NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6398B

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May 16, 2022	print number 6398b
May 16, 2022	amend and recommit to finance
May 09, 2022	reported and committed to finance
May 04, 2022	print number 6398a
May 04, 2022	amend and recommit to ethics and internal governance
Jan 05, 2022	referred to ethics and internal governance
Jun 10, 2021	committed to rules
May 24, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 20, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 18, 2021	1st report cal.1149
Apr 27, 2021	referred to ethics and internal governance

Votes

- May 9, 2022 - Ethics And Internal Governance Committee Vote
  S6398B
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Ethics And Internal Governance Committee Vote: May 9, 2022
      
      aye (6)
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Palumbo
      
      Stavisky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Lanza
  May 18, 2021 - Ethics And Internal Governance Committee Vote
  S6398B
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Ethics And Internal Governance Committee Vote: May 18, 2021
      
      aye (6)
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Palumbo
      
      Stavisky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Lanza

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2021-S6398 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1-e, 1-h & 1-j, Leg L

2021-S6398 - Summary

Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits which lobby before the government.

2021-S6398 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6398

SPONSOR: BIAGGI
 
TITLE OF BILL:
 sk 1 An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to relieving
reporting requirements on small nonprofits

 
PURPOSE:

To raise the lobbying requirement threshold to make it easier for non-
profit organizations to participate in advocacy work.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subdivision le(a)(4) of the New York State Legisla-
tive Law to increase the expenditure amount from five thousand dollars
to ten thousand dollars commencing in the year 2021.

Section two amends subdivision 1-e(e)(1)(iii-iv) of the New York State
Legislative Law to provide new requirements for registration and filing
after calendar year 2021.

Section three amends subdivision 1-h(a) of the New York State Legisla-
tive Law to increase the lobbying threshold.

Section four amends subdivision 1-j(a) of the New York State Legislative
Law to amend the lobbying threshold for the purpose of semi-annual
reports.

Section five provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Nonprofit organizations often represent the needs of our communities,
but fewer than 3% of nonprofits engage in legislative advocacy. Many
organizations don't engage in advocacy because of negative associations
with the terms "advocacy" and "lobbying", or because of consulting
registration and reporting requirements. The rules for nonprofit organ-
izations to lobby can seem complicated and burdensome, and nonprofits
are the most tightly regulated of all sectors that lobby.

According to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), if an organ-
ization expects to spend $5,000 in a year doing legislative advocacy,
they must: register as a lobbyist and submit bi-monthly reports on their
activities to the city and state; familiarize themselves with the
JCOPE's 92-page regulations; file a minimum of 6 reports each year; and
risk paying late filing fees ranging from $75 to $2,000 per filing. This
is very burdensome, particularly for smaller nonprofit organizations.

As per JCOPE's records, lobbying filers who spent less than $10,000 in
2018 collectively spent 0.75% of total spending, which means that 99% of
all lobbyists will still have to report, even with this higher thresh-
old. New York's nonprofit sector employs 1.38 million people and 17.7%
of the state's workforce and Generates more than $260.26 billion in
annual revenues. This legislation will expand the ability for the
nonprofit sector to advocate for the New York's most vulnerable communi-
ties.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPACT ON TILE STATE:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall become a
law.

2021-S6398 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6398
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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 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

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10681-01-1

 S. 6398                             2
 
 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 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.

co-Sponsors

2021-S6398A - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1-e, 1-h & 1-j, Leg L

2021-S6398A - Summary

Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits which lobby before the government.

2021-S6398A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6398A

SPONSOR: BIAGGI
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to relieving reporting
requirements on small nonprofits

 
PURPOSE:

To raise the lobbying requirement threshold to make it easier for non-
profit organizations to participate'in advocacy work.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subdivision le(a) (4) of the New York State Legisla-
tive Law to increase the expenditure amount from five thousand dollars
to ten thousand dollars for non-profit organizations commencing in the
year 2022.

Section two amends subdivision 1-e(e) (1)(iii-iv) of the New York State
Legislative Law to provide new requirements for registration and filing

after calendar year 2022.

Section three amends subdivision 1-h(a) of the New York State Legisla-
tive Law to increase the lobbying threshold for non profit organiza-
tions.

Section four amends subdivision 1-j(a) of the. New York State Legisla-
tive Law to amend the lobbying threshold for non profit organizations
for the purpose of semi-annual reports.

Section five provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Nonprofit organizations often represent the needs of our communities,
but fewer than 3% of nonprofits engage in legislative advocacy. Many
organizations don't engage in advocacy because of negative associations
with the terms "advocacy" and "lobbying", or because of consulting
registration and reporting requirements. The rules for nonprofit organ-
izations to lobby can seem complicated and burdensome, and nonprofits
are the most tightly regulated of all sectors that lobby.

According to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), if an organ-
ization expects to spend $5,000 in a year doing legislative advocacy,
they must: register as a lobbyist and submit bi-monthly reports on their
activities to the city and state; familiarize themselves with the
JCOPE's 92-page regulations; file a minimum of 6 reports each year; and
risk paying late filing fees ranging from $75 to $2,000 per filing. This
is very burdensome, particularly for smaller nonprofit organizations.

New York's nonprofit sector employs 1.38 million people and 17.7% bf the
state's workforce and Generates more than $260.26 billion in annual
revenues. This legislation will expand the ability for the nonprofit
sector to advocate for New York's most vulnerable communities.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPACT ON TILE STATE:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall become a
law.

