New York A 5090: Prohibits certain persons from receiving compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial development agency or an economic assistance corporation

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A05090 Summary:

BILL NOA05090A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04039-A

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 73, Pub Off L; amd 2825, Pub Auth L; amd 801, add 858-c, Gen Muni L

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Prohibits certain persons from receiving compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work performed for an industrial development agency, an economic assistance corporation or state or local authority; relates to consultant disclosure requirements.

Go to top A05090 Actions:

BILL NOA05090A

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02/12/2025referred to governmental operations

05/21/2025amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations

05/21/2025print number 5090a

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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Go to topA05090 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5090--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, the public authorities law and
 the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting certain persons
 from receiving compensation for legal fees, consulting, or other work
 performed for an industrial development agency, an economic assistance
 corporation, or from a state or local authority and relating to
 consultant disclosure requirements

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 7 of section 73 of
 2 the public officers law, as amended by section 3 of part K of chapter
 3 286 of the laws of 2016, are amended and two new paragraphs (a-1) and
 4 (b-1) are added to read as follows:
 5 (a) No statewide elected official, or state officer or employee, other
 6 than in the proper discharge of official state or local governmental
 7 duties, or member of the legislature or legislative employee, or poli-
 8 tical party [chairman] chair shall receive, directly or indirectly, or
 9 enter into any agreement express or implied for, any compensation, in
 10 whatever form, for the appearance or rendition of services by [himself,
 11 herself] themself or another in relation to any case, proceeding, appli-
 12 cation or other matter before a state agency where such appearance or
 13 rendition of services is in connection with:
 14 (i) the purchase, sale, rental or lease of real property, goods or
 15 services, or a contract therefor, from, to or with any such agency;
 16 (ii) any proceeding relating to rate making;
 17 (iii) the adoption or repeal of any rule or regulation having the
 18 force and effect of law;
 19 (iv) the obtaining of grants of money or loans;
 20 (v) licensing; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07904-03-5

 A. 5090--A 2

 1 (vi) any proceeding relating to a franchise provided for in the public
 2 service law.
 3 (a-1) No statewide elected official, or state officer or employee,
 4 other than in the proper discharge of official state or local govern-
 5 mental duties, or member of the legislature or legislative employee, or
 6 political party chair shall receive, directly or indirectly, or enter
 7 into any agreement express or implied for any compensation, in whatever
 8 form, for legal services, consulting, or any other contractual expendi-
 9 ture for services, whether actually performed or not from a state or
 10 local authority if such statewide elected official, state officer or
 11 employee, member of the legislature, legislative employee or political
 12 party chair: (i) is directly contracted by a state or local authority
 13 for the related services; (ii) owns or controls directly or indirectly
 14 ten per centum or more of stock in a corporation that is contracted by a
 15 state or local authority for the related services; or (iii) owns or
 16 controls ten per centum or more of the capital, profits, or beneficial
 17 interest in a firm or association that is contracted by a state or local
 18 au