* § 13. Enforcement. (a) All statements and reports required under
this act shall be subject to a declaration by the person making and
filing such statement and report that the information is true, correct
and complete to the best knowledge and belief of the signer under the
penalties of perjury.

(b) (1) Following a failure to make and file a statement or report
required by this act, the commission shall notify the person or
organization of such fact by certified mail, and that such filing must
be made within fifteen days of the date of such notice.

(2) The failure to file any statement or report within the time
provided for in paragraph one of this subdivision shall constitute a
class A misdemeanor.

(3) Upon receipt of notice of such failure from the commission, the
attorney general or other appropriate authority shall take such action
as he deems appropriate to secure compliance with the provisions of this
act.

(c) The commission shall be charged with the duty of reviewing all
statements and reports required under this act for violations, and it
shall be their duty, if they deem such to be wilful, to report such
determination to the attorney general or other appropriate authority.

* NB Chapter 2 of the laws of 1999 repealed, effective January 1,
2000, the lobbying act as enacted by section 1 of chapter 1040 of the
laws of 1981. A new lobbying act was enacted as Article 1-A of the
legislative law.

Section 5 of such chapter 2 transfers all of the functions and powers
of the New York temporary state commission on lobbying created by such
chapter 1040 to the New York temporary state commission on lobbying
created by Article 1-A of the legislative law with respect to receiving
the periodic and annual reports required to be filed pursuant to
sections 8, 9 and 10 of the repealed chapter 1040. Also, pursuant to
section 7 of such chapter 2, any action or proceeding commenced prior to
January 1, 2000 under the old lobbying act shall be continued,
prosecuted and defended pursuant to the old lobbying act as in effect on
December 31, 1999.

Because of these provisions, the Commission will continue to set out
the full text of the repealed lobbying act through December 31, 2000 in
order that lobbyists who were subject to the former lobbying act may be
adequately apprised of the responsibilities and obligations imposed upon
them as continued by sections 5 and 7 of chapter 2 of the laws of 1999.