Bill Text: NY S09257 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the imposition of late fees for failure to timely complete the on-line training course for lobbyists and clients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-07 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S09257 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09257-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9257

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 8, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
          nance

        AN ACT to amend the executive law and the legislative law,  in  relation
          to education and training in ethics and lobbying

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 94 of the executive law is amended
     2  by adding a new paragraph (d-1) to read as follows:
     3    (d-1) The commission may impose a fee upon lobbyists  and  clients  of
     4  lobbyists  for  late  completion of the training course required by this
     5  subdivision, as set forth in subdivision (i) of  section  one-d  of  the
     6  legislative law.
     7    §  2.  Subdivision (h) of section 1-d of the legislative law, as added
     8  by section 7 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended
     9  and a new subdivision (i) is added to read as follows:
    10    (h)  provide  an online ethics training course for [individuals regis-
    11  tered as] lobbyists and clients listed on a  statement  of  registration
    12  submitted  pursuant to section one-e of this article. The curriculum for
    13  the course shall include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  explanations  and
    14  discussions  of  the  statutes  and  regulations  of New York concerning
    15  ethics in the public officers law, the  election  law,  the  legislative
    16  law,  summaries of advisory opinions, underlying purposes and principles
    17  of the relevant laws, and examples of  practical  application  of  these
    18  laws  and  principles.  The  commission  shall prepare those methods and
    19  materials necessary to implement the curriculum. Each [individual regis-
    20  tered as a] lobbyist [pursuant to section one-e  of  this  article]  and
    21  client  shall  complete such training course within ninety days of being
    22  listed on a statement of registration and thereafter at  least  once  in
    23  any  [three-year]  biennial period during which [he or she is registered
    24  as a] the lobbyist or client is listed on a  statement  of  registration
    25  submitted pursuant to section one-e of this article.
    26    (i) the commission may impose a fee for failure to complete the train-
    27  ing course in a timely manner as required by this section, not to exceed

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15478-02-4
        S. 9257                             2

     1  twenty-five dollars for each day that the lobbyist or client is late, in
     2  accordance with procedures set forth by the commission.
     3    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.