What's happening
This bill requires members of economic development councils, including volunteers, to file annual financial disclosure forms.
Why it matters
Expands transparency requirements. by including members of economic development councils—even unpaid, volunteer members—under the state’s annual financial disclosure rules, increasing public oversight over individuals who often influence major public investment decisions.
Aims to help identify and prevent conflicts of interest. among those involved in economic development projects, as these councils often recommend or allocate significant state funds or tax incentives to private businesses.
May deter potential volunteers with privacy concerns. from serving on economic development councils, as financial disclosure can be seen as intrusive, potentially impacting the diversity or expertise of council membership.
Aligns economic development council members with elected officials and high-level state employees. in terms of ethical accountability, signaling the state’s recognition of the significant influence these councils wield in economic policy and local project selection.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1610
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 73-a of the public officers law, as amended by section 5 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Every statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of the legislature, legislative employee and political party chairman [and], every candidate for statewide elected office or for member of the legislature, and any member of an economic development council (even if such member is a volunteer) shall file an annual statement of financial disclosure containing the information and in the form set forth in subdivision three of this section. On or before the fifteenth day of May with respect to the preceding calendar year: (1) every member of the legislature, every candidate for member of the legislature and legislative employee shall file such statement with the legislative ethics commission which shall provide such statement along with any requests for exemptions or deletions to the joint commission on public ethics for filing and rulings with respect to such requests for exemptions or deletions, on or before the thirtieth day of June; and (2) all other individuals required to file such statement shall file it with the joint commission on public ethics, except that:
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of June next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04876-01-9
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