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