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Assembly Bill A8809

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires disclosure of certain information by members of the legislature who are practicing attorneys

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2011-A8809 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2011-A8809 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires disclosure of certain information by members of the legislature who are practicing attorneys; requires an accounting of the number of hours the individual works at the firm or corporation for the year with a general description of the principal subject areas of matters undertaken by such individual and the number of cases such individual handled for the year.

2011-A8809 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8809

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

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  requiring
  disclosure  of  certain  information by members of the legislature who
  are practicing attorneys

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 8 of subdivision 3 of section
73-a  of the public officers law, as added by chapter 813 of the laws of
1987, is relettered subparagraph (c) and a new subparagraph (b) is added
to read as follows:
  (B) IF THE REPORTING INDIVIDUAL IS A MEMBER  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  AND
SUCH  INDIVIDUAL  PRACTICES  LAW  WITH  A  FIRM  OR CORPORATION, GIVE AN
ACCOUNTING OF THE NUMBER OF HOURS THE INDIVIDUAL WORKS AT  THE  FIRM  OR
CORPORATION  FOR  THE  YEAR  WITH A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL
SUBJECT AREAS OF MATTERS UNDERTAKEN BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND THE NUMBER OF
CASES SUCH INDIVIDUAL HANDLED FOR THE YEAR. DO  NOT  LIST  THE  NAME  OF
INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS.
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  S  2. Subparagraph (c) of paragraph 8 of subdivision 3 of section 73-a
of the public officers law, as amended by section 5 of part A of chapter
399 of the laws of 2011,  is  relettered  subparagraph  (d)  and  a  new
subparagraph (c) is added to read as follows:
  (C)  IF  THE  REPORTING  INDIVIDUAL IS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE AND
SUCH INDIVIDUAL PRACTICES LAW  WITH  A  FIRM  OR  CORPORATION,  GIVE  AN
ACCOUNTING  OF  THE  NUMBER OF HOURS THE INDIVIDUAL WORKS AT THE FIRM OR
CORPORATION FOR THE YEAR WITH A GENERAL  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  PRINCIPAL
SUBJECT AREAS OF MATTERS UNDERTAKEN BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND THE NUMBER OF
CASES SUCH INDIVIDUAL HANDLED FOR THE YEAR.

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

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