S06162 Summary:
| BILL NO | S06162 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | SKOUFIS |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §73-a, Pub Off L | |
| Requires electronic filing of all financial disclosure statements with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government. | |
S06162 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6162 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover- nance AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring elec- tronic filing of all financial disclosure statements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 73-a of the public officers law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows: 3 (l) (i) Beginning with the statement due in calendar year two thousand 4 twenty-six, all statements shall be submitted on the electronic filing 5 system administered by the commission on ethics and lobbying in govern- 6 ment. 7 (ii) Any individual required to file a statement pursuant to this 8 section may request from the commission on ethics and lobbying in 9 government or the individual's appointing authority access to an elec- 10 tronic computer terminal to file the statement. An individual who 11 requests such access must be provided access within two business days of 12 submitting the request. 13 (iii) No individual shall be deemed not to have timely filed the 14 statement if access to an electronic computer terminal was not available 15 as provided in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph. 16 (iv) An individual may submit the statement on a form supplied by the 17 commission on ethics and lobbying in government with a written attesta- 18 tion from a physician or other licensed health provider indicating that 19 the individual has a disability or infirmity preventing the individual 20 from completing the statement on the electronic filing system provided 21 by the commission on ethics and lobbying in government. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09806-01-5