 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to commercial bribing
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 180.03 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 577
     2  of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 180.03 Commercial bribing in the first degree.
     4    A person is guilty of commercial bribing in the first degree  when  he
     5  or  she  confers,  or  offers  or agrees to confer, any benefit upon any
     6  employee, agent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter's employ-
     7  er or principal, with intent to influence his or her conduct in relation
     8  to his or her employer's or principal's affairs, and when the  value  of
     9  the  benefit  conferred or offered or agreed to be conferred exceeds one
    10  thousand dollars [and causes economic harm to the employer or  principal
    11  in an amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars].
    12    Commercial bribing in the first degree is a class E felony.
    13    § 2. Section 180.08 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 577 of the
    14  laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
    15  § 180.08 Commercial bribe receiving in the first degree.
    16    An  employee, agent or fiduciary is guilty of commercial bribe receiv-
    17  ing in the first degree when, without the consent of his or her employer
    18  or principal, he or she solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any  bene-
    19  fit  from  another  person  upon an agreement or understanding that such
    20  benefit will influence his or her conduct in  relation  to  his  or  her
    21  employer's  or  principal's  affairs,  and when the value of the benefit
    22  solicited, accepted or  agreed  to  be  accepted  exceeds  one  thousand
    23  dollars  [and  causes  economic  harm to the employer or principal in an
    24  amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars].
    25    Commercial bribe receiving in the first degree is a class E felony.
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05426-01-9
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