2021-S6398A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6398--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
   nance -- recommitted to the Committee on Ethics  and  Internal  Gover-
   nance   in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 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 two thousand six, OR WHERE SUCH  LOBBYIST
 IS  A  NONPROFIT  ORGANIZATION,  TEN  THOUSAND DOLLARS COMMENCING IN TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE; 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.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10681-04-2
 S. 6398--A                          2

 
   § 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
 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-THREE 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 IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND
 IN ANY YEAR DOES NOT EXPEND, INCUR OR RECEIVE AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF TEN
 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 STATEMENT OF REGIS-
 TRATION FILED BY A LOBBYIST DURING THE SAME  BIENNIAL  PERIOD;  (V)  The
 statement  of registration filed after the due date of a biennial regis-
 tration 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  thousand  dollars,  OR TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WHERE SUCH
 LOBBYIST IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, 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:
 S. 6398--A                          3
 
   (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 thousand dollars, OR TEN THOUSAND
 DOLLARS WHERE SUCH CLIENT  IS  A  NONPROFIT  ORGANIZATION,  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.

co-Sponsors

2021-S6398B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1-e, 1-h & 1-j, Leg L

2021-S6398B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits which lobby before the government.

2021-S6398B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6398B

SPONSOR: BIAGGI
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to relieving reporting
requirements on small nonprofits

 
PURPOSE:

To raise the lobbying requirement threshold to make it easier for non-
profit organizations to participate in advocacy work.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends subdivision le(a) (4) of the New York State Legisla-
tive Law to increase the expenditure amount from five thousand dollars
to ten thousand dollars for 501(c)(3) organizations commencing in the
year 2023.

Section two amends subdivision 1-e(e)(1)(iii-iv) of the New York State
Legislative Law to provide new requirements for registration and filing

after calendar year 2023.

Section three amends subdivision 1-h(a) of the New York State Legisla-
tive Law to increase the lobbying threshold for 501(c)(3) organizations.

Section four amends subdivision 1-j(a) of the New York State Legislative
Law to amend the lobbying threshold for 501(c)(3) organizations for the
purpose of semi-annual reports.

Section five provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Nonprofit organizations often represent the needs of our communities,
but fewer than 3% of nonprofits engage in legislative advocacy. Many
organizations don't engage in advocacy because of negative associations
with the terms "advocacy" and "lobbying", or because of consulting
registration and reporting requirements. The rules for nonprofit organ-
izations to lobby can seem complicated and burdensome, and nonprofits
are the most tightly regulated of all sectors that lobby.

Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) requires organization that
expect to spend more than $5,000 in a year doing legislative advocacy
to: register as a lobbyist; familiarize themselves with the JCOPE's
92-page regulations; file a minimum of 6 reports each year; and risk
paying late filing fees ranging from $75 to $2,000 per filing. This is
very burdensome, particularly for smaller nonprofit organizations.  New
York's nonprofit sector employs 1.38 million people and 17.7% of the
state's workforce and Generates more than $260.26 billion in annual
revenues. This legislation will expand the ability for the nonprofit
sector to advocate for New York's most vulnerable communities.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPACT ON TILE STATE:
To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall become a
law.

2021-S6398B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6398--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BIAGGI,  RAMOS, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Ethics
   and  Internal Governance -- recommitted to the Committee on Ethics and
   Internal Governance in accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said  commit-
   tee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 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 two thousand six, OR WHERE SUCH  LOBBYIST
 IS    QUALIFIED   AS   AN   EXEMPT ORGANIZATION OR  ENTITY BY THE UNITED
 STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE  INTER-
 NAL  REVENUE CODE, TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS COMMENCING IN TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-THREE; for those lobbyists retained, employed or designated after the
 previous December fifteenth, and for those lobbyists who  subsequent  to
 their retainer, employment or designation reasonably anticipate combined
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10681-08-2

 S. 6398--B                          2
 
 reportable  compensation  and  expenses  in  excess of such amount, such
 filing must be completed within fifteen days thereafter, 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-TWO, 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 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-THREE AND THEREAFTER, SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A
 REGISTRATION FEE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS EXCEPT THAT NO REGISTRATION  FEE
 SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  FROM ANY LOBBYIST THAT IS QUALIFIED  AS  AN  EXEMPT
 ORGANIZATION  OR  ENTITY BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE  AND  IN  ANY  YEAR
 DOES  NOT  EXPEND,  INCUR OR RECEIVE AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND
 DOLLARS OF REPORTABLE COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES, AS  PROVIDED  IN  PARA-
 GRAPH  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 STATEMENT OF REGISTRATION
 FILED BY A LOBBYIST 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  thousand  dollars,  OR TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WHERE SUCH
 LOBBYIST IS QUALIFIED  AS  AN  EXEMPT  ORGANIZATION  OR   ENTITY BY  THE
 UNITED  STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE
 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, 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 commis-
 sion, by the fifteenth day next succeeding  the  end  of  the  reporting
 period  in  which the lobbyist was first required to file a statement of
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 registration. Such reporting periods shall  be  the  period  of  January
 first  to  the last day of February, March first to April thirtieth, 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  thousand  dollars,  OR  TEN  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS WHERE SUCH CLIENT IS QUALIFIED  AS  AN  EXEMPT  ORGANIZATION  OR
 ENTITY  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY UNDER SECTION
 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, of combined  reportable  compen-
 sation  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.

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Senate Bill S6398B

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May 9, 2022 - Ethics And Internal Governance Committee Vote

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Alessandra Biaggi

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Jessica Ramos

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Liz Krueger

Jessica Ramos

Julia Salazar

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