Title LEG, Legislative

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Legislative\nLaw."\n

§ 1-a. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby declares that\nthe operation of responsible democratic government requires that the\nfullest opportunity be afforded to the people to petition their\ngovernment for the redress of grievances and to express freely to\nappropr…

§ 1-b. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "Lobbying act".\n

§ 1-c. Definitions. As used in this article unless the context\notherwise requires:\n (a) The term "lobbyist" shall mean every person or organization\nretained, employed or designated by any client to engage in lobbying.\nThe term "lobbyist" shall not include any officer, direct…

§ 1-d. Lobby-related powers of the commission. In addition to any\nother powers and duties provided by section ninety-four of the executive\nlaw, the commission shall, with respect to its lobbying-related\nfunctions only, have the power and duty to:\n (a) administer and enforce …

§ 1-e. Statement of registration. (a) (1) Every lobbyist shall\nannually file with the commission, on forms provided by the commission,\na statement of registration for each calendar year; provided, however,\nthat the filing of such statement of registration shall not be require…

§ 1-f. Monthly registration docket. It shall be the duty of the\ncommission to compile a monthly docket of statements of registration\ncontaining all information required by section one-e of this article.\nEach such monthly docket shall contain all statements of registration\nfi…

§ 1-g. Termination of retainer, employment or designation. Upon the\ntermination of a lobbyist's retainer, employment or designation, such\nlobbyist and the client on whose behalf such service has been rendered\nshall both give written notice to the commission within thirty days…

§ 1-h. Bi-monthly reports of certain lobbyists. (a) Any lobbyist\nrequired to file a statement of registration pursuant to section one-e\nof this article who in any lobbying year reasonably anticipates that\nduring the year such lobbyist will expend, incur or receive combined\nr…

§ 1-i. Bi-monthly reports of public corporations. (a) Every public\ncorporation required to file a statement of registration pursuant to\nsection one-e of this article which in any lobbying year reasonably\nanticipates that during the year it will expend or incur expenses in an\…

§ 1-j. Semi-annual reports. (a) Semi-annual reports shall be filed by\nany client retaining, employing or designating a lobbyist or lobbyists,\nwhether or not any such lobbyist was required to file a bi-monthly\nreport, if such client reasonably anticipates that during the year …

§ 1-k. Contingent retainer. (a) No client shall retain or employ any\nlobbyist for compensation, the rate or amount of which compensation in\nwhole or part is contingent or dependent upon:\n (1) (A) the passage or defeat of any legislative bill or the approval\nor veto of any le…

§ 1-l. Reports of lobbying involving disbursement of public monies.\n(a) Any lobbyist required to file a statement of registration pursuant\nto section one-e of this article who in any lobbying year reasonably\nanticipates that during the year they will expend, incur or receive\…

§ 1-m. Prohibition of gifts. No individual or entity required to be\nlisted on a statement of registration pursuant to this article shall\noffer or give a gift to any public official as defined within this\narticle, unless under the circumstances it is not reasonable to infer\nt…

§ 1-n. Restricted contacts. 1. During the restricted period, no person\nor organization required to file a statement or report pursuant to this\narticle shall engage in lobbying activities concerning a governmental\nprocurement by a state agency, either house of the state legisl…

§ 1-o. Penalties. (a) (i) Any lobbyist, public corporation, or client\nwho knowingly and wilfully fails to file timely a report or statement\nrequired by this section or knowingly and wilfully files false\ninformation or knowingly and wilfully violates section one-m of this\nart…

§ 1-p. Enforcement. (a) All statements and reports required under this\narticle shall be subject to a declaration by the person making and\nfiling such statement and report that the information is true, correct\nand complete to the best knowledge and belief of the signer under t…

§ 1-q. Record of appearances. The commission shall promulgate all\nrules or regulations and any procedures, forms, or instructions\nnecessary to implement the provisions of section one hundred sixty-six\nof the executive law relating to the quarterly filing of the record of\napp…

§ 1-r. Publication of statement on lobbying regulations. The\ncommission shall publish a statement on lobbying regulations setting\nforth the requirements of this article in a clear and brief manner. Such\nstatement shall contain an explanation of the registration and filing\nre…

§ 1-s. Public access to records; format of records and reports. The\ncommission shall make information furnished by lobbyists and clients\navailable to the public for inspection and copying in electronic and\npaper formats. Access to such information shall also be made available…

§ 1-t. Advisory council on procurement lobbying. (a) There is hereby\nestablished an advisory council on procurement lobbying. The council\nshall be composed of eleven members as follows:\n (1) the commissioner of the office of general services, or his or her\ndesignee, who shal…

§ 1-u. Applicability of certain laws. The provisions of this article\nincluding, but not limited to, any proceeding or hearing conducted\npursuant hereto, shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the\nstate administrative procedure act and section seventy-three of the\nc…

§ 1-v. Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article\nor the application thereof to any person or organization is adjudged by\na court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, such judgment\nshall not affect or impair any other part or provision or the\n…

§ 10. Compensation of officers and employees. The secretary of the\nsenate, the clerk of the assembly, and all other officers and employees\nof the senate and assembly, shall be paid the compensation fixed by the\nappointing officer within the amount provided by appropriation.\n…

