New York S 2434: Relates to salary increases for heads of police departments of municipalities, districts or authorities

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S02434 Summary:

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Amd §§200.03, 200.04, 200.00, 80.00 & 195.00, add §§195.03 & 195.04, Art 196 §196.00, Pen L; amd §200.50, CP
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Relates to the crimes of bribery and abuse of public trust.

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01/17/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2434

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in
 relation to bribery and abuse of public trust

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

 1 Section 1. Section 200.03 of the penal law, as amended by section 18
 2 of subpart A of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 200.03 Bribery in the second degree.
 5 A person is guilty of bribery in the second degree when [he] such
 6 person confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit valued in
 7 excess of [five] one thousand dollars upon a public servant [upon an
 8 agreement or understanding] with an intent to influence that such public
 9 servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of
 10 discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.
 11 Bribery in the second degree is a class C felony.
 12 § 2. Section 200.04 of the penal law, as amended by section 19 of
 13 subpart A of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
 14 read as follows:
 15 § 200.04 Bribery in the first degree.
 16 A person is guilty of bribery in the first degree when [the] such
 17 person confers, or offers or agrees to confer: (1) any benefit upon a
 18 public servant [upon an agreement or understanding] with an intent to
 19 influence that such public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action,
 20 decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be
 21 influenced in the investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution or
 22 incarceration of any person for the commission or alleged commission of
 23 a class A felony defined in article two hundred twenty of this part or
 24 an attempt to commit any such class A felony; or (2) any benefit valued
 25 in excess of [one hundred] three thousand dollars upon a public servant
 26 [upon an agreement or understanding] with an intent to influence that
 27 such public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exer-
 28 cise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05642-01-5

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 1 Bribery in the first degree is a class B felony.
 2 § 3. Section 200.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 833 of the
 3 laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 200.00 Bribery in the third degree.
 5 A person is guilty of bribery in the third degree when [he] such
 6 person confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a public
 7 servant [upon an agreement or understanding] with an intent to influence
 8 that such public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or
 9 exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.
 10 Bribery in the third degree is a class D felony.
 11 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 80.00 of the penal law, as amended by
 12 section 27 of subpart A of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is
 13 amended to read as follows:
 14 1. A sentence to pay a fine for a felony shall be a sentence to pay an
 15 amount, fixed by the court, not exceeding the higher of
 16 a. five thousand dollars; or
 17 b. double the amount of the defendant's gain from the commission of
 18 the crime or, if the defendant is convicted of a crime defined in arti-
 19 cle four hundred ninety-six of this chapter, any higher amount not
 20 exceeding three times the amount of t