§ 9 — Periodic reports of public corporations

* § 9. Periodic reports of public corporations. (a) 1. Every public\ncorporation required to file a statement of registration pursuant to\nsection five of this act which in any lobbying year expends or incurs\nexpenses in an amount in excess of two thousand dollars, as provided in\nparagraph five of subdivision (b) of this section, for the purpose of\nlobbying shall file with the commission a first periodic written report,\non forms supplied by the commission, by the fifteenth day next\nsucceeding the end of the reporting period in which the cumulative total\nfor such lobbying year equaled such sum. Such reporting periods shall be\nthe period from January first to March thirty-first, April first to May\nthirty-first, and June first to August thirty-first.\n 2. Any public corporation making a report pursuant to paragraph one of\nthis subdivision shall thereafter file with the commission, on forms\nsupplied by the commission, a periodic report for each reporting period\nthat such public corporation expends or incurs expenses in an amount in\nexcess of five hundred dollars for the purposes of lobbying during such\nreporting period. Such report shall be filed not later than the\nfifteenth day next succeeding the end of such reporting period and shall\ninclude the amount so expended during such reporting period and the\ncumulative total thereof during the lobbying year.\n (b) Such periodic report shall contain:\n 1. the name, address and telephone number of such public corporation;\n 2. the name, address and telephone number of each lobbyist retained,\nemployed or designated by such public corporation;\n 3. copies of all agreements relating to each such retainer, employment\nor designation, and if such retainer, employment or designation be oral,\na statement of the substance of such agreement;\n 4. a description of the general subject or subjects on which the\nlobbyist has lobbied, and on which such public corporation has lobbied;\n 5. the name of the person, organization or legislative body before\nwhich the public corporation, or its lobbyists, has lobbied;\n 6. (i) the compensation paid or owed to the lobbyist and any expenses\nexpended, received or incurred by the lobbyist for the purpose of\nlobbying; provided, however, any such expenses paid by such public\ncorporation to a lobbyist for the purpose of lobbying on behalf of such\npublic corporation shall be itemized in the same manner as if such\npublic corporation had directly paid or incurred such expenses.\n (ii) any expenses required to be reported pursuant to subparagraph (i)\nof this paragraph shall be listed in the aggregate if seventy-five\ndollars or less and if more than seventy-five dollars such expenses\nshall be detailed as to amount, to whom paid, and for what purpose; and\nwhere such expenses are more than seventy-five dollars on behalf of any\none person, 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 each 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 compensation other than that of\neach lobbyist shall be listed in the aggregate.\n (v) expenses of more than fifty dollars must be paid by check or\nsubstantiated by receipts and such checks and receipts shall be kept on\nfile by such public corporation 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 a period of three\nyears and shall be open to public inspection during such period.\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