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New York City Administrative Code Section 3-216 - Periodic Reports.

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    § 3-216.  Periodic  reports.  (a) (1) Any lobbyist required to file a
  statement of registration pursuant to section 3-213 of  this  subchapter
  who in any lobbying year expends, receives or incurs combined reportable
  compensation  and  expenses  in  an  amount  in  excess  of two thousand
  dollars, as provided in  paragraph  five  of  subdivision  (b)  of  this
  section,  for  the purpose of lobbying, shall file with the city clerk a
  first periodic written report, on forms supplied by the city  clerk,  by
  the  fifteenth  day  next  succeeding the end of the reporting period on
  which the cumulative total for such lobbying  year  equalled  such  sum.
  Such  reporting  periods shall be the period from January first to March
  thirty-first, April first to May thirty-first, June first  to  September
  thirtieth, and October first to December thirty-first.
    (2)  Any  lobbyist  making  a report pursuant to paragraph one of this
  subdivision shall thereafter file with the city clerk, on forms supplied
  by the city clerk, a periodic report for each reporting period that such
  person expends, receives or incurs combined reportable compensation  and
  expenses in an amount in excess of five hundred dollars for the purposes
  of lobbying during such reporting period. Such report shall be filed not
  later  than  the fifteenth day next succeeding the end of such reporting
  period and shall include the amounts so expended, received  or  incurred
  during  such  reporting  period  and  the  cumulative  total  during the
  lobbying year.
    (b) Such periodic report shall contain:
    (1) the name, address and telephone number of the lobbyist;
    (2) the name, address and telephone number of the client by whom or on
  whose behalf the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated;
    (3) a description of the general subject  or  subjects  on  which  the
  lobbyist has lobbied;
    (4) the person or agency before which the lobbyist has lobbied;
    (5)  (i)  the  compensation  paid  or  owed  to  the lobbyist, and any
  expenses expended, received or incurred by the lobbyist for the  purpose
  of lobbying.
    (ii)  expenses required to be reported pursuant to subparagraph (i) of
  this paragraph shall be listed in the aggregate if seventy-five  dollars
  or  less  and  if  more than seventy-five dollars such expenses shall be
  detailed as to amount, to whom paid, and for  what  purpose;  and  where
  such  expense  is  more  than  seventy-five dollars on behalf of any one
  person, the name of such person shall be listed.
    (iii) for the purpose of this paragraph, expenses shall not include:
    (A) personal sustenance, lodging  and  travel  disbursements  of  such
  lobbyist;
    (B)  expenses,  not  in  excess  of  five  hundred  dollars in any one
  calendar year, directly incurred for the  printing  or  other  means  of
  reproduction   or   mailing  of  letters,  memoranda  or  other  written
  communications.
    (iv) expenses paid or incurred for salaries other  than  that  of  the
  lobbyist shall be listed in the aggregate.
    (v)  expenses  of  more  than  fifty dollars shall be paid by check or
  substantiated by receipts.
    (c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section,  where
  a  lobbyist  required  to  file  a statement of registration pursuant to
  section 3-213 of this subchapter is not  required  to  file  a  periodic
  report  pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of this section because he or
  she has not expended, received or incurred compensation and expenses  as
  therein  specified,  he or she shall file a periodic report stating that
  he or she has not expended, received or incurred such  compensation  and
  expenses  by  the fifteenth day next succeeding the end of the reporting
  period.

(d) (1) All such periodic reports shall be subject to review by the city clerk. (2) Such periodic reports shall be kept on file in the office of the city clerk for five years and shall be open to public inspection during such time.

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