New York S 5732: Prohibits a member of the legislature from disbursing moneys pursuant to memoranda of understanding regarding certain line item appropriations prior to an election

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S05732 Summary:

BILL NOS05732 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02481

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSRMURRAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §240.64, Pen L; add §50-h, Civ Rts L

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Establishes the crime of aggravated offering of a false accusation against a peace officer or police officer for knowingly reporting false or baseless information relating to wrongdoing by a police or peace officer to a law enforcement agency; creates a private right of action for damages.

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BILL NOS05732 

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5732

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 civil rights law, in relation to
 creating the crime of aggravated offering of a false accusation
 against a police officer and creating a private right of action

 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 240.64 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 240.64 Aggravated offering of a false accusation against a police
 4 officer or peace officer.
 5 A person is guilty of aggravated offering of a false accusation
 6 against a police officer or peace officer when, knowing the information
 7 reported to be false or baseless, such person reports, by word or
 8 action, to a law enforcement officer or agency, wrongdoing by a police
 9 officer or peace officer in the performance of such officer's duties.
 10 Under this section, police officer and peace officer are as defined
 11 under section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law.
 12 Aggravated offering of a false accusation against a police officer or
 13 peace officer is class D felony.
 14 § 2. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 50-h to
 15 read as follows:
 16 § 50-h. Private right of action; false accusation. A police officer
 17 or peace officer, or their representative, may bring an action to
 18 recover damages suffered by reason of a false accusation against such
 19 police officer or peace officer in violation of section 240.64 of the
 20 penal law. In any action brought under this section, the court may award
 21 reasonable attorney's fees to a prevailing plaintiff.
 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01463-01-5

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