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Assembly Bill A6719A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the term "reportable business relationship" as it relates to certain employees of the state university of New York and the city university of New York

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2023-A6719 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3606
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1-c, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8267, S6325
2021-2022: A5321, S202
2025-2026: A617, S2047

2023-A6719 - Summary

Relates to the term "reportable business relationship" as it relates to certain employees of the state university of New York and the city university of New York.

2023-A6719 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6719
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to the term "reportable
   business relationship" as it relates to certain employees of the state
   university of New York and the city university of New York

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (w) of section 1-c of the legislative law, as
 added by section 8 of part A of chapter 399 of  the  laws  of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (w) The term "reportable business relationship" shall mean a relation-
 ship  in  which  compensation  is paid by a lobbyist or by a client of a
 lobbyist, in exchange for any goods, services or anything of value,  the
 total  value  of which is in excess of one thousand dollars annually, to
 be performed or provided by or intended to be performed or  provided  by
 (i)  any  statewide  elected  official,  state  officer, state employee,
 member of the legislature or legislative employee, or (ii) any entity in
 which the lobbyist or the client of a lobbyist knows or  has  reason  to
 know  the  statewide  elected  official,  state officer, state employee,
 member of the legislature or legislative employee is a proprietor, part-
 ner, director, officer or manager, or owns or controls  ten  percent  or
 more of the stock of such entity (or one percent in the case of a corpo-
 ration  whose  stock  is  regularly  traded on an established securities
 exchange). PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  SUCH  TERM  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  ANY
 RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL AND A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AS SUCH
 TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW, WHEN  SUCH  INDI-
 VIDUAL'S  ONLY  STATE  EMPLOYMENT IS THROUGH THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AS A PROFESSOR, ADJUNCT  PROFES-
 SOR,  LECTURER, INSTRUCTOR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, OR
 SIMILAR TEACHING ROLE AND IS EMPLOYED IN A SIMILAR ROLE AT  THE  COLLEGE
 OR UNIVERSITY.
   § 2. 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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2023-A6719A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3606
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1-c, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8267, S6325
2021-2022: A5321, S202
2025-2026: A617, S2047

2023-A6719A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the term "reportable business relationship" as it relates to certain employees of the state university of New York and the city university of New York.

2023-A6719A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6719--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
   Governmental  Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to the term "reportable
   business relationship" as it relates to certain employees of the state
   university of New York and the city university of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (w) of section 1-c of the legislative  law,  as
 added  by  section  8  of  part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (w) The term "reportable business relationship" shall mean a relation-
 ship in which compensation is paid by a lobbyist or by  a  client  of  a
 lobbyist,  in exchange for any goods, services or anything of value, the
 total value of which is in excess of one thousand dollars  annually,  to
 be  performed  or provided by or intended to be performed or provided by
 (i) any statewide  elected  official,  state  officer,  state  employee,
 member of the legislature or legislative employee, or (ii) any entity in
 which  the  lobbyist  or the client of a lobbyist knows or has reason to
 know the statewide elected  official,  state  officer,  state  employee,
 member of the legislature or legislative employee is a proprietor, part-
 ner,  director,  officer  or manager, or owns or controls ten percent or
 more of the stock of such entity (or one percent in the case of a corpo-
 ration whose stock is regularly  traded  on  an  established  securities
 exchange).  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE AN INDI-
 VIDUAL WHOSE ONLY  STATE  EMPLOYMENT IS THROUGH THE STATE UNIVERSITY  OF
 NEW  YORK  OR  THE  CITY  UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AS A PROFESSOR, ADJUNCT
 PROFESSOR,  LECTURER, INSTRUCTOR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE PROFES-
 SOR, OR SIMILAR TEACHING  ROLE  THAT  DOES  NOT  SUPERVISE  OTHER  STATE
 EMPLOYEES OR MANAGE GRANT-FUNDED PROJECTS OR RESEARCH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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