Judiciary Law 499-B — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 499-A Establishment of commission up ARTICLE 15-A State Commission On Prosecutorial Conduct next SECTION 499-C State commission on prosecutorial conduct; organization Viewing most recent revision (from 2021-06-25) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2021-06-25 2019-04-05 2019-01-18 2018-08-24 Share Facebook Email SECTION 499-B Definitions Judiciary (JUD) CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE 15-A § 499-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following terms have the following meanings: 1. "Commission" means the state commission on prosecutorial conduct. 2. "Prosecutor" means a district attorney or any assistant district attorney of any county of the state in an action to exact any criminal penalty, fine, sanction or forfeiture. 3. "Hearing" means a proceeding under subdivision four of section four hundred ninety-nine-f of this article. 4. "Member of the bar" means a person admitted to the practice of law in this state for at least five years. 5. "Retired judge" shall mean a former judge or justice of the unified court system who was qualified as an attorney during such service and served as such a judge or justice for at least five years.