STATE OF NEW YORK
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7362--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
September 3, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
the Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance 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 public officers law, in relation to requiring
certain individuals to file financial disclosure forms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
2 section 73-a of the public officers law, as amended by section 5 of part
3 A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 Every statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of
5 the legislature, legislative employee and political party chairman
6 [and], every candidate for statewide elected office or for member of the
7 legislature, and any member of a regional economic development council
8 (even if such member is a volunteer) shall file an annual statement of
9 financial disclosure containing the information and in the form set
10 forth in subdivision three of this section. On or before the fifteenth
11 day of May with respect to the preceding calendar year: (1) every member
12 of the legislature, every candidate for member of the legislature and
13 legislative employee shall file such statement with the legislative
14 ethics commission which shall provide such statement along with any
15 requests for exemptions or deletions to the joint commission on public
16 ethics for filing and rulings with respect to such requests for
17 exemptions or deletions, on or before the thirtieth day of June; and (2)
18 all other individuals required to file such statement shall file it with
19 the joint commission on public ethics, except that:
20 § 2. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
21 section 73-a of the public officers law, as amended by section 7 of part
22 QQ of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00907-02-2
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1 Every statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of
2 the legislature, legislative employee and political party chair [and],
3 every candidate for statewide elected office or for member of the legis-
4 lature, and any member of a regional economic development council (even
5 if such member is a volunteer) shall file an annual statement of finan-
6 cial disclosure containing the information and in the form set forth in
7 subdivision three of this section. On or before the fifteenth day of May
8 with respect to the preceding calendar year: (1) every member of the
9 legislature, every candidate for member of the legislature and legisla-
10 tive employee shall file such statement with the legislative ethics
11 commission which shall provide such statement along with any requests
12 for exemptions or deletions to the commission on ethics and lobbying in
13 government for filing and rulings with respect to such requests for
14 exemptions or deletions, on or before the thirtieth day of June; and (2)
15 all other individuals required to file such statement shall file it with
16 the commission on ethics and lobbying in government, except that:
17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of June next succeeding
18 the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that
19 the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect on the same
20 date and in the same manner as part QQ of chapter 56 of the laws of
21 2022, takes effect.
