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                                  8897--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring public
   disclosure of media contracts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 136-e to read as follows:
   § 136-E. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF MEDIA CONTRACTS. 1. ANY MEDIA OR MARKET-
 ING COMPANY, AGENCY OR CONTRACTOR PROVIDING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES TO  THE
 STATE  VALUED  AT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE AND WORKING WITH
 ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION, OR OTHER AGENCY  OF
 THE  STATE TO PROVIDE ADVERTISING OR MARKETING SERVICES SHALL PROVIDE TO
 THE COMPTROLLER AN ITEMIZED LIST  OF  ALL  PRINT  PUBLICATIONS,  DIGITAL
 PLATFORMS,  TELEVISION  STATIONS,  RADIO  STATIONS, OR OTHER MEDIA WHERE
 SUCH ADVERTISEMENTS, MARKETING OR INFORMATIONAL  ITEMS  WERE  PLACED  BY
 SUCH  COMPANIES,  AGENCIES  OR  CONTRACTORS  ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH STATE
 ENTITY. SUCH LIST SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE AMOUNT PAID TO EACH SUCH  MEDIA
 PLATFORM  ON  AN  ANNUAL BASIS AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMPTROLLER
 MAY REQUIRE FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING MEDIA  SERVICES  PROVIDED  TO
 THE STATE BY NON-STATE ENTITIES.
   2. EACH DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION OR OTHER AGEN-
 CY  OF  THE  STATE  THAT  RECEIVES  SERVICES FROM ANY MEDIA OR MARKETING
 COMPANY, AGENCY OR CONTRACTOR  SHALL  ANNUALLY,  ON  OR  BEFORE  JANUARY
 FIRST,  SUBMIT  TO  THE COMPTROLLER ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION IN A MANNER SPECIFIED BY THE COMPTROLLER TO FACILITATE  THE
 PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   3.  EACH  DEPARTMENT,  DIVISION,  BOARD,  BUREAU, COMMISSION, OR OTHER
 AGENCY OF THE STATE THAT DIRECTLY CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES  ON  ANY  MEDIA
 PLATFORM  LISTED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE A LIST
 OF SUCH MEDIA AND THE AMOUNT PAID TO EACH MEDIA PLATFORM FOR ADVERTISING
 OR MARKETING SERVICES TO THE COMPTROLLER ANNUALLY, ON OR BEFORE  JANUARY
 FIRST  OF  EACH  YEAR,  AND  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION THE COMPTROLLER MAY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 REQUIRE  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  IDENTIFYING  ADVERTISING  AND  MARKETING
 SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE STATE BY NON-STATE ENTITIES.
   4.  THE COMPTROLLER SHALL MAINTAIN A NON-AGGREGATED COMPILATION OF ALL
 INFORMATION PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE, TWO AND THREE OF THIS
 SECTION IN A PUBLIC RECORD AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AND UPDATED AT LEAST
 ANNUALLY ON A WEBSITE DESIGNATED BY THE COMPTROLLER FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF
 PUBLIC  ACCESS.  THE  COMPTROLLER SHALL ISSUE AN ANNUAL PUBLIC REPORT BY
 AGENCY ON THE NUMBER AND COST OF SUCH MEDIA SERVICES  PLACED  BY  REGION
 AND BY TYPE OF MEDIA PLATFORM.
   5.  THE  COMPTROLLER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
 SARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.