§ 1-L — Reports of lobbying involving disbursement of public monies

§ 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\ncombined reportable compensation and expenses in an amount in excess of\nfive thousand dollars shall file with the commission, on forms supplied\nby the commission, a report of any attempts to influence a determination\nby a public official, or by a person or entity working in cooperation\nwith a public official, with respect to the solicitation, award or\nadministration of a grant, loan, or agreement involving the disbursement\nof public monies in excess of fifteen thousand dollars other than a\ngovernmental procurement as defined in section one-c of this article.\n (b) Such public monies lobbying reports shall contain:\n (i) the name, address and telephone number of the lobbyist and the\nindividuals employed by the lobbyist engaged in such public monies\nlobbying activities;\n (ii) the name, address and telephone number of the client by whom or\non whose behalf the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated on\nwhose behalf the lobbyist has engaged in lobbying reportable under this\nparagraph;\n (iii) a description of the grant, loan, or agreement involving the\ndisbursement of public monies on which the lobbyist has lobbied;\n (iv) the name of the person, organization, or legislative body before\nwhich the lobbyist has engaged in lobbying reportable under this\nparagraph; and\n (v) the compensation paid or owed to the lobbyist, and any expenses\nexpended, received or incurred by the lobbyist for the purpose of\nlobbying reportable under this paragraph.\n (c) Public monies lobbying reports required pursuant to this section\nshall be filed in accordance with the schedule applicable to the filing\nof bi-monthly reports pursuant to section one-h of this article and\nshall be filed not later than the fifteenth day next succeeding the end\nof such reporting period.\n (d) In addition to any other fees authorized by this section, the\ncommission may impose a fee for late filing of a report required by this\nsubdivision not to exceed twenty-five dollars for each day that the\nreport required to be filed is late, except that if the lobbyist making\na late filing has not previously been required by statute to file such a\nreport, the fee for late filing shall not exceed ten dollars for each\nday that the report required to be filed is late.\n (e) All reports filed pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to\nreview by the commission. Such reports shall be kept in electronic form\nby the commission and shall be available for public inspection.\n