* § 15. Separability clause. If any part or provision of this act or
the application thereof to any person or organization is adjudged by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, such judgment
shall not affect or impair any other part or provision or the
application thereof to any other person or organization, but shall be
confined in its operation to the part, provision, person or organization
directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have
been rendered.

* NB Chapter 2 of the laws of 1999 repealed, effective January 1,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sections 8, 9 and 10 of the repealed chapter 1040.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the full text of the repealed lobbying act through December 31, 2000 in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.