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                                   5786
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the legislative law, in relation to lobbying for the
   confirmation of persons to state office
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 1-a of the legislative law, as added by chapter 2
 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1-a. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby  declares  that
 the  operation  of  responsible  democratic government requires that the
 fullest opportunity be afforded to the people to petition their  govern-
 ment  for the redress of grievances and to express freely to appropriate
 officials their opinions on legislation and governmental operations; and
 that, to preserve and maintain the integrity of the  governmental  deci-
 sion-making  process  in  this state, it is necessary that the identity,
 expenditures and  activities  of  persons  and  organizations  retained,
 employed  or designated to influence the passage or defeat of any legis-
 lation by either house of the legislature [or], the approval,  or  veto,
 of any legislation by the governor [and], THE NOMINATION OR CONFIRMATION
 OF  ANY  PERSON TO A STATE OFFICE, attempts to influence the adoption or
 rejection of any rule or regulation having the force and effect  of  law
 or  the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency, and the
 attempts to influence the passage or defeat of any local law, ordinance,
 or regulation be publicly and regularly disclosed.
   § 2. Paragraphs (ix) and (x) of subdivision (c) of section 1-c of  the
 legislative  law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, are amended
 and a new paragraph (xi) is added to read as follows:
   (ix) the adoption or rejection of any rule, regulation, or  resolution
 having  the  force  and effect of a local law, ordinance, resolution, or
 regulation; [or]

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (x) the outcome of any rate making proceeding by any  municipality  or
 subdivision thereof[.]; OR
   (XI)  THE  NOMINATION  OR  CONFIRMATION  OF  ANY PERSON FOR A POSITION
 SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE SENATE.
   § 3. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (c) of section 1-e of the  legislative
 law,  as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (5) the following information on which the lobbyist expects to  lobby:
 (i)  a description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the legisla-
 tive bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the numbers or subject matter  (if
 there  are  no  numbers)  of gubernatorial executive orders or executive
 orders issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality, (iv) the
 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran-
 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any  state
 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v)
 the  rule, regulation, and ratemaking numbers of any rules, regulations,
 rates, or municipal ordinances and resolutions, or proposed rules, regu-
 lations, or rates, or municipal ordinances and resolutions,  [and]  (vi)
 the  titles and any identifying numbers of any procurement contracts and
 other documents disseminated by a state  agency,  either  house  of  the
 state  legislature,  the unified court system, municipal agency or local
 legislative body in connection  with  a  governmental  procurement,  AND
 (VII)  FOR  NOMINATIONS  OR  CONFIRMATIONS,  THE OFFICES AND NOMINEES OR
 POTENTIAL NOMINEES;
   § 4. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the  legislative
 law, as amended by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (3) the following information on which the lobbyist has lobbied: (i) a
 description  of  the  general  subject or subjects, (ii) the legislative
 bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if there
 are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders  or  executive  orders
 issued  by  the  chief  executive  officer  of  a municipality, (iv) the
 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran-
 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any  state
 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v)
 the  rule,  regulation,  and ratemaking or municipal ordinance or resol-
 ution numbers of any  rules,  regulations,  or  rates  or  ordinance  or
 proposed  rules, regulations, or rates or municipal ordinances or resol-
 utions, [and] (vi)  the  titles  and  any  identifying  numbers  of  any
 procurement  contracts and other documents disseminated by a state agen-
 cy, either house of the state legislature,  the  unified  court  system,
 municipal  agency or local legislative body in connection with a govern-
 mental procurement, AND (VII)  FOR  NOMINATIONS  OR  CONFIRMATIONS,  THE
 OFFICES AND NOMINEES OR POTENTIAL NOMINEES;
   §  5. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative
 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (3)  the  following  information  on  which  each  lobbyist  retained,
 employed or designated by such client has lobbied,  and  on  which  such
 client  has  lobbied:  (i)  a  description  of  the  general  subject or
 subjects, (ii) the legislative bill numbers  of  any  bills,  (iii)  the
 numbers  or  subject  matter  (if there are no numbers) of gubernatorial
 executive orders or executive orders issued by the chief executive offi-
 cer of a municipality, (iv) the subject matter of and tribes involved in
 tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any  other  state-
 tribal  agreements  and any state actions related to class III gaming as
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 provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, (v) the rule, regulation, and ratemaking  or
 municipal  resolution or ordinance numbers of any rules, regulations, or
 rates, or municipal resolutions or ordinances or proposed  rules,  regu-
 lations,  or  rates,  or municipal ordinances or resolutions [and], (vi)
 the titles and any identifying numbers of any procurement contracts  and
 other  documents  disseminated  by  a  state agency, either house of the
 state legislature, the unified court system, municipal agency  or  local
 legislative  body  in  connection  with  a governmental procurement, AND
 (VII) FOR NOMINATIONS OR CONFIRMATIONS,  THE  OFFICES  AND  NOMINEES  OR
 POTENTIAL NOMINEES;
   §  6. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1-k of the legislative
 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (1)  (A) the passage or defeat of any legislative bill or the approval
 or veto of any legislation by the governor,  (B)  the  terms,  issuance,
 modification  or  rescission of a gubernatorial executive order, (C) the
 terms, approval or disapproval, or the implementation and administration
 of tribal-state compacts,  memoranda  of  understanding,  or  any  other
 tribal-state  agreements  and  any  state  actions  related to class III
 gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, [or] (D) the adoption or rejection
 of any code, rule or regulation having the force and effect  of  law  or
 the  outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency, OR (E) THE
 NOMINATION OR CONFIRMATION, OR DEFEAT OF A NOMINATION  OR  CONFIRMATION,
 OF ANY PERSON FOR A POSITION SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE SENATE;
   §  7.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2023.