Bill Text: NY A08239 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Includes state officials and officials of colleges designated to engage in lobbying activity within the definition of "lobbyist" under the lobbying act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A08239 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A08239-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8239
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 11, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to the definition of
lobbyist
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1-c of the legislative law, as
2 added by chapter 2 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
3 (a) The term "lobbyist" shall mean every person or organization
4 retained, employed or designated by any client to engage in lobbying.
5 The term "lobbyist" shall [not] include any officer, director, trustee,
6 employee, counsel or agent of the state, or any municipality or subdivi-
7 sion thereof of New York when discharging their official duties[; except
8 those], INCLUDING officers, directors, trustees, employees, counsels, or
9 agents of colleges, as defined by section two of the education law.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11131-03-9
