New York A 10853: Relates to requiring municipalities, authorities and agencies to obtain liability insurance on each duly appointed police officer

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A10853 Summary:

BILL NOA10853 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLasher

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §344, Gen Bus L; amd §4, St Fin L

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Relates to monopoly and anti-trust whistleblower incentives and protections including receipt of a portion of monetary sanctions for original information provided.

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BILL NOA10853 

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04/08/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10853

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, the state finance law and the
 executive law, in relation to monopoly and anti-trust whistleblower
 incentives and protections

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 344 to read as follows:
 3 § 344. Monopoly and anti-trust whistleblower incentives and
 4 protections. Definitions. 1. For the purposes of this section, the
 5 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 6 (a) "Covered enforcement action" shall mean:
 7 (i) any one or more enforcement actions brought by the attorney gener-
 8 al under this article that results in monetary sanctions exceeding one
 9 million dollars in the aggregate; or
 10 (ii) any investigations, inquiries, settlements, or any other action
 11 brought or made by the attorney general in relation to a violation of
 12 this article that results in monetary sanctions exceeding one million
 13 dollars in the aggregate.
 14 (b) "Monetary sanctions" shall mean:
 15 (i) any monies ordered to be paid, or that are otherwise paid or
 16 forfeited as a result of a covered enforcement action or related action,
 17 including any monies ordered to be paid under section three hundred
 18 forty-seven-a of this article; or
 19 (ii) any monies deposited into a disgorgement fund or public benefit
 20 fund because of a covered enforcement action or related action.
 21 (c) (i) "Original information" shall mean information that:
 22 (1) is derived from the independent knowledge or analysis of a whist-
 23 leblower;
 24 (2) is not known to the attorney general from any other source, unless
 25 the whistleblower is the original source of such information; and
 26 (3) is not exclusively derived from an allegation made in a judicial
 27 or administrative hearing, in a governmental report, hearing, audit or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14391-02-6

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 1 investigation or from the news media, unless the whistleblower is a
 2 source of such information.
 3 (ii) For purposes of this paragraph, an allegation is not made in (1)
 4 a governmental report or investigation because it was disclosed or
 5 provided pursuant to article six of the public officers law, or under
 6 any other federal, state or local law, rule or program enabling the
 7 public to request, receive or view documents or information in the
 8 possession of public officials or public agencies; and (2) the news
 9 media merely because information of allegations or transactions have
 10 been posted on the internet or on a computer network.
 11 (d) "Related action" shall mean any judicial or administrative action
 12 brought by a state or local agency or entity based upon the original
 13 information provided by a whistleblower to the attorney general pursuant
 14 to this section that results in monetary sanctions exceeding one million
 15 dollars in the aggregate.
 16 (e) "Whistleblower" shall mean any individual or entity who provides
 17 or two or more individuals or entities acting jointly who provide infor-
 18 mation to the attorney general relating to a violation of this article.
 19 2. Whistleblower awards. (a) One or more whistleblowers who voluntar-
 20 ily provide original information to the attorney general that was the
 21 basis for a successful covered enforcement action, or a related action,