N.Y. RLA Law § 5 — New York Code / Act RLA / Section 5
Statement of registration
Status: in_force

* § 5. Statement of registration. (a) (1) Every lobbyist shall\nannually file with the commission, on forms provided by the commission,\na statement of registration for each calendar year; provided, however,\nthat the filing of such statement of registration shall not be required\nof any lobbyist who (i) in any year does not expend, incur or receive an\namount in excess of two thousand dollars of reportable compensation and\nexpenses, as provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b) of section\neight of this act, for the purposes of lobbying or (ii) is an officer,\ndirector, trustee or employee of any public corporation, when acting in\nsuch official capacity; provided however, that nothing herein shall be\nconstrued to relieve any public corporation of the obligation to file\nsuch statements and reports as required by this act.\n  (2) Such filing shall be completed on or before January first by those\npersons who have been retained, employed or designated as lobbyist on or\nbefore December fifteenth who reasonably anticipate that in the coming\nyear they will expend, incur or receive combined reportable compensation\nand expenses in an amount in excess of two thousand dollars; for those\nlobbyists retained, employed or designated after December fifteenth, and\nfor those lobbyists who subsequent to their retainer, employment or\ndesignation reasonably anticipate combined reportable compensation and\nexpenses in excess of such amount, such filing must be completed within\nfifteen days thereafter, but in no event later than ten days after the\nactual incurring or receiving of such reportable compensation and\nexpenses.\n  (b) Such statements of registration shall be kept on file for a period\nof three years and shall be open to public inspection during such\nperiod.\n  (c) Such statement of registration shall contain:\n  (1) the name, address and telephone number of the lobbyist;\n  (2) the name, address and telephone number of the client by whom or on\nwhose behalf the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated;\n  (3) if such lobbyist is retained or employed pursuant to a written\nagreement of retainer or employment, a copy of such shall also be\nattached and if such retainer or employment is oral, a statement of the\nsubstance thereof;\n  (4) a written authorization from the client by whom the lobbyist is\nauthorized to lobby, unless such lobbyist has filed a written agreement\nof retainer or employment pursuant to paragraph three of this\nsubdivision;\n  (5) a description of the general subject or subjects on which the\nlobbyist is lobbying or expects to lobby;\n  (6) the name of the person, organization, or legislative body before\nwhich the lobbyist is lobbying or expects to lobby; and\n  (7) if the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated by more than\none client, a separate statement of registration shall be required for\neach such client.\n  (d) Any amendment to the information filed by the lobbyist in the\noriginal statement of registration shall be submitted to the commission\non forms supplied by the commission within ten days after such\namendment, however, this shall not require the lobbyist to amend the\nentire registration form.\n  (e) The first statement of registration filed annually by each\nlobbyist shall be accompanied by a registration fee of fifty dollars\nexcept that no registration fee shall be required of a public\ncorporation. No fee shall be required for any subsequent statement of\nregistration filed by a lobbyist during the same lobbying year.\n  * NB Chapter 2 of the laws of 1999 repealed, effective January 1,\n2000, the lobbying act as enacted by section 1 of chapter 1040 of the\nlaws of 1981. A new lobbying act was enacted as Article 1-A of the\nlegislative law.\n  Section 5 of such chapter 2 transfers all of the functions and powers\nof the New York temporary state commission on lobbying created by such\nchapter 1040 to the New York temporary state commission on lobbying\ncreated by Article 1-A of the legislative law with respect to receiving\nthe periodic and annual reports required to be filed pursuant to\nsections 8, 9 and 10 of the repealed chapter 1040. Also, pursuant to\nsection 7 of such chapter 2, any action or proceeding commenced prior to\nJanuary 1, 2000 under the old lobbying act shall be continued,\nprosecuted and defended pursuant to the old lobbying act as in effect on\nDecember 31, 1999.\n  Because of these provisions, the Commission will continue to set out\nthe full text of the repealed lobbying act through December 31, 2000 in\norder that lobbyists who were subject to the former lobbying act may be\nadequately apprised of the responsibilities and obligations imposed upon\nthem as continued by sections 5 and 7 of chapter 2 of the laws of 1999.\n