Assembly Actions -
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May 09, 2022 |
held for consideration in governmental operations |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to governmental operations |
Apr 21, 2021 |
referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A7085
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LAWLER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joe DeStefano
Brian Manktelow
John Salka
2021-A7085 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§73 & 73-a, Pub Off L; amd §94, Exec L; amd §80, Leg L
2021-A7085 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires members of the legislature, legislative employees, statewide elected officials, or state officers or employees to apply to the joint commission on public ethics for approval before entering into any book deal or contract; requires the disclosure of information pertaining to such book deals or contracts in the required financial disclosure form and on the joint commission of public ethics and legislative ethics commission websites.
2021-A7085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7085 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 21, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, the executive law and the legislative law, in relation to requiring the disclosure of informa- tion pertaining to book deals or contracts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 73 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7-b to read as follows: 7-B. NO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE, STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, OR STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE SHALL ENTER INTO ANY DEAL OR CONTRACT PERTAINING TO THE WRITING OR PUBLISHING OF ANY BOOK PRIOR TO SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION TO THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS AND RECEIVING UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF SUCH APPLICATION FROM EACH COMMISSIONER OF THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS. § 2. Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 9 of section 94 of the executive law, paragraph (m) as amended and paragraph (n) as added by section 6 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, are amended and two new paragraphs (o) and (p) are added to read as follows: (m) Determine a question common to a class or defined category of persons or items of information required to be disclosed, where determi- nation of the question will prevent undue repetition of requests for exemption or deletion or prevent undue complication in complying with the requirements of such section; [and] (n) Promulgate guidelines for the commission to conduct a program of random reviews, to be carried out in the following manner: (i) annual statements of financial disclosure shall be selected for review in a manner pursuant to which the identity of any particular person whose statement is selected is unknown to the commission and its staff prior to its selection; (ii) such review shall include a preliminary examina- tion of the selected statement for internal consistency, a comparison with other records maintained by the commission, including previously filed statements and requests for advisory opinions, and examination of relevant public information; (iii) upon completion of the preliminary
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