Senate Bill S2597

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2597

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 25, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  financial
  disclosure by the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of
  the assembly

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

  Section 1. Section 73-a of the  public  officers  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A. IF THE REPORTING INDIVIDUAL IS THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY OR THE
TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE SENATE, THE REPORTING INDIVIDUAL SHALL, IN
ADDITION TO ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE FILED PURSUANT TO  THIS
SECTION,  ANSWER  THE  QUESTIONS STATED BELOW RELATING TO THE SOURCE AND
SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF INCOME, AND THE NATURE OF  SERVICES  RENDERED,  WHICH
QUESTIONS  AND  ANSWERS  SHALL  BE  APPENDED  TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE AND FILED AT THE SAME TIME THE ANNUAL STATEMENT  OF
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE IS FILED.
  IN  THE  EVENT THE SOURCE OF THE INCOME IS A SPECIFIC PERSON OR ENTITY
WHOM THE REPORTING INDIVIDUAL OR HIS OR HER  SPOUSE  PERFORMED  SERVICES
FOR  WHICH  ARE  SUBJECT  TO A PRIVILEGE UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, THE
REPORTING INDIVIDUAL (OR HIS OR HER SPOUSE AS THE  CASE  MAY  BE)  SHALL
SIGN  A  DOCUMENT  UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY INDICATING THE NATURE OF THE
SERVICES, BUT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THE NAME OF THE INDIVID-
UAL OR ENTITY.
  IF THE REPORTING INDIVIDUAL FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD  RECEIVED  INCOME
OUTSIDE  OF HIS OR HER STATE SALARY AND ANY OTHER PAYMENT FROM THE STATE
RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE LEGISLATIVE LAW, HE  OR  SHE  SHALL  STATE  THE
AMOUNT  OF SUCH INCOME AND THE SOURCE OF THE SAME, AS WELL AS THE NATURE
OF ANY SERVICES RENDERED OR GOODS SOLD.  IN  THE  EVENT  THE  AMOUNT  OF
INCOME HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE FILING IS REQUIRED,
THE  REPORTING  INDIVIDUAL  SHALL  PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPLANATION FOR THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09195-02-9
              

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SAME AND SHALL FILE THE INFORMATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS  OF  HIS  OR  HER
FILING  HIS  OR  HER  TAX RETURN FOR THE PRIOR YEAR OR IF THE INCOME WAS
PAID TO THE SPOUSE OF THE REPORTING INDIVIDUAL, WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF
HIS OR HER SPOUSE'S FILING SUCH TAX RETURN.
  THE DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL CONTAIN THE INFORMA-
TION AND SHALL BE IN THE FORM SET FORTH HEREINBELOW:
SOURCE OF INCOME            AMOUNT OF INCOME            SERVICES
                                                        RENDERED

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  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and apply to any filing
made for calendar year 2009 or later.