Senate Bill S1359

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits lobbyists who are convicted of or plead guilty to class D felonies or higher level crimes from acting as a lobbyist for a period of three years

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S1359 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7337
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1-o, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6533
2013-2014: S940
2017-2018: S1073, A6096
2019-2020: S485, A2147
2021-2022: S2550, A6029
2023-2024: S3452

2015-S1359 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits lobbyists who are convicted of or plead guilty to class D felonies or higher level crimes from acting as a lobbyist for a period of three years from the date of the conviction; provides the authority to extend suspensions; entitles such lobbyist to a hearing upon application for suspension extension.

2015-S1359 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1359 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1359

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
  and Government Operations

AN  ACT  to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting lobby-
  ists who are convicted of or plead guilty to class D felonies or high-
  er level crimes from acting as a lobbyist for a period of three  years
  from the date of the conviction

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 1-o of the legislative law, as added by chapter  14
of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  S  1-o. Penalties. (a) ANY LOBBYIST CONVICTED OF OR PLEADING GUILTY TO
A CLASS D FELONY OR HIGHER LEVEL CRIME SHALL BE BARRED FROM ACTING AS  A
LOBBYIST FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE CONVICTION.
  (B)  UPON  COMPLETION  THE COMMISSION SHALL RE-EVALUATE THE SUSPENSION
AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SUCH SUSPENSION SHOULD BE EXTENDED  FOR  AN
ADDITIONAL  PERIOD OF TIME. IN NO EVENT SHALL SUCH EXTENSION BE FOR MORE
THAN TWO MORE YEARS.  ANY  LOBBYIST  WISHING  TO  RE-REGISTER  WITH  THE
COMMISSION  AND  RE-COMMENCE  HIS  OR  HER PRACTICE OF LOBBYING SHALL BE
ENTITLED TO A HEARING UPON APPLICATION TO DETERMINE  IF  THE  SUSPENSION
SHOULD BE EXTENDED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (C)  (i) Any lobbyist, public corporation, or client who knowingly and
wilfully fails to file timely a report or  statement  required  by  this
section  or  knowingly and wilfully files false information or knowingly
and wilfully violates section one-m of this article shall be guilty of a
class A misdemeanor; and
  (ii) any lobbyist, public corporation, or  client  who  knowingly  and
wilfully  fails  to  file  timely a report or statement required by this
section or knowingly and wilfully files false information  or  knowingly
and wilfully violates section one-m of this article, after having previ-
ously  been convicted in the preceding five years of the crime described

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05810-01-5
              

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