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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