Bill Text: NY S07580 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the forfeiture by state officers or local officers of STAR exemption eligibility upon conviction of a felony related to public employment.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-15 - PRINT NUMBER 7580A [S07580 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07580-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7580--A
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 26, 2018
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        Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, HELMING, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered
          printed,  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring the
          forfeiture by state officers  or  local  officers  of  STAR  exemption
          eligibility upon conviction of a felony related to public employment
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  the  "STAR
     2  Corruption Reduction Act for Politicians (SCRAP)".
     3    §  2.  The public officers law is amended by adding a new section 74-b
     4  to read as follows:
     5    § 74-b. Felony convictions of public officers. Any  state  officer  or
     6  local  officer,  as  defined  in  section  two  of  this chapter, who is
     7  convicted in any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction  of  a
     8  felony  related to the performance of his or her duties in public office
     9  or to abuse of his or her office, shall, in addition to any other penal-
    10  ty, be subject to permanent forfeiture of his or her eligibility  for  a
    11  school  tax  relief (STAR) exemption as provided in section four hundred
    12  twenty-five of the real property tax law.
    13    § 3. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
    14  convictions occurring on or after such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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