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NY Legis L § 1-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-K - Contingent Retainer.

§  1-k.  Contingent retainer. (a) No client shall retain or employ any lobbyist for compensation, the rate or amount of which  compensation  in whole or part is contingent or dependent upon:  (1)  (A) the passage or defeat of any legislative bill or the approval or veto of any legislation by the governor,  (B)  the  terms,  issuance, modification  or  rescission of a gubernatorial executive order, (C) the terms, approval or disapproval, or the implementation and administration of tribal-state compacts,  memoranda  of  understanding,  or  any  other tribal-state  agreements  and  any  state  actions  related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, or (D) the adoption  or  rejection of  any  code,  rule or regulation having the force and effect of law or the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency;  (2)(A) the passage or defeat of any local law,  ordinance,  regulation or resolution by any municipality or subdivision thereof, (B) the terms, issuance, modification or rescission of an executive order issued by the chief  executive  officer  of  a  municipality,  or  (C)  the  adoption, rejection or implementation of any rule, resolution or regulation having the force and effect of a local law, ordinance or regulation or any rate making proceeding by any municipality or subdivision thereof;  (3) any determination by a state agency, either  house  of  the  state legislature,  the  unified  court  system,  municipal  agency  or  local legislative body with respect to a governmental procurement or a  grant, loan or agreement involving the disbursement of public monies.  (b)  No  person shall accept such a retainer or employment. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a  civil  penalty  not  to exceed  the  greater  of  ten  thousand  dollars  or  the  value  of the contingent fee, and such violation shall be a class A misdemeanor.
NY Legis L § 1-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-L - Reports of Lobbying Involving Disbursement of Public Monies.

§  1-l.  Reports  of lobbying involving disbursement of public monies. (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 they  will  expend,  incur  or  receive combined  reportable compensation and expenses in an amount in excess of five thousand dollars shall file with the commission, on forms  supplied by the commission, a report of any attempts to influence a determination by  a  public  official, or by a person or entity working in cooperation with a public official, with  respect  to  the  solicitation,  award  or administration of a grant, loan, or agreement involving the disbursement of  public  monies  in  excess  of fifteen thousand dollars other than a governmental procurement as defined in section one-c of this article.  (b) Such public monies lobbying reports shall contain:  (i) the name, address and telephone number of  the  lobbyist  and  the individuals  employed  by  the  lobbyist  engaged  in such public monies lobbying activities;  (ii) the name, address and telephone number of the client by  whom  or on  whose  behalf  the  lobbyist  is retained, employed or designated on whose behalf the lobbyist has engaged in lobbying reportable under  this paragraph;  (iii)  a  description  of  the grant, loan, or agreement involving the disbursement of public monies on which the lobbyist has lobbied;  (iv) the name of the person, organization, or legislative body  before which  the  lobbyist  has  engaged  in  lobbying  reportable  under this paragraph; and  (v) the compensation paid or owed to the lobbyist,  and  any  expenses expended,  received  or  incurred  by  the  lobbyist  for the purpose of lobbying reportable under this paragraph.  (c) Public monies lobbying reports required pursuant to  this  section shall  be filed in accordance with the schedule applicable to the filing of bi-monthly reports pursuant to section  one-h  of  this  article  and shall  be filed not later than the fifteenth day next succeeding the end of such reporting period.  (d) In addition to any other fees  authorized  by  this  section,  the commission may impose a fee for late filing of a report required by this subdivision  not  to  exceed  twenty-five  dollars for each day that the report 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 report,  the  fee  for late filing shall not exceed ten dollars for each day that the report required to be filed is late.  (e) All reports filed pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to review by the commission. Such reports shall be kept in electronic  form by the commission and shall be available for public inspection.
NY Legis L § 1-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-M - Prohibition of Gifts.

