Bill Text: NY S06398 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits which lobby before the government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-16 - PRINT NUMBER 6398B [S06398 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S06398-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6398--B 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 27, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BIAGGI, RAMOS, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance -- recommitted to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit- tee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- 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 14 States department of the treasury under section 501(c)(3) of the inter- 15 nal revenue code, ten thousand dollars commencing in two thousand twen- 16 ty-three; 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10681-08-2S. 6398--B 2 1 reportable compensation and expenses in excess of such amount, such 2 filing must be completed within fifteen days thereafter, but in no event 3 later than ten days after the actual incurring or receiving of such 4 reportable compensation and expenses. 5 § 2. Paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of subdivision (e) of section 1-e of 6 the legislative law, as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 62 of 7 the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows: 8 (iii) The first statement of registration filed biennially by each 9 lobbyist for the first biennial registration requirements for calendar 10 years between two thousand five and two thousand [six and thereafter] 11 twenty-two, shall be accompanied by a registration fee of two hundred 12 dollars except that no registration fee shall be required from any 13 lobbyist who in any year does not expend, incur or receive an amount in 14 excess of five thousand dollars of reportable compensation and expenses, 15 as provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b) of section one-h of 16 this article, for the purposes of lobbying or of a public corporation. A 17 fee of two hundred dollars shall be required for any subsequent state- 18 ment of registration filed by a lobbyist during the same biennial peri- 19 od; (iv) The first statement of registration filed biennially by each 20 lobbyist for the first biennial registration requirements for calendar 21 year two thousand twenty-three and thereafter, shall be accompanied by a 22 registration fee of two hundred dollars except that no registration fee 23 shall be required from any lobbyist that is qualified as an exempt 24 organization or entity by the United States department of the treasury 25 under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and in any year 26 does not expend, incur or receive an amount in excess of ten thousand 27 dollars of reportable compensation and expenses, as provided in para- 28 graph five of subdivision (b) of section one-h of this article, for the 29 purposes of lobbying or of a public corporation. A fee of two hundred 30 dollars shall be required for any subsequent statement of registration 31 filed by a lobbyist during the same biennial period; (v) The statement 32 of registration filed after the due date of a biennial registration 33 shall be accompanied by a registration fee that is prorated to one 34 hundred dollars for any registration filed after January first of the 35 second calendar year covered by the biennial reporting requirement. In 36 addition to the fees authorized by this section, the commission may 37 impose a fee for late filing of a registration statement required by 38 this section not to exceed twenty-five dollars for each day that the 39 statement required to be filed is late, except that if the lobbyist 40 making a late filing has not previously been required by statute to file 41 such a statement, the fee for late filing shall not exceed ten dollars 42 for each day that the statement required to be filed is late. 43 § 3. Subdivision (a) of section 1-h of the legislative law, as amended 44 by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 45 (a) Any lobbyist required to file a statement of registration pursuant 46 to section one-e of this article who in any lobbying year reasonably 47 anticipates that during the year such lobbyist will expend, incur or 48 receive combined reportable compensation and expenses in an amount in 49 excess of five thousand dollars, or ten thousand dollars where such 50 lobbyist is qualified as an exempt organization or entity by the 51 United States department of the treasury under section 501(c)(3) of the 52 internal revenue code, as provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b) 53 of this section, for the purpose of lobbying, shall file with the 54 commission a bi-monthly written report, on forms supplied by the commis- 55 sion, by the fifteenth day next succeeding the end of the reporting 56 period in which the lobbyist was first required to file a statement ofS. 6398--B 3 1 registration. Such reporting periods shall be the period of January 2 first to the last day of February, March first to April thirtieth, May 3 first to June thirtieth, July first to August thirty-first, September 4 first to October thirty-first and November first to December thirty- 5 first. 6 § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 1-j of the legislative law, as amended 7 by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 8 (a) Semi-annual reports shall be filed by any client retaining, 9 employing or designating a lobbyist or lobbyists, whether or not any 10 such lobbyist was required to file a bi-monthly report, if such client 11 reasonably anticipates that during the year such client will expend or 12 incur an amount in excess of five thousand dollars, or ten thousand 13 dollars where such client is qualified as an exempt organization or 14 entity by the United States department of the treasury under section 15 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, of combined reportable compen- 16 sation and expenses, as provided in paragraph five of subdivision [(c)] 17 (b) of this section, for the purposes of lobbying. 18 § 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law.
