Senate Bill S3271

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S3271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2020
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1-c, 1-h & 1-j, Leg L; add §§14-131 - 14-134, amd §§14-102 & 14-130, El L; amd §74, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S744, A8814
2011-2012: S3053, A5868
2015-2016: S2505, A5752
2017-2018: S5473, A8546
2019-2020: S2957
2021-2022: S940
2023-2024: S2130

2013-S3271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists including: campaign contributions to elected officials; existing business relationships or associations with public officials; and the names of family members of a public official to whom the lobbyist, or his or her employer, paid compensation of over $500 in the preceding calendar year and the amount of compensation paid; provides for the disposition of campaign funds.

2013-S3271 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3271

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the election law, in relation to
  disclosures required for lobbyists, and to amend the election law  and
  the  public  officers  law, in relation to campaign funds for personal
  use

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Lobbyist
Disclosure Campaign Fund Act".
  S 2. Section 1-c of the legislative law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision (x) to read as follows:
  (X)  THE TERM "FAMILY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, INCLUD-
ING  PARENTS,  STEPPARENTS,  SPOUSE,  DOMESTIC  PARTNERS,  GRANDPARENTS,
BROTHERS, SISTERS, UNCLES, AND AUNTS, WHETHER OF THE WHOLE BLOOD OR HALF
BLOOD OR BY OR THROUGH LEGAL SANCTION.
  S 3.  Paragraph 5 of subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative
law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs (vi) and (vii) to read as
follows:
  (VI)  THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS MADE, IN ANY FORM, TO ANY CAMPAIGN OR
POLITICAL COMMITTEE IN NEW YORK STATE BY THE CLIENT BY WHOM OR ON  WHOSE
BEHALF  THE  LOBBYIST IS RETAINED, EMPLOYED OR DESIGNATED, BY THE LOBBY-
IST, AND BY ANY EMPLOYEES OF THE LOBBYIST.
  (VII) THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID AND  THE  NAMES  OF  ANY  FAMILY
MEMBERS  OF  A PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO WHOM A LOBBYIST AND THE CLIENT BY WHOM
OR ON WHOSE BEHALF THE LOBBYIST IS RETAINED, EMPLOYED OR DESIGNATED  HAS
PAID  COMPENSATION  OF  MORE  THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN THE PRECEDING
CALENDAR YEAR FOR PERSONAL EMPLOYMENT OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
  S 4. Subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative law is  amended
by adding a new paragraph 6 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01048-01-3

              

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