§  1-m.  Prohibition  of gifts. No individual or entity required to be   listed on a statement of registration pursuant  to  this  article  shall   offer  or  give  a  gift  to  any public official as defined within this   article, unless under the circumstances it is not  reasonable  to  infer   that  the  gift  was  intended  to  influence  such  public official. No   individual  or  entity  required  to  be  listed  on  a   statement   of   registration  pursuant to this article shall offer or give a gift to the   spouse or unemancipated child of any public official as  defined  within   this  article  under  circumstances where it is reasonable to infer that   the gift was intended to influence such public official.  No  spouse  or   unemancipated  child  of  an  individual  required  to  be  listed  on a   statement of registration pursuant to this article shall offer or give a   gift to a public official under circumstances where it is reasonable  to   infer that the gift was intended to influence such public official. This   section  shall  not  apply to gifts to officers, members or directors of   boards, commissions, councils,  public  authorities  or  public  benefit   corporations  who  receive  no  compensation or are compensated on a per   diem basis, unless the person listed on the  statement  of  registration   appears  or  has matters pending before the board, commission or council   on which the recipient sits.
NY Legis L § 1-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-P - Enforcement.

§ 1-p. Enforcement. (a) All statements and reports required under this article  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) The commission shall be charged with the  duty  of  reviewing  all statements  and  reports required under this article 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.  (c)  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 article.
NY Legis L § 1-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-Q - Record of Appearances.

§  1-q.  Record  of  appearances.  The commission shall promulgate all   rules  or  regulations  and  any  procedures,  forms,  or   instructions   necessary  to  implement the provisions of section one hundred sixty-six   of the executive law relating to the quarterly filing of the  record  of   appearances before regulatory agencies.
NY Legis L § 1-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-R - Publication of Statement on Lobbying Regulations.

§   1-r.   Publication  of  statement  on  lobbying  regulations.  The   commission shall publish a statement  on  lobbying  regulations  setting   forth the requirements of this article in a clear and brief manner. Such   statement  shall  contain  an explanation of the registration and filing   requirements and the penalties for violation thereof, together with such   other information as the commission shall determine, and copies  thereof   shall be made available to the public at convenient locations throughout   the state.
NY Legis L § 1-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-S - Public Access to Records; Format of Records and Reports.

§  1-s.  Public  access to records; format of records and reports. The   commission shall make information furnished  by  lobbyists  and  clients   available  to  the  public  for inspection and copying in electronic and   paper formats. Access to such information shall also be  made  available   for remote computer users through the internet network.
NY Legis L § 1-U (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-U - Applicability of Certain Laws.

§  1-u.  Applicability of certain laws. The provisions of this article   including, but not limited  to,  any  proceeding  or  hearing  conducted   pursuant  hereto,  shall  be subject to the applicable provisions of the   state administrative procedure act  and  section  seventy-three  of  the   civil rights law.
NY Legis L § 1-V (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-V - Separability Clause.

§  1-v.  Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article   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.
NY Legis L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 2 - Exemption of Members and Officers From Arrest.

§ 2. Exemption  of  members  and officers from arrest. A member of the   legislature shall be  privileged  from  arrest  in  a  civil  action  or   proceeding  other  than  for  a  forfeiture or breach of trust in public   office or employment, while attending upon its session, and for fourteen   days before and after each session, or while absent for  not  more  than   fourteen days during the session with the leave of the house of which he   is a member.An  officer  of either house shall be privileged from arrest in such a   civil action or proceeding while in actual attendance  upon  the  house.   Either  house  shall  have the power to discharge from arrest any of its   members or officers arrested in violation of his privilege from arrest.
NY Legis L § 3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 3 - Expulsion of Members.

§ 3. Expulsion  of  members.  Each house has the power to expel any of   its members, after the report of a committee to inquire into the charges   against him shall have been made.
NY Legis L § 4 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 4 - Contempts of Either House.

§ 4. Contempts  of either house. Each house may punish by imprisonment   not extending beyond the same session  of  the  legislature,  as  for  a   contempt, for the following offenses only:1.  Arresting  a member or officer of either house in violation of his   privilege from arrest;2. Disorderly conduct of  its  members,  officers  or  others  in  the   immediate  view  and  presence  of  the  house, tending to interrupt its   proceedings;3. The publication of a false and malicious report of its proceedings,   or of the conduct of a member in his legislative capacity;4. Giving or offering a bribe to a member, or attempting, by menace or   other corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence  a  member  in   giving  or  withholding  his  vote,  or in not attending meetings of the   house of which he is a member;5. Neglect to attend or to be examined as a witness before  the  house   or  committee thereof, or upon reasonable notice to produce any material   books, papers, or documents, when duly required to give testimony or  to   produce  such  books,  papers  or documents in a legislative proceeding,   inquiry or investigation.
NY Legis L § 7 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 7 - Officers and Employees of the Assembly.

§ 7. Officers and employees of the assembly. The assembly may choose a   clerk,  a sergeant-at-arms and a stenographer. When an appropriation has   been made for the services, temporary  or  otherwise,  of  officers  and   employees  of  the  assembly  and  their  appointment  is  not otherwise   authorized by law, the speaker of the assembly may appoint such officers   and employees and  fix  their  compensation,  respectively,  within  the   amount  provided  by  appropriation. The majority leader of the assembly   may appoint a counsel  to  majority  leader,  an  assistant  counsel  to   majority leader, a secretary to majority leader, and a clerk to majority   leader.  The  minority  leader  of the assembly may appoint a counsel to   minority leader, a clerk to minority, an assistant clerk to minority,  a   secretary  to  minority leader, a clerk to minority leader, an assistant   clerk  to  minority  leader,  a  ways  and  means  minority  clerk,  two   stenographers, a clerk-chauffeur and a messenger to minority. In case of   the  death or resignation of the clerk of the assembly, or his inability   to exercise the powers and/or  discharge  the  duties  of  said  office,   notwithstanding  any other provisions of law the speaker of the assembly   shall appoint an acting clerk or designate the assistant clerk as acting   clerk to serve until a clerk is chosen  by  the  assembly  to  fill  the   vacancy  or  until  the  disability  shall  cease.  The  acting clerk so   appointed or designated as such shall  have  and  exercise  all  of  the   powers  of  the  clerk of the assembly until a clerk has been chosen and   has qualified or until the disability shall cease.Whenever the speaker of the assembly is authorized or required, singly   or  jointly,  to  certify  or  approve  warrants  or  vouchers  for  the   compensation  of  any  person,  it shall be sufficient if he execute the   first such warrant or voucher, and thereafter the same may be  certified   or  approved  by  his designee or designees, so long as the rate of such   compensation is not increased, and upon proof by affidavit or  otherwise   that  the same is due. Such designation shall be in writing and filed in   the office of the speaker and in the  office  of  the  comptroller,  and   shall  remain  in effect during the term of office of the speaker unless   sooner revoked by him.Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the speaker of  the  assembly   or  his  or  her  designee  may  authorize  expenditures to be made from   appropriations or reappropriations made to the assembly ways  and  means   committee,   or   the   allocable   portion   of   an  appropriation  or   reappropriation so made to a legislative  council,  commission  or  task   force  the expenditures from which are for assembly purposes in whole or   in  allocable  part.  The  speaker  of  the  assembly  may  effect  such   authorization  by  filing his or her approval of such authorization with   the state comptroller.
NY Legis L § 7-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 7-A - Legislative Library, Librarian and Assistants.

§ 7-a. Legislative library, librarian and assistants. There shall be a   legislative library to be located in the state capitol in rooms assigned   by  the commissioner of general services, conveniently accessible to the   members of both houses of legislature, and such library  shall  be  open   throughout the year.Such  library  shall  be  suitably  furnished, equipped and maintained   under the direction of the legislative librarian, within the  amount  of   any  moneys available therefor by appropriation, subject to joint rules,   if any, that may be adopted by  the  senate  and  assembly  in  relation   thereto.  There  shall be, for such library, a legislative librarian and   such assistant librarians and other employees as may be provided for  in   the legislative appropriation bill. Such librarian, assistant librarians   and  other  employees  shall be chosen by the temporary president of the   senate and speaker of the assembly.  One  of  the  assistant  librarians   shall  be  assigned  by  the legislative librarian to have charge of the   legislative  correspondents'  room  in  the  capitol.  The   legislative   librarian and assistant librarians heretofore chosen by the president of   the  senate and speaker of the assembly, and in office when this section   as hereby amended takes effect, shall  continue  to  serve  until  their   successors  shall  be  chosen.  The  salaries  and  compensation  of the   legislative librarian, assistant librarians and other employees shall be   payable from moneys appropriated in the legislative appropriation  bill.   During  a  vacancy in the office of legislative librarian, the assistant   librarian who shall have been longest in the service of the state  as  a   legislative  employee, shall be employed as acting legislative librarian   with the powers and duties of such librarian, and shall  receive  during   such  period  the  compensation  herein  prescribed  for the legislative   librarian. Such librarian shall have charge of the legislative  library,   but  the two houses of the legislature may, by joint rules, regulate the   use  of  the  library  and  prescribe  the  powers  and  duties  of  the   legislative librarian and the assistant librarians.The  legislative  librarian, the assistant librarians and employees of   the legislative library shall be  considered  to  be  employees  of  the   legislature for all purposes.
NY Legis L § 7-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 7-B - Legislative Emergency Health Station.

