New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter XX - Commission on ethics and lobbying in Government
Part 942 - Procedure for Requesting an Exemption from Publicly Disclosing Client Information Pursuant to Questions 8(b-1), 8(b-2) or 8(c) on a Financial Disclosure Statement
Section 942.3 - Procedure
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Pursuant to Executive Law § 94(9) and questions 8(b-1), 8(b-2) and 8(c) on the Financial Disclosure Statement set forth in Public Officers Law § 73-a, the Commission permits a Covered Person to make a confidential request, in accordance with this Section, for an Exemption from the requirement to publicly disclose Client Information. If requesting an Exemption from the Commission, such Covered Person shall file the Exemption request with the Commission on or before the deadline to file a Financial Disclosure Statement that applies to said Covered Person pursuant to Public Officers Law section 73-a(2). A Covered Person may not file an Exemption request with the Commission for a Client matter which the Covered Person has previously addressed in an Exemption request filed with the Office of Court Administration.
(b) The filing of an Exemption request pursuant to this Part shall not toll a deadline to file a Financial Disclosure Statement. A Financial Disclosure Statement filed during the pendency of a request for Exemption shall include all required information except the Client Information.
(c) In response to questions 8(b-1), 8(b-2) and 8(c) of the Financial Disclosure Statement, a Covered Person need not report Clients or customers with respect to matters for which the Covered Person (or his or her firm) was retained before entering public office in accordance with § 73-a(3)(8) of the Public Officers Law.
(d) The Exemption request shall be made in writing, signed by the Covered Person requesting such Exemption, and sent to the Commission via email at jcope@jcope.ny.gov . The Exemption request shall be deemed to be a part of his or her Financial Disclosure Statement and subject to all applicable enforcement and penalty provisions of Public Officers Law § 73-a, including without limitation subdivisions 4 and 6 of said section, and Executive Law § 94.
(e) In the request for Exemption, the Covered Person shall state that:
"My Client is not currently receiving my services or seeking my services in connection with:
(f) The request for Exemption should include but need not be limited to the following information: