§ 8 — Periodic reports of certain lobbyists

* § 8. Periodic reports of certain lobbyists. (a) (1) Any lobbyist\nrequired to file a statement of registration pursuant to section five of\nthis act who in any lobbying year expends, receives or incurs combined\nreportable compensation and expenses in an amount in excess of two\nthousand dollars, as provided in paragraph five of subdivision (b) of\nthis section, for the purpose of lobbying, shall file with the\ncommission a first periodic written report, on forms supplied by the\ncommission, by the fifteenth day next succeeding the end of the\nreporting period in which the cumulative total for such lobbying year\nequalled such sum. Such reporting periods shall be the period from\nJanuary first to March thirty-first, April first to May thirty-first and\nJune first to August thirty-first.\n (2) Any lobbyist making a report pursuant to paragraph one of this\nsubdivision shall thereafter file with the commission, on forms supplied\nby the commission, a periodic report for each reporting period that such\nperson expends, receives or incurs combined reportable compensation and\nexpenses in an amount in excess of five hundred dollars for the purposes\nof lobbying during such reporting period. Such report shall be filed not\nlater than the fifteenth day next succeeding the end of such reporting\nperiod and shall include the amounts so expended, received or incurred\nduring such reporting period and the cumulative total thereof during the\nlobbying year.\n (b) Such periodic report shall contain:\n (1) the name, address and telephone number of the lobbyist;\n (2) the name, address and telephone number of the client by whom or on\nwhose behalf the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated;\n (3) a description of the general subject or subjects on which the\nlobbyist has lobbied;\n (4) the name of the person, organization, or legislative body before\nwhich the lobbyist has lobbied;\n (5) (i) the compensation paid or owed to the lobbyist, and any\nexpenses expended, received or incurred by the lobbyist for the purpose\nof lobbying.\n (ii) expenses required to be reported pursuant to subparagraph (i) of\nthis paragraph shall be listed in the aggregate if seventy-five dollars\nor less and if more than seventy-five dollars such expenses shall be\ndetailed as to amount, to whom paid, and for what purpose; and where\nsuch expense is more than seventy-five dollars on behalf of any one\nperson, the name of such person shall be listed.\n (iii) for the purposes of this paragraph, expenses shall not include:\n (A) personal sustenance, lodging and travel disbursements of such\nlobbyist;\n (B) expenses, not in excess of five hundred dollars in any one\ncalendar year, directly incurred for the printing or other means of\nreproduction or mailing of letters, memoranda or other written\ncommunications.\n (iv) expenses paid or incurred for salaries other than that of the\nlobbyist shall be listed in the aggregate.\n (v) expenses of more than fifty dollars shall be paid by check or\nsubstantiated by receipts and such checks and receipts shall be kept on\nfile by the lobbyist for a period of three years.\n (c) (1) All such periodic reports shall be subject to review by the\ncommission.\n (2) Such periodic reports shall be kept on file for three years and\nshall be open to public inspection during such time.\n * NB Chapter 2 of the laws of 1999 repealed, effective January 1,\n2000, the lobbying act as enacted by section 1 of chapter 1040 of the\nlaws of 1981. A new lobbying act was enacted as Article 1-A of the\nlegislative law.\n Section 5 of such chapter 2 transfers all of the functions and powers\nof the New York temporary state commission on lobbying created by such\nchapter 1040 to the New York temporary state commission on lobbying\ncreated by Article 1-A of the legislative law with respect to receiving\nthe periodic and annual reports required to be filed pursuant to\nsections 8, 9 and 10 of the repealed chapter 1040. Also, pursuant to\nsection 7 of such chapter 2, any action or proceeding commenced prior to\nJanuary 1, 2000 under the old lobbying act shall be continued,\nprosecuted and defended pursuant to the old lobbying act as in effect on\nDecember 31, 1999.\n Because of these provisions, the Commission will continue to set out\nthe full text of the repealed lobbying act through December 31, 2000 in\norder that lobbyists who were subject to the former lobbying act may be\nadequately apprised of the responsibilities and obligations imposed upon\nthem as continued by sections 5 and 7 of chapter 2 of the laws of 1999.\n