STATE OF NEW YORK
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672
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 5, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Inter-
nal Governance
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring the
forfeiture by state officers or local officers of STAR exemption
eligibility upon conviction of a felony related to public employment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "STAR
2 Corruption Reduction Act for Politicians (SCRAP)".
3 § 2. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section 74-b
4 to read as follows:
5 § 74-b. Felony convictions of public officers. Any state officer or
6 local officer, as defined in section two of this chapter, who is
7 convicted in any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction of a
8 felony related to the performance of his or her duties in public office
9 or to abuse of his or her office, shall, in addition to any other penal-
10 ty, be subject to permanent forfeiture of his or her eligibility for a
11 school tax relief (STAR) exemption as provided in section four hundred
12 twenty-five of the real property tax law.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to
14 convictions occurring on or after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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