Bill Text: NY A04641 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4641 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires all plea agreements offered to public officers and former public officers to include pension forfeiture.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A04641 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4641
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. LALOR, CORWIN, McLAUGHLIN, FINCH, HAWLEY, JOHNS,
         RAIA, BARCLAY, NOJAY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH --  read
         once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring plea
         agreements offered to public officers to include pension forfeiture
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section
    2  74-b to read as follows:
    3    S 74-B. PLEA AGREEMENTS TO INCLUDE PENSION FORFEITURE.   NOTWITHSTAND-
    4  ING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO PLEA AGREEMENT FOR
    5  ANY CRIME RELATED TO ABUSE OF HIS OR HER OFFICE SHALL BE ACCEPTED  BY  A
    6  COURT  OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION WHERE THE DEFENDANT IS A PUBLIC OFFICER
    7  OR FORMER PUBLIC OFFICER  WITHOUT  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  AN  ACTION  TO
    8  FORFEIT  ALL  RIGHTS AND BENEFITS AS A MEMBER OR A RETIRED MEMBER OF THE
    9  APPROPRIATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE PENSION OF THE PUBLIC OFFI-
   10  CER OR FORMER PUBLIC OFFICER IN SUPREME COURT.
   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.
                                                                  LBD00772-01-5