§ 100. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.\n

§ 101. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect\nimmediately.\n

§ 11. Designation of payrolls as annual, session or temporary. Any\nperson having the statutory power to appoint, or fix the compensation\nand/or approve vouchers of officers and/or employees paid from\nappropriations made for the legislature shall place all such officers\nand/o…

§ 12. Authorization of expenditures. 1. Notwithstanding any provision\nof law to the contrary, expenditures from appropriations made for the\nlegislature for services and expenses of the senate and the assembly may\ninclude provision for district offices for members, acquisition…

§ 15. Duties of secretary and clerk. The secretary of the senate and\nthe clerk of the assembly shall from time to time revise, and send to\nthe members of the legislature, the clerk's manual, and shall as soon as\npracticable after the organization of the legislature, prepare a…

§ 16. Supplies furnished by secretary and clerk. a. The secretary of\nthe senate, or such other officers or employees of the senate as the\ntemporary president of the senate shall designate and the clerk of the\nassembly, or such other officers or employees of the assembly as th…

§ 17. Accountability of secretary and clerk to comptroller. The\nsecretary of the senate, or such other officers or employees of the\nsenate as the temporary president of the senate shall designate and the\nclerk of the assembly, or such other officers or employees of the\nassem…

§ 18. Duties of postmasters and assistants. The postmasters and\nassistant postmasters and post-office messengers shall perform all the\nlabors in the post-offices of their respective houses.\n

§ 19. Duties of official stenographers. The official stenographers of\neach house shall attend at every session of the body for which they are\nelected and take stenographic notes of the debates of such body and in\nthe committee of the whole thereof.\n

§ 2. Exemption of members and officers from arrest. A member of the\nlegislature shall be privileged from arrest in a civil action or\nproceeding other than for a forfeiture or breach of trust in public\noffice or employment, while attending upon its session, and for fourteen\nd…

§ 20. Detail of officers and employees for special duties. The\npresiding officer and the respective secretary or clerk of each house or\neither of them, may detail any of the officers or employees thereof to\nperform such duties in addition to those ordinarily performed as they…

§ 21. Limitation of legislative expenses. Neither house shall, without\nthe consent of the other, order to be printed more than ten thousand\ncopies of any paper, bill or document, the aggregate cost of which shall\nexceed one thousand dollars; or appoint any committee of its ow…

§ 22. Custody of legislative papers and documents. The secretary or\nclerk of each house, as the case may be, shall take charge of and keep\non file all legislative papers and documents of such house, and those\npresented to it; and shall cause all such papers and documents in h…

§ 22-a. Reproduction and destruction of certain records, books and\npapers of the senate. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the\nofficers or employees of the senate designated by the temporary\npresident of the senate may cause any of the following described\nrecord…

§ 22-b. Destruction and reproductions of assembly books and records.\n1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the officers or\nemployees of the assembly designated by the speaker of the assembly may\ncause any of the following described records, books and papers on file\n…

§ 23. Appropriation bills, how referred. All bills that involve any\nappropriation from the treasury of the state, when introduced in the\nsenate, shall be referred to the committee on finance, and when\nintroduced in the assembly, shall be referred to the committee on ways\nand…

§ 24. Legislative bill drafting commission. A legislative bill\ndrafting commission is hereby created to consist of two commissioners,\none of whom shall be the commissioner for administration and the other\nof whom shall be the commissioner for operations. Each such commissione…

§ 25. Duties of the commission. The commission shall:\n 1. Draft or aid in drafting or examine legislative bills and\nresolutions and amendments thereto, upon request of a member or\ncommittee of either house of the legislature;\n 2. Advise as to the constitutionality, consisten…

§ 27. Appointment of secretaries of finance and ways and means\ncommittees. The committee on finance of the senate and the committee on\nways and means of the assembly shall serve throughout the year, with\npower to make, through the chairman of the respective committees or\nthr…

§ 28. Compensation, expenses, employees. Such secretaries shall\nreceive an annual salary to be fixed by the appointing officer within\nthe amount appropriated therefor and shall be paid their office,\ntraveling and other expenses necessarily incurred by them in the\nperformance…

§ 29. Sub-committees of finance and ways and means committees. For the\npurpose of more effectively carrying out the provisions of this article,\nand those of article two of the state departments law, the chairman of\nthe committee on finance appointed under the rules of the sen…

§ 3. Expulsion of members. Each house has the power to expel any of\nits members, after the report of a committee to inquire into the charges\nagainst him shall have been made.\n

§ 30. Duties of finance and ways and means committees and secretaries.\nThe committees and their secretaries shall have access at all reasonable\ntimes to offices of state departments, commissions, boards, bureaus and\noffices, to institutions and to all state authorities and pu…

§ 31. Appearances and inquiries in respect to the budget; procedure\nregulated. The governor and the heads of departments, divisions and\noffices each shall have the right to appear voluntarily and be heard in\nrespect to the budget before the committees of the houses of the\nle…

§ 32. Representation of certain legislative committees during revision\nof the budget. The chairman of the finance committee of the senate and\nthe chairman of the ways and means committee of the assembly and the\nranking minority members of each of such committees shall be noti…

§ 32-a. Budget; public hearings. After submission and prior to\nenactment of the executive budget, the senate finance committee and the\nassembly ways and means committee jointly or separately shall conduct\npublic hearings on the budget. Such hearings may be conducted regionall…