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Assembly Bill A9560

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires statewide elected officials to report outside earnings to the nearest thousand dollar amount

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2009-A9560 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง73-a, Pub Off L

2009-A9560 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires statewide elected officials to report earnings, other than from the elected position, to the nearest thousand dollar amount.

2009-A9560 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9560 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9560

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 19, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BOYLE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  financial
  disclosure by statewide elected officials

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

  Section 1. The third undesignated paragraph of paragraph 3 of subdivi-
sion 3 of section 73-a of the public officers law, as added  by  chapter
813 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
  Whenever a "value" or "amount" is required to be reported herein, such
value  or  amount shall be reported as being within one of the following
Categories: Category A - under $5,000; Category  B  -  $5,000  to  under
$20,000;  Category C - $20,000 to under $60,000; Category D - $60,000 to
under $100,000; Category E - $100,000 to under $250,000; and Category  F
-  $250,000  or over. A reporting individual shall indicate the Category
by letter only, PROVIDED, HOWEVER  THAT  FOR  ITEMS  13  AND  14  BELOW,
SPECIFIC AMOUNTS MUST BE REPORTED TO THE NEAREST THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  S  2.    Paragraphs  13 and 14 of subdivision 3 of section 73-a of the
public officers law, as amended by chapter 242 of the laws of 1989,  are
amended to read as follows:

13. List  below  the nature and amount of any income in EXCESS of $1,000
    from EACH SOURCE for the reporting individual and such  individual's
    spouse  for  the  taxable  year  last occurring prior to the date of
    filing.   Nature of income includes, but  is  not  limited  to,  all
    income  (other  than  that received from the employment listed under
    Item 2 above) from compensated employment whether public or private,
    directorships and other fiduciary  positions,  contractual  arrange-
    ments,  teaching  income,  partnerships,  honorariums, lecture fees,
    consultant fees, bank and bond interest, dividends,  income  derived
    from  a trust, real estate rents, and recognized gains from the sale
    or exchange of real or other property.   Income from a  business  or
    profession  and  real estate rents shall be reported with the source
    identified by the building address in the case of real estate  rents

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

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