§ 2. Exemption of members and officers from arrest. A member of the
legislature shall be privileged from arrest in a civil action or
proceeding other than for a forfeiture or breach of trust in public
office or employment, while attending upon its session, and for fourteen
days before and after each session, or while absent for not more than
fourteen days during the session with the leave of the house of which he
is a member.
An officer of either house shall be privileged from arrest in such a
civil action or proceeding while in actual attendance upon the house.
Either house shall have the power to discharge from arrest any of its
members or officers arrested in violation of his privilege from arrest.
Structure New York Laws
Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature
2 - Exemption of Members and Officers From Arrest.
4 - Contempts of Either House.
5-B - Limit on Outside Earned Income by Members.
6 - Officers and Employees of the Senate.
7 - Officers and Employees of the Assembly.
7-A - Legislative Library, Librarian and Assistants.
7-B - Legislative Emergency Health Station.
7-C - Member of Assembly Defined.
7-D - Employees of the Legislature.
7-E - Assistive Listening System for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
8 - Appointments to Be Filed With the Comptroller.
10 - Compensation of Officers and Employees.
11 - Designation of Payrolls as Annual, Session or Temporary.
12 - Authorization of Expenditures.
15 - Duties of Secretary and Clerk.
16 - Supplies Furnished by Secretary and Clerk.
17 - Accountability of Secretary and Clerk to Comptroller.
18 - Duties of Postmasters and Assistants.
19 - Duties of Official Stenographers.
20 - Detail of Officers and Employees for Special Duties.
21 - Limitation of Legislative Expenses.
22 - Custody of Legislative Papers and Documents.
22-A - Reproduction and Destruction of Certain Records, Books and Papers of the Senate.
22-B - Destruction and Reproductions of Assembly Books and Records.
23 - Appropriation Bills, How Referred.
24 - Legislative Bill Drafting Commission.
25 - Duties of the Commission.
27 - Appointment of Secretaries of Finance and Ways and Means Committees.
28 - Compensation, Expenses, Employees.
29 - Sub-Committees of Finance and Ways and Means Committees.
30 - Duties of Finance and Ways and Means Committees and Secretaries.
31 - Appearances and Inquiries in Respect to the Budget; Procedure Regulated.
32 - Representation of Certain Legislative Committees During Revision of the Budget.