Requires disclosure of certain information by members of the legislature who are practicing attorneys; requires an accounting of the number of hours the individual works at the firm or corporation for the year with a general description of the principal subject areas of matters undertaken by such individual and the number of cases such individual handled for the year.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8809
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 4, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. BOYLE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring
disclosure of certain information by members of the legislature who
are practicing attorneys
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 8 of subdivision 3 of section
2 73-a of the public officers law, as added by chapter 813 of the laws of
3 1987, is relettered subparagraph (c) and a new subparagraph (b) is added
4 to read as follows:
5 (b) If the reporting individual is a member of the legislature and
6 such individual practices law with a firm or corporation, give an
7 accounting of the number of hours the individual works at the firm or
8 corporation for the year with a general description of the principal
9 subject areas of matters undertaken by such individual and the number of
10 cases such individual handled for the year. Do not list the name of
11 individual clients.
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17 § 2. Subparagraph (c) of paragraph 8 of subdivision 3 of section 73-a
18 of the public officers law, as amended by section 5 of part A of chapter
19 399 of the laws of 2011, is relettered subparagraph (d) and a new
20 subparagraph (c) is added to read as follows:
21 (c) If the reporting individual is a member of the legislature and
22 such individual practices law with a firm or corporation, give an
23 accounting of the number of hours the individual works at the firm or
24 corporation for the year with a general description of the principal
25 subject areas of matters undertaken by such individual and the number of
26 cases such individual handled for the year.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section two
7 of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
8 section 5 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, takes effect.
