Bill Text: NY S07778 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to certain reports provided by the Long Island Power Authority; requires service providers of the authority to also provide certain reports related to advertising and lobbying.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-31 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8779 [S07778 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07778-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7778

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to  certain
          reports provided by the Long Island Power Authority

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1020-kk of the public authorities law, as added  by
     2  a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the public authorities law relat-
     3  ing to requiring the Long Island Power Authority to prepare a semi-annu-
     4  al  expenditure  and  lobbying  report, as proposed in legislative bills
     5  numbers S. 1311-A and A. 4635, is amended to read as follows:
     6    § 1020-kk. Semi-annual expenditure and lobbying  report.    1.  On  or
     7  before March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-two and every semi-annual
     8  period  thereafter[,]:  (a)  the  authority  [and its service providers]
     9  shall report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate  and
    10  the  speaker  of the assembly regarding advertising and lobbying [activ-
    11  ities of] on behalf of the authority by the authority, the  trustees  of
    12  the  authority,  or  any  employee  of  the  authority [or]; and (b) any
    13  service provider of the authority shall  report  to  the  governor,  the
    14  temporary  president  of  the  senate  and  the  speaker of the assembly
    15  regarding advertising and lobbying on behalf of  the  authority,  or  in
    16  connection with the service provider's provision of management and oper-
    17  ation services or the operation of the authority's electric transmission
    18  and distribution system.
    19    2.  For the purposes of this title, the following terms shall have the
    20  following meanings:
    21    (a) Lobbying shall mean any attempt to influence:
    22    (i) the passage or defeat of any legislation or resolution  by  either
    23  house  of  the state legislature including but not limited to the intro-
    24  duction or intended introduction of such legislation  or  resolution  or
    25  approval or disapproval of any legislation;
    26    (ii)  the adoption, issuance, rescission[,] or modification [or terms]
    27  of a gubernatorial executive order;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04607-04-2
        S. 7778                             2

     1    (iii) the adoption or rejection of any rule or regulation  having  the
     2  force and effect of law by a state agency;
     3    (iv) the passage or defeat of any local law, ordinance, resolution, or
     4  regulation by any municipality;
     5    (v)  the  adoption, issuance, rescission, modification or terms of any
     6  executive order issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality;
     7  and
     8    (vi) the adoption or rejection of any rule, regulation, or  resolution
     9  having  the  force  and  effect of a local law, ordinance, resolution or
    10  regulation.
    11    (b) Advertising shall mean any promotional activity or public  service
    12  announcement  that requires the purchase of media space, including tele-
    13  vision airtime, radio airtime, internet media space, billboards, newspa-
    14  per space, magazine space or any private publication which requires  the
    15  expenditure of any public funds.
    16    3.  The  authority  and  its  service providers shall prepare separate
    17  reports to include the following information:
    18    (a) For lobbying, such report shall include, but not  be  limited  to:
    19  the  name  of the trustee, employee of the authority or service provider
    20  engaging in lobbying; the name of the public official or public employee
    21  that [the trustee] was lobbied; the date and  time  of  the  meeting  or
    22  communication;  the  subject matter [discussed] of the lobbying, and any
    23  expenses incurred by the authority or its service provider  for  travel,
    24  lodging, or meals in connection with such lobbying.
    25    (b) For advertising, such report shall include, but not be limited to,
    26  itemization  of  any  public  funds spent on advertising and information
    27  pertaining to the advertising marketing plan including measurable  goals
    28  and objectives for the advertising campaign.
    29    4.  The requirements of this section shall not be construed to require
    30  the disclosure of information that is otherwise protected  from  disclo-
    31  sure by any law, regulation, order, or the civil practice law and rules.
    32    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    33  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the public  authorities
    34  law  relating  to requiring the Long Island Power Authority to prepare a
    35  semi-annual expenditure and lobbying report, as proposed in  legislative
    36  bills numbers S. 1311-A and A. 4635, takes effect.