Assembly Bill A8239

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Removes exclusion of government employees from definition of lobbyist

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A8239 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4137
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1-c, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6393

2009-A8239 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes state officials and officials of colleges designated to engage in lobbying activity within the definition of "lobbyist" under the lobbying act.

2009-A8239 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8239

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend the legislative law, in relation to the definition of
  lobbyist

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 1-c of the legislative law, as
added by chapter 2 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) The term  "lobbyist"  shall  mean  every  person  or  organization
retained,  employed  or  designated by any client to engage in lobbying.
The term "lobbyist" shall [not] include any officer, director,  trustee,
employee, counsel or agent of the state, or any municipality or subdivi-
sion thereof of New York when discharging their official duties[; except
those], INCLUDING officers, directors, trustees, employees, counsels, or
agents of colleges, as defined by section two of the education law.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11131-03-9

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