Relates to restricting certain business or professional activities by former speaker of the assembly, temporary president of the senate and majority leader of the senate.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
2549
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 25, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sens. BONACIC, KRUEGER, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Finance
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to restricting
certain business or professional activities by certain former members
of the legislature
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of
2 section 73 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 14 of the
3 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
4 (iii) No person who has served as a member of the legislature shall
5 within a period of two years after the termination of such service
6 receive compensation for any services on behalf of any person, firm,
7 corporation or association to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly,
8 the passage of bills or resolutions by either house of the legislature.
9 No legislative employee shall within a period of two years after the
10 termination of such service receive compensation for any services on
11 behalf of any person, firm, corporation or association to appear, prac-
12 tice or directly communicate before either house of the legislature to
13 promote or oppose the passage of bills or resolutions by either house of
14 the legislature. No person who was elected to or otherwise held the
15 position of speaker of the assembly or temporary president or majority
16 leader of the senate shall, for compensation on behalf of any person,
17 firm, corporation or association, seek the signing into law of or veto
18 any legislation by the governor or the enactment, amendment, or removal
19 or any rule, regulation, or policy of any state department, agency,
20 division, or authority, or for the procurement of contracts or agree-
21 ments by any such department, agency, division, or authority, for a
22 period of two years until after he or she shall have ceased to be a
23 member of the senate or assembly.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01890-01-1
