S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4807--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 24, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
clarifying the identity of courts having jurisdiction relating to a
conviction of a felony as grounds for forfeiture of a public officer's
New York state pension benefits
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 "federal
2 corruption loophole closure act".
3 S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 157 of the retirement and social securi-
4 ty law, as added by section 1 of part C of chapter 399 of the laws of
5 2011, is amended to read as follows:
6 2. In the case of a public official who stands convicted, by plea of
7 nolo contendere or plea of guilty to, or by conviction after trial, IN
8 ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THIS OR ANY OTHER STATE OR IN ANY
9 FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, of any crime related to public
10 office, an action may be commenced in supreme court of the county in
11 which such public official was convicted of such felony crime, by the
12 district attorney having jurisdiction over such crime, or by the attor-
13 ney general if the attorney general brought the criminal charge which
14 resulted in such conviction, for an order to reduce or revoke the
15 pension to which such public official is otherwise entitled for service
16 as a public official. Such complaint shall specify with particularity
17 which category of felony pursuant to subdivision one of section one
18 hundred fifty-six of this article the defendant has committed, and all
19 other facts that are alleged to qualify such crime as a felony crime
20 related to public office subject to pension reduction or revocation
21 pursuant to this article, and the amount of pension reduction or revoca-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 tion requested. Such action shall be commenced within six months after
2 such conviction.
3 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.