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                                         4684
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 6, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to filing  require-
         ments for the annual statement of financial disclosure
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 73-a of the public officers law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
    3    (A-1) THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  APPLY
    4  TO  EVERY  STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, MEMBER
    5  OF THE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE AND  POLITICAL  PARTY  CHAIRMAN
    6  AND  EVERY  CANDIDATE  FOR STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICE OR FOR MEMBER OF THE
    7  LEGISLATURE:
    8    (I) WHO WAS SUCH  A  STATEWIDE  ELECTED  OFFICIAL,  STATE  OFFICER  OR
    9  EMPLOYEE,  MEMBER  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE, POLITICAL
   10  PARTY CHAIRMAN OR CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICE OR  FOR  MEMBER
   11  OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR ANY PORTION OF THE CALENDAR YEAR; AND
   12    (II)  WHETHER OR NOT SUCH STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, STATE OFFICER OR
   13  EMPLOYEE, MEMBER OF THE  LEGISLATURE,  LEGISLATIVE  EMPLOYEE,  POLITICAL
   14  PARTY  CHAIRMAN  OR  CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICE OR MEMBER OF
   15  THE LEGISLATURE IS IN OFFICE, IS EMPLOYED, IS A CANDIDATE OR  IS  OTHER-
   16  WISE  SERVING IN ANY SUCH CAPACITY ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MAY FOLLOWING
   17  THE YEAR FOR WHICH  AN  ANNUAL  STATEMENT  OF  FINANCIAL  DISCLOSURE  IS
   18  REQUIRED TO BE FILED.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01549-01-5