New York A 11493: Prohibits a state or local authority from employing or designating a lobbyist to engage in lobbying

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A11493 Summary:

BILL NOA11493 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07681

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SPONSORRules (Taylor)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2859, Pub Auth L

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Prohibits a state or local authority, or subsidiary thereof, from retaining, contracting, employing, or designating a lobbyist to engage in lobbying; allows for the cancellation of pre-existing contracts.

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BILL NOA11493 

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05/28/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11493

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 28, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Taylor) --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
 and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting a
 state or local authority from employing or designating a lobbyist to
 engage in lobbying

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

 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 2859 to read as follows:
 3 § 2859. Prohibition on retaining lobbyists. 1. Notwithstanding any
 4 other law to the contrary, no state or local authority, or subsidiary
 5 thereof, shall, directly or indirectly retain, contract, employ, or
 6 designate a lobbyist to engage in lobbying. For the purposes of this
 7 section, the terms "lobbyist" and "lobbying" shall have the meanings as
 8 defined in section one-c of the legislative law.
 9 2. Any contracts in effect at the time of the effective date of this
 10 section, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this section, may
 11 be cancelled or terminated by the public authority without incurring any
 12 penalty or damages on account of such cancellation or termination, but
 13 any monies owing by the public authority for work done prior to the
 14 cancellation or termination shall be paid.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10929-01-5

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