NY Legis L § 1-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws LEG - Legislative Article 1-A - Lobbying Act 1-I - Bi-Monthly Reports of Public Corporations.

§  1-i.  Bi-monthly  reports  of public corporations. (a) Every public corporation required to file a statement  of  registration  pursuant  to section  one-e  of  this  article  which in any lobbying year reasonably anticipates that during the year it will expend or incur expenses in  an amount  in excess of five thousand dollars, as provided in paragraph six of subdivision (b) of this section, for the purpose  of  lobbying  shall file  with the commission a bi-monthly written report, on forms supplied by the commission, by the fifteenth day next succeeding the end  of  the reporting  period  in which the public corporation was first required to file a statement of registration. Such reporting periods  shall  be  the period  of  January  first  to  the last day of February, March first to April thirtieth, May first to  June  thirtieth,  July  first  to  August thirty-first, September first to October thirty-first and November first to December thirty-first.  (b) Such bi-monthly report shall contain:  (1) the name, address and telephone number of such public corporation;  (2)  the name, address and telephone number of each lobbyist retained, employed or designated by such public corporation;  (3) copies of any amendments relating to  a  retainer,  employment  or designation, as filed in the original statement of registration pursuant to section one-e of this article;  (4)  a description of the general subject or subjects, the legislative bill numbers of any bills  and  the  rule,  regulation,  and  ratemaking numbers   of  any  rules,  regulations,  or  rates  or  proposed  rules, regulations, or rates on which the lobbyist has lobbied,  and  on  which such public corporation has lobbied;  (5)  the  name  of the person, organization or legislative body before which the public corporation, or its lobbyists, has lobbied;  (6) (i) the compensation paid or owed to the lobbyist and any expenses expended, received or incurred  by  the  lobbyist  for  the  purpose  of lobbying;  provided,  however,  any  such  expenses  paid by such public corporation to a lobbyist for the purpose of lobbying on behalf of  such public  corporation  shall  be  itemized  in  the same manner as if such public corporation had directly paid or incurred such expenses.  (ii) any expenses required to be reported pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be  listed  in  the  aggregate  if  seventy-five dollars  or  less  and  if  more than seventy-five dollars such expenses shall be detailed as to amount, to whom paid, and for what purpose;  and where  such expenses are more than seventy-five dollars on behalf of any one person, the name of such person shall be listed.  (iii) for the purposes of this paragraph, expenses shall not include:  (A) personal sustenance, lodging and travel disbursements of each such lobbyist;  (B) expenses, not in  excess  of  five  hundred  dollars  in  any  one calendar  year,  directly  incurred  for  the printing or other means of reproduction  or  mailing  of  letters,  memoranda  or   other   written communications.  (iv)  expenses  paid  or  incurred for compensation other than that of each lobbyist shall be listed in the aggregate.  (v) expenses of more than fifty dollars  must  be  paid  by  check  or substantiated  by receipts and such checks and receipts shall be kept on file by such public corporation for a period of three years.  (c) (1) All such bi-monthly reports shall be subject to review by  the commission.  (2)  Such  bi-monthly  reports  shall  be kept on file for a period of three years and shall be open to public inspection during such period.  (3) In addition to the filing fees authorized  by  this  article,  the commission  may  impose  a  fee  for  late filing of a bi-monthly report  required by this section not to exceed twenty-five dollars for each  day that  the report required to be filed is late, except that if the public corporation 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.