Source: http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S7707A
Timestamp: 2014-10-23 21:55:36
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§10', '§195', '§73', '§81', '§80', '§80', '§80', '§94', '§99', '§99', '§99', '§211', '§14', '§ 10', '§ 195', '§ 195', '§ 195', '§ 200', '§ 200', '§73', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 74', '§ 80', '§ 80', '§ 94', '§ 99', '§ 99', '§ 211', '§ 1341']

S7707A-2009 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Creates the Public Corruption Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2010 - New York State Senate
Bill S7707A-2009
Creates the Public Corruption Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2010
Creates the Public Corruption Prevention and Enforcement Act; increases penalties for violations relating to scheme to defraud the government, duty to provide faithful public services, bribery; increases penalties for financial disclosure violations by public officials; relates to community project grants; provides for an executive community projects fund; inspection of annual statements; election law provisions.
A10942A-2009
S7707-2013 S7707A-2013 Sponsor:Schneiderman
JOHNSON C, BRESLIN, ADDABBO, AUBERTINE, BONACIC, DUANE, KRUEGER, OPPENHEIMER, PERALTA, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS, VALESKY, ADDABBO, AUBERTINE
Law: Amd §§10.00, 195.20, 200.00, 200.03 & 200.04, add §§195.18 & 200.28, Pen L; amd §§73-a & 74, ren §81 to be §80, add §80, Pub Off L; amd §80, Leg L; amd §94, Exec L; ren §99-d to be §99-t, add §99-u, St Fin L; amd §211, Judy L; amd §§14-100, 14-104, 14-108 & 14-120, El L
Jun 2, 2010: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
May 12, 2010: PRINT NUMBER 7707A
May 12, 2010: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
Schneiderman, Breslin, Duane, Parker, Huntley, Sampson, Klein, Perkins, Squadron, Bonacic
Volker, DeFrancisco, Golden, Lanza, Flanagan
BILL NUMBER:  S7707A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing penalties for violations relating to scheme to defraud the government, bribery, and duty to provide faithful public services; to amend the public officers law, in relation to faithful public services and increases penalties for financial disclosure violations, and in relation to community project grants; to amend the legislative law, in relation to reporting requirements; to amend the executive law, in relation to making technical changes thereto; to amend the state finance law, in relation to the legislative community projects fund and executive community projects fund; to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the inspection of annual statements of financial disclosure; and to amend the election law, in relation to campaign contributions and expenditures  PURPOSE : To create a duty of faithful public services for public servants, and provide for criminal and civil penalties for violation of the duty, to reform criminal bribery statutes to clarify legislative intent, to reform the member item process with standards and prohibitions, and civil and criminal penalties for violations of the standards and prohibitions, to add additional disclosures to the annual statements of financial disclosure relating to non-profits and value categories and to increase disclosure of gifts and loans for candidates. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 Title of act "Public Corruption Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2010."Section 2 Amends PL § 10.00 to define "scheme" for PL §§ 195.18 and 195.20 and "faithful public services" and "self-dealing."Section 3 Amends PL § 195.20 to create the crime of scheme to defraud the government in the first degree, a D felony.Section 4 Adds new PL § 195.18, to create the crime of scheme to defraud the government in the first degree, an E felony.Sections 5, 6 and 7 Amend PL §§ 200.00, 200.03 and 200.04 to make changes to address a common law issue involving burden of proof.Section 8 Adds new PL § 200.28 to create a duty to provide faithful services for public servants.Section 9 Amends POL §73-a(3) to add new question 20 to the annual statements of financial disclosure related to non-profits and reporting individuals and their spouse or domestic partner and their relatives.Section 10 Amends POL § 74(1) to define "faithful public services" and "self-dealing" for officers, and employees of a state agency, members of the legislature and legislative employees.Section 11 Amends POL § 74(3) to add the duty of faithful services to the Code of Ethics.Section 12 Amends POL § 74(4) to add a penalty for violation for scheme to defraud and the duty of faithful public services, an E felony.Section 13 Adds new POL § 80 to create guidelines and prohibitions for members items, enforced by the attorney general and penalties forviolations, enforced by the attorney general and any district attorney.Section 14 Amends Leg. Law § 80(14) (1) to require the disclosure of the value categories on annual statements of financial disclosure filed by members of the legislature, candidates for member of the legislature and legislative employees when statements are released to the public.Section 15 Amends Exec. Law § 94(17)(a)(1) to require the disclosure of the value categories on annual statements of financial disclosure filed by statewide elected officials, candidates for statewide elected officials, executive branch officers and employees and political party chairs when statements are released to the public.Section 16 Amends State Finance Law § 99-d to rename the section "Legislative community projects fund."Section 17 Adds State Finance Law § 99-u to create the "Executive community projects fund."Section 18 Amends Jud. Law § 211(4) to require the disclosure of the value categories on annual statements of financial disclosure filed by judges, candidates for judge and employees of the unified court system when statements are released to the public.Section 19 Amends § EL 14-100 to make technical changes related to gifts.Section 20 Amends § EL 14-104(1) to make changes related to filing of statements and to require separate disclosure by candidates and their spouse or domestic partner for gifts and loans, not issued by a financial institution, in excess of $1,000 for one year prior to designation and at other regular filing times.Section 21 Amends § EL 14-108 to make technical changes related to disclosure of gifts.Section 22 Amends § EL 14-120 to make technical changes related to contribution and loans.Section 23 is the severability clause.Section 24 is the effective dates, immediately, except for sections nine through twenty-two which shall take effect on the 60th day after becoming law. JUSTIFICATION :The recent corruption scandals in Albany and elsewhere that have resulted in felony convictions and guilty pleas are reminders of the urgent need for reform. The bill combines in one place measures that are designed to prevent corrupt activity by strengthening ethics and campaign finance disclosure requirements with measures designed to strengthen enforcement against those who violate the public trust. Public servants hold a public trust and they have a duty to perform faithful services to the state or municipality and their constituents. This bill creates a defined duty for public servants to provide faithful services in the Penal Law and the Public Officers Law. The duty, which applies to public servants at all levels of government within the state, elected officials, employees and appointees, is defined as conduct that is free of undisclosed self-dealing and free of the unauthorized or unlawful conferral of benefits. Under the bill, knowing and intentional violations of the duty to provide faithful public services may be prosecuted by any district attorney or anenforcement action may be brought by a state commissions with ethics oversight.The bill also expands the limited existing crime of Defrauding the Government and creates the crimes of Scheme to Defraud the Government in the First and Second Degrees. Currently, that law is limited to schemes to defraud government agencies of money or property. This bill would include corrupt schemes involving public servants and others who seek to corrupt the operation of government. Violation is punishable as either a class D or E felony, depending on the nature of the offense.The duty of faithful services is similar to federal law , known as honest services fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1346. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court heard arguments on combined challenges to the law and a decision is expected soon. Unlike the federal law, and to address the concerns raised in the Supreme Court, the state duty to provide faithful services is well defined and only applies to public servants and party officers or anybody who acts with a public servant or party officer.In addition, three sections of bribery involving public servants in the Penal Law are amended to reflect the proper standard of proof and to ensure that offers to bribe are punished as seriously as the Legislature has intended. The Court of Appeals has interpreted an exis