New York A 4202: Relates to the form of ballots; repealer

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A04202 Summary:

BILL NOA04202 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSayegh

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COSPNSRBurdick, Glick, Manktelow, Brown K, Davila

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §70, add §88-a, Gen Bus L

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Requires private investigators to notify the state police when they are employed by a foreign government or foreign national; requires the state police to maintain a registry of all private investigators who have been employed by a foreign government or foreign national.

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BILL NOA04202 

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01/31/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4202

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, BURDICK, GLICK, MANKTELOW, K. BROWN,
 DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Develop-
 ment

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
 private investigators to notify the state police when they are
 employed by a foreign government or foreign national and requiring the
 state police to maintain a registry of all private investigators who
 have been employed by a foreign government or foreign national

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

 1 Section 1. Section 70 of the general business law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
 3 3-a. Upon the issuance of a private investigator license or the
 4 renewal of a private investigator license pursuant to this article, the
 5 department of state shall notify the licensee that such licensee is
 6 required to inform the state police when they are employed by a foreign
 7 government or foreign national. Such notification shall be in addition
 8 to any requirement under federal law regarding an individual operating
 9 at the direction of a foreign government.
 10 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 88-a
 11 to read as follows:
 12 § 88-a. Private investigator registry. The superintendent of the state
 13 police shall maintain a registry of private investigators licensed in
 14 the state pursuant to this article who have been employed by foreign
 15 nationals and foreign governments. Such registry shall only be open to
 16 the attorney general and members of the state police. Such registry
 17 shall include:
 18 1. the name of the private investigator;
 19 2. the business name associated with the private investigator;
 20 3. the address at which such business is registered;
 21 4. the name and business name of the client; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06586-01-5

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 1 5. the address of the client.
 2 § 3. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
 3 a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of
 4 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
 5 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
 6 such effective date.

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