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NY A00298
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Catalina Cruz
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AI Summary
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Prohibits the state from reimbursing campaign committees, political committees, or legal defense funds for attorneys' fees or litigation expenses paid on behalf of state employees
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Bars state employees from using state reimbursement funds to pay back campaign committees, political committees, or legal defense funds that covered their legal costs
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Requires employees with legal defense funds to exhaust all money in those funds before becoming eligible for state reimbursement of legal expenses
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Mandates that employees and their legal counsel certify to both the Attorney General and Comptroller that no legal defense fund money remains and that no state funds will be used to reimburse political committees or legal defense funds
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Applies immediately to any pending claims not yet paid by the state and all new claims submitted after the effective date
Legislative Description
Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees, or legal defense funds, for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee.
Last Action
referred to governmental operations
1/7/2026