Bill Text: NY S04690 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits certain lobbyists from engaging in political consulting for state public officials or candidates for state office, and prohibits political consultants or anyone they are affiliated with from lobbying state officers; requires election financial disclosure statements to include a listing of all political consulting services provided to a campaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-17 - PRINT NUMBER 4690A [S04690 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S04690-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4690--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, CARLUCCI, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting lobby- ists from engaging in political consulting of candidates for and hold- ers of state office and prohibiting certain political consultants from engaging in compensated lobbying and lobbying activities; and to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the reporting of the provision of political consulting services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1-c of the legislative law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision (x) to read as follows: 3 (x) The term "political consulting" shall mean and include the 4 provision, for compensation, to any state public official, candidate or 5 prospective candidate for an elected state office of advice, services or 6 assistance in securing such public office including, but not limited to, 7 campaign management, fundraising activities, public relations or media 8 services, but shall exclude bona fide legal work directly related to 9 litigation or legal advice with regard to securing a place on the 10 ballot, the petitioning process, the conduct of an election or which 11 involves the election law. 12 § 2. Section 1-m of the legislative law, as added by chapter 14 of the 13 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 14 § 1-m. Prohibition of gifts and political consulting. (a) No individ- 15 ual or entity required to be listed on a statement of registration 16 pursuant to this article shall offer or give a gift to any public offi- 17 cial as defined within this article, unless under the circumstances it 18 is not reasonable to infer that the gift was intended to influence such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00224-07-6
