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                                   2224
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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 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  INTERNAL
 REVENUE   CODE,   TEN   THOUSAND  DOLLARS  COMMENCING  IN  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-SIX; 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  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06181-01-5
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   § 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-FIVE, 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-SIX 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 QUALIFIED AS AN EXEMPT ORGAN-
 IZATION 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 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  REGISTRATION  FILED  BY  A
 LOBBYIST DURING THE SAME BIENNIAL PERIOD; (V) The statement of registra-
 tion filed after the due date of a biennial registration shall be accom-
 panied 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, 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
 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
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 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 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 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.