S 5590: Authorizes the imposition of late fees for failure to timely complete the on-line training course for lobbyists and clients.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5590 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIU -- 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 executive law and the legislative law, in relation to education and training in ethics and lobbying The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 94 of the executive law is amended 2 by adding a new paragraph (d-1) to read as follows: 3 (d-1) The commission may impose a fee upon lobbyists and clients of 4 lobbyists for late completion of the training course required by this 5 subdivision, as set forth in subdivision (i) of section one-d of the 6 legislative law. 7 § 2. Subdivision (h) of section 1-d of the legislative law, as added 8 by section 7 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, is amended 9 and a new subdivision (i) is added to read as follows: 10 (h) provide an online ethics training course for [individuals regis- 11 tered as] lobbyists and clients listed on a statement of registration 12 submitted pursuant to section one-e of this article. The curriculum for 13 the course shall include, but not be limited to, explanations and 14 discussions of the statutes and regulations of New York concerning 15 ethics in the public officers law, the election law, the legislative 16 law, summaries of advisory opinions, underlying purposes and principles 17 of the relevant laws, and examples of practical application of these 18 laws and principles. The commission shall prepare those methods and 19 materials necessary to implement the curriculum. Each [individual regis- 20 tered as a] lobbyist [pursuant to section one-e of this article] and 21 client shall complete such training course within ninety days of being 22 listed on a statement of registration and thereafter at least once in 23 any [three-year] biennial period during which [he or she is registered EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09332-01-5 
 S. 5590 2 1 as a] the lobbyist or client is listed on a statement of registration 2 submitted pursuant to section one-e of this article. 3 (i) the commission may impose a fee for failure to complete the train- 4 ing course in a timely manner as required by this section, not to exceed 5 twenty-five dollars for each day that the lobbyist or client is late, in 6 accordance with procedures set forth by the commission. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 8 have become a law.