§ 7-b. Legislative  emergency  health  station.  1.  There  shall be a   legislative emergency health station, available for the use  of  members   and  employees of both houses of the legislature, and official reporters   of the senate and assembly  duly  designated  upon  certificate  of  the   legislative  correspondent's  association,  to  be  located on the third   floor of the state capitol, conveniently accessible to the  legislature,   and  such  emergency health station shall be open at all times while the   legislature is in  session.  Such  emergency  health  station  shall  be   suitable  and  adequately  equipped  to administer first aid, within the   amount of moneys available therefor by appropriation, subject  to  joint   rules,  if  any,  that  may  be  adopted  by  the senate and assembly in   relation  thereto  and  maintained  under  the  direction  of  a   nurse   registered  under  the laws of the state. The nurse provided for in this   section shall be chosen by the temporary president of the senate and the   speaker of the assembly and shall serve until his or her successor shall   be chosen in like manner. The salary  and  compensation  of  such  nurse   shall  be  payable  monthly from moneys appropriated for compensation of   officers and employees of the senate and assembly.2. The nurse and employees of the legislative emergency health station   shall be considered to be employees of the legislature for all purposes.
NY Legis L § 7-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 7-C - Member of Assembly Defined.

§ 7-c. Member of assembly defined. The term "member of assembly" shall   include assemblyman and assemblywoman.
NY Legis L § 7-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 7-D - Employees of the Legislature.

§ 7-d. Employees  of  the  legislature.  Employees  of any legislative   committee, commission, task force, council or similar  body,  where  all   the  members  of  such  body  are  members  of the legislature, shall be   considered to be employees of the legislature for all purposes.
NY Legis L § 7-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 7-E - Assistive Listening System for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

§ 7-e. Assistive  listening  system  for the deaf and hard of hearing. (a) The temporary president  of  the  senate  and  the  speaker  of  the assembly  shall  have the power and it shall be their individual duty to equip the senate chambers, the assembly chambers and any  hearing  rooms located  in  the legislative office building in Albany which accommodate more than one hundred persons with an assistive listening system for use by the deaf and hard of hearing.  (b) For purposes  of  this  section,  the  term  "assistive  listening system" shall mean situational-personal acoustic communication equipment designed  to  improve  the transmission and auditory reception of sound. Such system shall include but not be limited  to  the  use  of  standard amplitude  modulation  (AM),  frequency modulation (FM), audio induction loop, infrared light sound, or hard wire systems.
NY Legis L § 7-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 7-F - Assembly Historian.

§  7-f. Assembly historian. The speaker of the assembly may appoint an   official historian, who shall compile an annual  record  of  significant   assembly accomplishments during each year and submit to the speaker such   written  record  within  one hundred twenty days after the close of each   session. The historian shall serve without compensation, at the pleasure   of the speaker, and be responsible for preparation of the history of the   assembly during such speaker's tenure.Appointment as assembly historian shall be made from  names  submitted   by  the  majority  and minority leaders of the assembly. No person shall   simultaneously hold the  positions  of  assembly  historian  and  senate   historian.
NY Legis L § 7-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 2 - Members, Officers and Employees of the Legislature 7-G - Senate Historian.

§  7-g.  Senate  historian.  The temporary president of the senate may   appoint an official historian, who shall compile  an  annual  record  of   significant  senate  accomplishments  during each year and submit to the   temporary president such written record within one hundred  twenty  days   after  the  close  of  each  session.  The historian shall serve without   compensation, at  the  pleasure  of  the  temporary  president,  and  be   responsible  for  preparation  of  the history of the senate during such   temporary president's tenure.Appointment as senate historian shall be made from names submitted  by   the  deputy  majority  and the minority leaders of the senate. No person   shall simultaneously hold the positions of assembly historian and senate   historian.