N.Y. LEG Law § 1-E — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 1-A / Section 1-E
Statement of registration
Status: in_force

§ 1-e. 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 for years prior to two thousand\nsix and in excess of five thousand dollars in the year two thousand six\nand the years thereafter of reportable compensation and expenses, as\nprovided in paragraph five of subdivision (b) of section one-h of this\narticle, for the purposes of lobbying or (ii) is an officer, director,\ntrustee or employee of any public corporation, when acting in such\nofficial capacity; provided however, that nothing in this section shall\nbe construed to relieve any public corporation of the obligation to file\nsuch statements and reports as required by this article. The amounts\nexpended, incurred, or received of reportable compensation and expenses\nfor lobbying activities shall be computed cumulatively for all lobbying\nactivities when determining whether the thresholds set forth in this\nsection have been met.\n  (2) (i) Through calendar year two thousand three, such filing shall be\ncompleted on or before January first by those persons who have been\nretained, employed or designated as lobbyist on or before December\nfifteenth who reasonably anticipate that in the coming year they will\nexpend, incur or receive combined reportable compensation and expenses\nin an amount in excess of two thousand dollars; for those lobbyists\nretained, employed or designated after December fifteenth, and for those\nlobbyists who subsequent to their retainer, employment or designation\nreasonably anticipate combined reportable compensation and expenses in\nexcess of such amount, such filing must be completed within fifteen days\nthereafter, but in no event later than ten days after the actual\nincurring or receiving of such reportable compensation and expenses.\n  (ii) For calendar year two thousand four, such filings shall be\ncompleted on or before January first by those persons who have been\nretained, employed or designated as lobbyist on or before December\nfifteenth, two thousand three who reasonably anticipate that in the\ncoming year they will expend, incur or receive combined reportable\ncompensation and expenses in an amount in excess of two thousand\ndollars; for those lobbyists retained, employed or designated after\nDecember fifteenth, two thousand three, and for those lobbyists who\nsubsequent to their retainer, employment or designation reasonably\nanticipate combined reportable compensation and expenses in excess of\nsuch amount, such filing must be completed within fifteen days\nthereafter, but in no event later than ten days after the actual\nincurring or receiving of such reportable compensation and expenses.\n  (3) Commencing calendar year two thousand five and thereafter every\nlobbyist shall biennially file with the commission, on forms provided by\nthe commission, a statement of registration for each biennial period\nbeginning with the first year of the biennial cycle commencing calendar\nyear two thousand five and thereafter; provided, however, that the\nbiennial filing of such statement of registration shall not be required\nof any lobbyist who (i) in any year prior to calendar year two thousand\nsix does not expend, incur or receive an amount in excess of two\nthousand dollars of reportable compensation and expenses, as provided in\nparagraph five of subdivision (b) of section one-h of this article, for\nthe purposes of lobbying and commencing with calendar year two thousand\nsix does not expend, incur or receive an amount in excess of five\nthousand dollars of reportable compensation, as provided in paragraph\nfive of subdivision (b) of section one-h of this article for the\npurposes of lobbying or (ii) is an officer, director, trustee or\nemployee of any public corporation, when acting in such official\ncapacity; provided however, that nothing in this section shall be\nconstrued to relieve any public corporation of the obligation to file\nsuch statements and reports as required by this article.\n  (4) Such biennial filings shall be completed on or before January\nfirst of the first year of a biennial cycle commencing in calendar year\ntwo thousand five and thereafter, by those persons who have been\nretained, employed or designated as lobbyist on or before December\nfifteenth of the previous calendar year and who reasonably anticipate\nthat in the coming year they will expend, incur or receive combined\nreportable compensation and expenses in an amount in excess of two\nthousand dollars in years prior to calendar year two thousand six and\nfive thousand dollars commencing in two thousand six; for those\nlobbyists retained, employed or designated after the previous December\nfifteenth, and for those lobbyists who subsequent to their retainer,\nemployment or designation reasonably anticipate combined reportable\ncompensation and expenses in excess of such amount, such filing must be\ncompleted within fifteen days thereafter, but in no event later than ten\ndays after the actual incurring or receiving of such reportable\ncompensation and expenses.\n  (b) (i) Such statements of registration shall be kept on file for a\nperiod of three years for those filing periods where annual statements\nare required, and shall be open to public inspection during such period;\n(ii) Biennial statements of registration shall be kept on file for a\nperiod of three biennial filing periods where biennial statements are\nrequired, and shall be open to public inspection during such period.