Bill Text: NY A03422 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes it a class A misdemeanor for a party or representative of a party to an action or proceeding before a juror, and after discharge of such juror, to confer, or offer or agree to confer, any payment or benefit upon such juror or a third party, with intent to influence or reward such juror's conduct regarding that party in any court action or proceeding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to codes [A03422 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03422-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3422
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. LENTOL, WEINSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
         A. CAHILL, ENGLEBRIGHT, MAGNARELLI -- read once and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to offering an unlawful
         gratuity to a juror
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 215.26 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 215.26 OFFERING AN UNLAWFUL GRATUITY TO A JUROR.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF OFFERING AN UNLAWFUL GRATUITY TO A  JUROR  WHEN,
    5  BEING  A  PARTY  OR REPRESENTATIVE OF A PARTY TO AN ACTION OR PROCEEDING
    6  BROUGHT BEFORE SUCH JUROR, AND AFTER DISCHARGE OF SUCH JUROR, HE OR  SHE
    7  CONFERS, OR OFFERS OR AGREES TO CONFER, ANY PAYMENT OR BENEFIT UPON SUCH
    8  JUROR OR A THIRD PERSON, WITH INTENT TO INFLUENCE OR REWARD SUCH JUROR'S
    9  CONDUCT REGARDING THAT PARTY IN ANY COURT ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
   10    OFFERING AN UNLAWFUL GRATUITY TO A JUROR IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   12  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04444-01-3