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                                   6943
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to relieving  reporting
   requirements on small nonprofits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section 1-e of the legis-
 lative law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (4)  Such  biennial  filings  shall  be completed on or before January
 first of the first year of a biennial cycle commencing in calendar  year
 two  thousand  five  and  thereafter,  by  those  persons  who have been
 retained, employed or designated  as  lobbyist  on  or  before  December
 fifteenth  of  the  previous calendar year and who reasonably anticipate
 that in the coming year they will  expend,  incur  or  receive  combined
 reportable compensation and expenses in an amount in excess of two thou-
 sand  dollars  in  years  prior to calendar year two thousand six [and],
 five thousand dollars [commencing in] IN YEARS BETWEEN two thousand  six
 AND  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS COMMENCING IN TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO; for those lobbyists retained,  employed  or  desig-
 nated after the previous December fifteenth, and for those lobbyists who
 subsequent  to  their  retainer,  employment  or  designation reasonably
 anticipate combined reportable compensation and expenses  in  excess  of
 such amount, such filing must be completed within fifteen days thereaft-
 er,  but  in  no event later than ten days after the actual incurring or
 receiving of such reportable compensation and expenses.
   § 2. Paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of subdivision (e) of  section  1-e  of
 the  legislative law, as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 62 of
 the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
   (iii) The first statement of registration  filed  biennially  by  each
 lobbyist  for  the first biennial registration requirements for calendar
 years BETWEEN two thousand five and two thousand  [six  and  thereafter]
 TWENTY-ONE,  shall  be  accompanied by a registration fee of two hundred
 dollars except that no registration  fee  shall  be  required  from  any

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10681-01-1

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 lobbyist  who in any year does not expend, incur or receive an amount in
 excess of five thousand dollars of reportable compensation and expenses,
 as provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b)  of  section  one-h  of
 this article, for the purposes of lobbying or of a public corporation. A
 fee  of  two hundred dollars shall be required for any subsequent state-
 ment of registration filed by a lobbyist during the same biennial  peri-
 od;  (iv)  THE  FIRST STATEMENT OF REGISTRATION FILED BIENNIALLY BY EACH
 LOBBYIST FOR THE FIRST BIENNIAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS  FOR  CALENDAR
 YEAR  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND THEREAFTER, SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A
 REGISTRATION FEE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS EXCEPT THAT NO REGISTRATION  FEE
 SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  FROM  ANY LOBBYIST WHO IN ANY YEAR DOES NOT EXPEND,
 INCUR OR RECEIVE AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OF  REPORT-
 ABLE  COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES, AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH FIVE OF SUBDI-
 VISION (B) OF SECTION ONE-H OF THIS ARTICLE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF  LOBBY-
 ING  OR  OF  A PUBLIC CORPORATION. A FEE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS SHALL BE
 REQUIRED FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT STATEMENT OF REGISTRATION FILED BY A  LOBBY-
 IST  DURING  THE SAME BIENNIAL PERIOD; (V) The statement of registration
 filed after the due date of a biennial registration shall be accompanied
 by a registration fee that is prorated to one hundred  dollars  for  any
 registration  filed  after  January  first  of  the second calendar year
 covered by the biennial reporting requirement. In addition to  the  fees
 authorized  by  this  section,  the commission may impose a fee for late
 filing of a registration statement  required  by  this  section  not  to
 exceed  twenty-five  dollars for each day that the statement required to
 be filed is late, except that if the lobbyist making a late  filing  has
 not  previously  been  required by statute to file such a statement, the
 fee for late filing shall not exceed ten dollars for each day  that  the
 statement required to be filed is late.
   § 3. Subdivision (a) of section 1-h of the legislative law, as amended
 by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Any lobbyist required to file a statement of registration pursuant
 to  section  one-e  of  this article who in any lobbying year reasonably
 anticipates that during the year such lobbyist  will  expend,  incur  or
 receive  combined  reportable  compensation and expenses in an amount in
 excess of [five] TEN thousand dollars, as provided in paragraph five  of
 subdivision (b) of this section, for the purpose of lobbying, shall file
 with  the  commission  a bi-monthly written report, on forms supplied by
 the commission, by the fifteenth day next  succeeding  the  end  of  the
 reporting  period  in  which  the  lobbyist was first required to file a
 statement of registration. Such reporting periods shall be the period of
 January first to the last day of February, March first to April  thirti-
 eth,  May  first  to  June thirtieth, July first to August thirty-first,
 September first to October thirty-first and November first  to  December
 thirty-first.
   § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 1-j of the legislative law, as amended
 by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Semi-annual  reports  shall  be  filed  by  any client retaining,
 employing or designating a lobbyist or lobbyists,  whether  or  not  any
 such  lobbyist  was required to file a bi-monthly report, if such client
 reasonably anticipates that during the year such client will  expend  or
 incur  an  amount  in  excess of [five] TEN thousand dollars of combined
 reportable compensation and expenses, as provided in paragraph  five  of
 subdivision [(c)] (B) of this section, for the purposes of lobbying.
   §  5.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.