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A08293 Summary:

BILL NOA08293
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORBurke
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §90-a, Judy L
 
Requires district attorney ethics guidelines to be based exclusively on guidelines set by the New York state bar association.
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A08293 Actions:

BILL NOA08293
 
11/27/2023referred to judiciary
01/03/2024referred to judiciary
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A08293 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8293
 
SPONSOR: Burke
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to district attorney ethics guidelines amend the judiciary law by establishing, a set of district attorney ethics guidelines exclusively based on guidelines set by the NYS Bar Association.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 states that district attorney ethics guidelines shall be exclusively based on guidelines set by-the NYS Bar Association.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): N/A   JUSTIFICATION: District Attorneys, like all other public officials, must be held accountable and should be expected to follow certain ethical guidelines. This bill would ensure that there are ethics guidelines for district attorneys, and that these guidelines are set by the NYS Bar Association in order to ensure accountability.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: N/A   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: Click here to enter text.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
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A08293 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8293
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    November 27, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
 
        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law,  in  relation  to  district  attorney
          ethics guidelines
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new  section  90-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  90-a. District attorney ethics guidelines. District attorney ethics
     4  guidelines, as published in the New York Rules of Professional  Conduct,
     5  22  NYCRR  1200, shall be exclusively based on guidelines set by the New
     6  York state bar association.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13044-01-3
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