Bill Text: NY S05499 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits which lobby before the government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-05 - referred to governmental operations [S05499 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S05499-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5499--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover- nance -- recommitted to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover- nance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to relieving reporting requirements on small nonprofits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section 1-e of the legis- 2 lative law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (4) Such biennial filings shall be completed on or before January 5 first of the first year of a biennial cycle commencing in calendar year 6 two thousand five and thereafter, by those persons who have been 7 retained, employed or designated as lobbyist on or before December 8 fifteenth of the previous calendar year and who reasonably anticipate 9 that in the coming year they will expend, incur or receive combined 10 reportable compensation and expenses in an amount in excess of two thou- 11 sand dollars in years prior to calendar year two thousand six and five 12 thousand dollars commencing in two thousand six or, where such lobbyist 13 is qualified as an exempt organization or entity by the United States 14 department of the treasury under section 501(c)(3) of the internal 15 revenue code, ten thousand dollars commencing in two thousand twenty- 16 five; for those lobbyists retained, employed or designated after the 17 previous December fifteenth, and for those lobbyists who subsequent to 18 their retainer, employment or designation reasonably anticipate combined 19 reportable compensation and expenses in excess of such amount, such 20 filing must be completed within fifteen days thereafter, but in no event EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04860-02-4S. 5499--A 2 1 later than ten days after the actual incurring or receiving of such 2 reportable compensation and expenses. 3 § 2. Paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of subdivision (e) of section 1-e of 4 the legislative law, as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 62 of 5 the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows: 6 (iii) The first statement of registration filed biennially by each 7 lobbyist for the first biennial registration requirements for calendar 8 years between two thousand five and two thousand [six and thereafter] 9 twenty-four, shall be accompanied by a registration fee of two hundred 10 dollars except that no registration fee shall be required from any 11 lobbyist who in any year does not expend, incur or receive an amount in 12 excess of five thousand dollars of reportable compensation and expenses, 13 as provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b) of section one-h of 14 this article, for the purposes of lobbying or of a public corporation. A 15 fee of two hundred dollars shall be required for any subsequent state- 16 ment of registration filed by a lobbyist during the same biennial peri- 17 od; (iv) The first statement of registration filed biennially by each 18 lobbyist for the first biennial registration requirements for calendar 19 year two thousand twenty-five and thereafter, shall be accompanied by a 20 registration fee of two hundred dollars except that no registration fee 21 shall be required from any lobbyist who is qualified as an exempt organ- 22 ization or entity by the United States department of the treasury under 23 section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and in any year does not 24 expend, incur or receive an amount in excess of ten thousand dollars of 25 reportable compensation and expenses, as provided in paragraph five of 26 subdivision (b) of section one-h of this article, for the purposes of 27 lobbying or of a public corporation. A fee of two hundred dollars shall 28 be required for any subsequent statement of registration filed by a 29 lobbyist during the same biennial period; (v) The statement of registra- 30 tion filed after the due date of a biennial registration shall be accom- 31 panied by a registration fee that is prorated to one hundred dollars for 32 any registration filed after January first of the second calendar year 33 covered by the biennial reporting requirement. In addition to the fees 34 authorized by this section, the commission may impose a fee for late 35 filing of a registration statement required by this section not to 36 exceed twenty-five dollars for each day that the statement required to 37 be filed is late, except that if the lobbyist making a late filing has 38 not previously been required by statute to file such a statement, the 39 fee for late filing shall not exceed ten dollars for each day that the 40 statement required to be filed is late. 41 § 3. Subdivision (a) of section 1-h of the legislative law, as amended 42 by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 43 (a) Any lobbyist required to file a statement of registration pursuant 44 to section one-e of this article who in any lobbying year reasonably 45 anticipates that during the year such lobbyist will expend, incur or 46 receive combined reportable compensation and expenses in an amount in 47 excess of [five] ten thousand dollars, or ten thousand dollars where 48 such lobbyist is qualified as an exempt organization or entity by the 49 United States department of the treasury under section 501(c)(3) of the 50 internal revenue code as provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b) 51 of this section, for the purpose of lobbying, shall file with the 52 commission a bi-monthly written report, on forms supplied by the commis- 53 sion, by the fifteenth day next succeeding the end of the reporting 54 period in which the lobbyist was first required to file a statement of 55 registration. Such reporting periods shall be the period of January 56 first to the last day of February, March first to April thirtieth, MayS. 5499--A 3 1 first to June thirtieth, July first to August thirty-first, September 2 first to October thirty-first and November first to December thirty- 3 first. 4 § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 1-j of the legislative law, as amended 5 by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 6 (a) Semi-annual reports shall be filed by any client retaining, 7 employing or designating a lobbyist or lobbyists, whether or not any 8 such lobbyist was required to file a bi-monthly report, if such client 9 reasonably anticipates that during the year such client will expend or 10 incur an amount in excess of five thousand dollars, or ten thousand 11 dollars where such lobbyist is qualified as an exempt organization or 12 entity by the United States department of the treasury under section 13 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of combined reportable compen- 14 sation and expenses, as provided in paragraph five of subdivision [(c)] 15 (b) of this section, for the purposes of lobbying. 16 § 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 17 have become a law.
