New York Assembly Bill A05324 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5324 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to giving and/or receiving unlawful benefits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 200.31 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 200.31 Giving unlawful benefits. 4 Anyone who otherwise than as provided by law for the proper discharge 5 of official duty directly or indirectly gives, offers or promises any 6 benefit with a value in excess of three thousand dollars, with the 7 exception of campaign contributions under article fourteen of the 8 election law, to any public official or person selected to be a public 9 official because of that person's official position. 10 Giving unlawful benefits is a class E felony. 11 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 200.36 to read 12 as follows: 13 § 200.36 Receiving unlawful benefits. 14 Anyone who, being a public official or person selected to be a public 15 official, otherwise than as provided by law for the proper discharge of 16 official duty, directly or indirectly seeks, receives or agrees to 17 receive any benefit, with the exception of campaign contributions under 18 article fourteen of the election law, with a value in excess of three 19 thousand dollars because of that person's official position. 20 Receiving unlawful benefits is a class E felony. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09532-01-5