\n  (c) Such statement of registration shall contain:\n  (1) the name, address and telephone number of the lobbyist, and if the\nlobbyist is an organization the names, addresses and telephone numbers\nof any officer or employee of such lobbyist who engages in any lobbying\nactivities or who is employed in an organization's division that engages\nin lobbying activities of the organization;\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; such written retainer, or if it is oral, a statement\nof the substance thereof, and any amendment thereto, shall be retained\nfor a period of three years;\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) the following information on which the lobbyist expects to lobby:\n(i) a description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the\nlegislative bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the numbers or subject\nmatter (if there are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders or\nexecutive orders issued by the chief executive officer of a\nmunicipality, (iv) the subject matter of and tribes involved in\ntribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other\nstate-tribal agreements and any state actions related to class III\ngaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v) the rule, regulation, and\nratemaking numbers of any rules, regulations, rates, or municipal\nordinances and resolutions, or proposed rules, regulations, or rates, or\nmunicipal ordinances and resolutions, and (vi) the titles and any\nidentifying numbers of any procurement contracts and other documents\ndisseminated by a state agency, either house of the state legislature,\nthe unified court system, municipal agency or local legislative body in\nconnection with a governmental procurement;\n  (6) the name of the person, organization, or legislative body before\nwhich the lobbyist is lobbying or expects to lobby;\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  (8) (i) the name and public office address of any statewide elected\nofficial, state officer or employee, member of the legislature or\nlegislative employee and entity with whom the lobbyist has a reportable\nbusiness relationship;\n  (ii) a description of the general subject or subjects of the\ntransactions between the lobbyist or lobbyists and the statewide elected\nofficial, state officer or employee, member of the legislature or\nlegislative employee and entity; and\n  (iii) the compensation, including expenses, to be paid and paid by\nvirtue of the business relationship.\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) (i) The first statement of registration filed annually by each\nlobbyist for calendar years through two thousand three shall be\naccompanied by a registration fee of fifty dollars except that no\nregistration fee shall be required of a public corporation. A fee of\nfifty dollars shall be required for any subsequent statement of\nregistration filed by a lobbyist during the same calendar year; (ii) The\nfirst statement of registration filed annually by each lobbyist for\ncalendar year two thousand four shall be accompanied by a registration\nfee of one hundred dollars except that no registration fee shall be\nrequired from any lobbyist who in any year does not expend, incur or\nreceive an amount in excess of five thousand dollars of reportable\ncompensation and expenses, as provided in paragraph five of subdivision\n(b) of section one-h of this article, for the purposes of lobbying or of\na public corporation. A fee of one hundred dollars shall be required for\nany subsequent statement of registration filed by a lobbyist during the\nsame calendar year; (iii) The first statement of registration filed\nbiennially by each lobbyist for the first biennial registration\nrequirements for calendar years two thousand five and two thousand six\nthrough the thirty-first day of March two thousand twenty-six shall be\naccompanied by a registration fee of two hundred dollars except that no\nregistration fee shall be required from any lobbyist who in any year\ndoes not expend, incur or receive an amount in excess of five thousand\ndollars of reportable compensation and expenses, as provided in\nparagraph five of subdivision (b) of section one-h of this article, for\nthe purposes of lobbying or of a public corporation. A fee of two\nhundred dollars shall be required for any subsequent statement of\nregistration filed by a lobbyist during the same biennial period through\nthe thirty-first day of March two thousand twenty-six; (iv) The\nstatement of registration filed after the due date of a biennial\nregistration for calendar years two thousand five and two thousand six\nthrough the thirty-first day of March two thousand twenty-six shall be\naccompanied by a registration fee that is prorated to one hundred\ndollars for any such registration filed after January first of the\nsecond calendar year covered by the biennial reporting requirement; (v)\nBeginning with the first statement of registration filed by each\nlobbyist on or after the first day of April two thousand twenty-six and\nthereafter, there shall be an annual registration fee of two hundred and\nfifty dollars for each calendar year in which such registration remains\nin effect, except that no registration fee shall be required from any\nlobbyist who in any year does not expend, incur or receive an amount in\nexcess of five thousand dollars of reportable compensation and expenses,\nas provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b) of section one-h of\nthis article, for the purposes of lobbying or of a public corporation.\nAn annual registration fee of two hundred fifty dollars shall be\nrequired for any subsequent statement of registration filed by a\nlobbyist during the same biennial period and for each calendar year in\nwhich such registration remains in effect; (vi) In addition to the fees\nauthorized by this section, the commission may impose a fee for late\nfiling of a registration statement required by this section not to\nexceed twenty-five dollars for each day that the statement required to\nbe filed is late, except that if the lobbyist making a late filing has\nnot previously been required by statute to file such a statement, the\nfee for late filing shall not exceed ten dollars for each day that the\nstatement required to be filed is late.\n