Int. No. 754

By Council Members Gennaro, Restler, Joseph, Farías, Hanif and Abreu

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring individuals registering as lobbyists to complete an annual anti-sexual harassment interactive training and to provide the certification of completion as part of registration

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 3-213 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 129 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:

(c) Such statement of registration shall contain:

(1) [the] The name, home and business addresses and business telephone number of the lobbyist and the name and home and business addresses of the spouse or domestic partner of the lobbyist, and if the lobbyist is an organization the name, home and business addresses and business telephone number of any officer or employee of such lobbyist who engages in any lobbying activities or who is employed in an organization's division that engages in lobbying activities of the organization and the name and home and business addresses of the spouse or domestic partner of such officers or employees, provided that, notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter to the contrary, the home address of the lobbyist, including, if the lobbyist is an organization, the home address of any officer or employee of such lobbyist who engages in any lobbying activities or who is employed in an organization's division that engages in lobbying activities of the organization, and the names and home and business addresses of spouses and domestic partners of such lobbyists, officers and employees, whether contained in an original or amended statement of registration, shall not be made available to the public, but may be accessed by the campaign finance board for the sole purpose of determining whether a campaign contribution is matchable pursuant to section 3-702 of the New York City campaign finance act; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of law, in making information on campaign contributions publicly available, the campaign finance board shall not disclose that any specific contributor is the spouse, domestic partner or unemancipated child of such a lobbyist, officer or employee;

(2) [the] The name, address and telephone number of the client by whom or on whose behalf the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated;

(3) [if] If such lobbyist is retained or employed pursuant to a written agreement of retainer or employment, a copy of such shall also be attached and if such retainer or employment is oral, a statement of the substance thereof;

(4) [a] A written authorization from the client by whom the lobbyist is authorized to lobby, unless such lobbyist has filed a written agreement of retainer or employment pursuant to paragraph three of this subdivision;

(5) [a] A description of the subject or subjects on which the lobbyist is lobbying or expects to lobby, including information sufficient to identify the local law or resolution, procurement, real property, rule, rate making proceeding, determination of a board or commission, or other matter on which the lobbyist is lobbying or expects to lobby;

(6) [the] The names of the persons and agencies before which the lobbyist has lobbied or expects to lobby;

(7) [if] If the lobbyist has a financial interest in the client, direct or indirect, information as to the extent of such interest and the date on which it was acquired; [and]

(8) [if] If the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated by more than one client, a separate statement of registration shall be required for each such client; and

(9) A certification showing that the lobbyist has completed within the previous year an anti-sexual harassment interactive training that meets the requirements of subdivision 30 of section 8-107.

§ 2. Subdivision 30 of section 8-107 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:

(h) Any individual required to register as a lobbyist pursuant to section 3-213 shall annually complete a training that meets the requirements of this subdivision regardless of whether the individual’s employer is required to provide such training pursuant to this subdivision.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

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