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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2011
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Introduced  by  M. of A. KAVANAGH, CALHOUN, COLTON, SPANO -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  BURLING, CASTELLI, CORWIN, LINARES, P. RIVERA --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to limiting  contributions
  by certain contributors; and to amend the legislative law, in relation
  to  requiring  lobbyists who work as political consultants to disclose
  the name and contact information of those who employ them as political
  consultants

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

  Section  1.  Section 14-116 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF  THIS
SECTION,  ANY  CORPORATION,  JOINT-STOCK ASSOCIATION, OR AN ORGANIZATION
FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY  SUCH  CORPORATION,  WHICH
EMPLOYS A LOBBYING FIRM FOR ANY PURPOSE, MAY MAKE EXPENDITURES INCLUDING
CONTRIBUTIONS,  NOT  OTHERWISE  PROHIBITED  BY LAW, TO A CANDIDATE FOR A
POLITICAL OFFICE OR TO A POLITICAL PARTY, COMMITTEE OR ORGANIZATION ALSO
EMPLOYING THE SAME LOBBYING FIRM, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED  TWO  THOU-
SAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS IN AGGREGATE, NOT IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT
ALLOWED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR.
  S 2. Subdivision (c) of section 1-e of the legislative law is  amended
by adding a new paragraph 8 to read as follows:
  (8) IF THE LOBBYIST IS OR HAS BEEN RETAINED, EMPLOYED OR DESIGNATED BY
ONE  OR  MORE  CLIENTS AS A POLITICAL CONSULTANT, WITHIN THE TWENTY-FOUR
MONTHS PRECEDING THE FILING OF SUCH STATEMENT,  THE  NAME,  ADDRESS  AND
TELEPHONE  NUMBER OF THE CLIENT BY WHOM OR ON WHOSE BEHALF THE POLITICAL
CONSULTANT IS RETAINED, EMPLOYED OR DESIGNATED.   FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS
PARAGRAPH  THE TERM "POLITICAL CONSULTANT" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON RECEIV-
ING COMPENSATION FOR PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
LIMITED  TO:  ADVISING CLIENTS ON POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, POLITICAL ADVER-
TISING, CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES, CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY OR CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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