New York A 2568: Prohibits state officers and employees from using state aircraft for political purposes

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A02568 Summary:

BILL NOA02568 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDiPietro

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Amd §73, Pub Off L

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Prohibits a statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of the legislature or legislative employee to use state aircraft for political purposes; provides a violation of such restriction constitutes a class A misdemeanor.

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BILL NOA02568 

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01/17/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2568

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to political use of
 state aircraft by certain state officers and employees

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 73 of the public officers law, as
 2 amended by section 5 of part CC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is
 3 renumbered subdivision 19 and amended and a new subdivision 18 is added
 4 to read as follows:
 5 18. No statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member
 6 of the legislature or legislative employee may use or direct the use of
 7 state aircraft for political purposes.
 8 19. In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of
 9 law, any person who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions
 10 of subdivisions two through five, seven, seven-a, eight, twelve or four-
 11 teen through [seventeen] eighteen of this section shall be subject to a
 12 civil penalty in an amount not to exceed forty thousand dollars and the
 13 value of any gift, compensation [or], benefit [received] or use of state
 14 aircraft in connection with such violation. Assessment of a civil penal-
 15 ty hereunder shall be made by the state oversight body with jurisdiction
 16 over such person. A state oversight body acting pursuant to its juris-
 17 diction, may, in lieu of a civil penalty, with respect to a violation of
 18 subdivisions two through five, seven [or], eight or eighteen of this
 19 section, refer a violation of any such subdivision to the appropriate
 20 prosecutor and upon such conviction such violation shall be punishable
 21 as a class A misdemeanor.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05687-01-5

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