What do you need to know about the Lobbying Act?
What do you need to know about the Lobbying Act?
A comprehensive guide to the reporting obligations outlined in Legislative Law Article 1-A also known as the Lobbying Act. Detailed information is provided for Filers and subject matter areas that may require additional disclosures under the Lobbying Act. Refer to this Guide for 2018 Filings and prior years.
Do you have to make your lobbying funding publicly available?
Lobbyists (who lobby on their own behalf) and Clients, who devote substantial resources to Lobbying activity in NYS, are required to make publicly available each Source of Funding over a certain limit for such lobbying.
Where can I find the PowerPoint presentation for lobbying training?
At this training, members of the lobbying community were given the opportunity to explore and learn more about key elements of the new regulations. For more information, go to the “Lobbying Overview Training’ page at https://jcope.ny.gov/lobbying-overview-training, where you will find the PowerPoint presentation.
How are lobbyists required to disclose their activities?
Lobbyists and Clients are required to publicly disclose their identities, activities and expenditures by filing reports at regular intervals with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (“JCOPE”). In addition, Lobbyists and Clients are subject to certain ethics provisions in the Lobbying Act and must comply with random audits conducted by JCOPE.
Lobbyists (who lobby on their own behalf) and Clients, who devote substantial resources to Lobbying activity in NYS, are required to make publicly available each Source of Funding over a certain limit for such lobbying.
When do new lobbying regulations go into effect?
On September 20, 2018, the Commission hosted a Lobbying Overview Training session for Lobbyists, Clients of Lobbyists, Public Corporations, and other interested parties regarding the Commission’s comprehensive lobbying regulations, which go into effect January 1, 2019.
What should a lobbyist report to the IRS?
– Lobbyist should report the aggregate value of all Expenses (regardless of value of the individual Expenses) that were reimbursed by the Client. Reportable Expenses may include items which, in and of themselves, do not constitute lobbying, but when used as part of a lobbying effort become reportable expenses.