Int. No. 485
By The Speaker (Council Member Quinn) and Council Members Felder, Nelson, Fidler and Gennaro (in conjunction with the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend section seventeen of local law number fifteen for the year two thousand six, relating to the reporting of lobbyist activities and the enforcement of the lobbying law, in relation to the effective date of local law number fifteen.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 17 of local law number 15 for the year 2006 is amended to read as follows:
§17. This local law shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after its enactment, provided, however, that [sections three, nine,] section eleven[, thirteen and fourteen] of this local law shall take effect one year after the enactment of this local law, and provided, further, that any reports required to be filed for calendar year 2006 pursuant to subchapter 2 of chapter 2 of title 3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, including reports required to be filed by January 15, 2007, shall be filed with the city clerk either in person or by mail, and provided, further, that any statement of registration filed for calendar year 2007, shall be filed by electronic transmission in a standard format as required by the City Clerk, and provided, further, that[,] upon enactment of this local law, the relevant city agencies shall take all necessary steps, including but not limited to the promulgation of forms and rules, to ensure the prompt implementation of this local law upon its effective date.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive to, and deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after, December 10, 2006.