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Senate Bill S9257

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to late fees for failure to timely complete the on-line training course for lobbyists and clients

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2023-S9257 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94, Exec L; amd §1-d, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S5590

2023-S9257 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the imposition of late fees for failure to timely complete the on-line training course for lobbyists and clients.

2023-S9257 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9257 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9257
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
   nance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the legislative law,  in  relation
   to education and training in ethics and lobbying
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 94 of the executive law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (d-1) to read as follows:
   (D-1) THE COMMISSION MAY IMPOSE A FEE UPON LOBBYISTS  AND  CLIENTS  OF
 LOBBYISTS  FOR  LATE  COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING COURSE REQUIRED BY THIS
 SUBDIVISION, AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (I) OF  SECTION  ONE-D  OF  THE
 LEGISLATIVE LAW.
   §  2.  Subdivision (h) of section 1-d of the legislative law, as added
 by section 7 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended
 and a new subdivision (i) is added to read as follows:
   (h)  provide  an online ethics training course for [individuals regis-
 tered as] lobbyists AND CLIENTS LISTED ON A  STATEMENT  OF  REGISTRATION
 SUBMITTED  pursuant to section one-e of this article. The curriculum for
 the course shall include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  explanations  and
 discussions  of  the  statutes  and  regulations  of New York concerning
 ethics in the public officers law, the  election  law,  the  legislative
 law,  summaries of advisory opinions, underlying purposes and principles
 of the relevant laws, and examples of  practical  application  of  these
 laws  and  principles.  The  commission  shall prepare those methods and
 materials necessary to implement the curriculum. Each [individual regis-
 tered as a] lobbyist [pursuant to section one-e  of  this  article]  AND
 CLIENT  shall  complete such training course WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF BEING
 LISTED ON A STATEMENT OF REGISTRATION AND THEREAFTER at  least  once  in
 any  [three-year]  BIENNIAL period during which [he or she is registered
 as a] THE lobbyist OR CLIENT IS LISTED ON A  STATEMENT  OF  REGISTRATION
 SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE-E OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (I) THE COMMISSION MAY IMPOSE A FEE FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE TRAIN-
 ING COURSE IN A TIMELY MANNER AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, NOT TO EXCEED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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