Bill Text: NY S06108 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Grants authority to the attorney-general to investigate certain claims related to talent contracts regardless of whether the signatories reside in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S06108 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06108-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6108 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the authority of the attorney-general to investigate certain claims related to talent contracts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 63 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 17 to read as follows: 3 17. Notwithstanding any law, regulation, policy or rule to the contra- 4 ry, have the power and authority to investigate claims related to talent 5 contracts, whether the agents who are signatory to those agreements 6 reside physically within the state of New York or in another state or 7 territory. The attorney-general shall have sole authority to determine 8 whether to pursue a case under this subdivision, but should an investi- 9 gation be conducted and a violation be discovered, the attorney-general 10 shall refer such case to the chief prosecutor for the relevant jurisdic- 11 tion for their consideration and possible action. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11678-01-7
