L.L. 2007/034

Enactment date: 7/3/2007

Int. No. 586-A

By the Speaker (Council Member Quinn) and Council Members Felder, Rivera, Comrie, Fidler, de Blasio, Dickens, Arroyo Jackson, Garodnick, Gentile, Gerson, Gioia, James, Lappin, Mark-Viverito, McMahon, Nelson, Recchia, Reyna, Seabrook, Stewart, Vacca, Weprin, White Jr., Liu, Mendez and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum) (in conjunction with the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to campaign finance.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 36. Each city agency with which any person who has business dealings with the city conducts such business shall, provide appropriate assistance in developing the doing business data base and shall take such steps as necessary to collect such information as required pursuant to this local law. Each city agency with which any person who has business dealings with the city conducts such business shall, at the board's request, provide appropriate assistance to the board in publicizing this local law and the rules of the board in connection with contributions of persons who have business dealings with the city; provided, however, that rules shall not be provided to persons in categories of doing business activities before such categories are certified by the campaign finance board in accordance with section twenty-six of this local law.

§ 37. Sections one, two, eight, eleven, twelve and forty of this local law shall take effect immediately provided that the implementation of such sections shall take effect as follows: (i) all of the provisions of such sections concerning the holding of contracts for the procurement of goods, services or construction shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity regarding an entity with a city contract pursuant to clause (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (ii) all of the provisions of this local law concerning any bid or proposal for a contract for the procurement of goods, services or construction shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity of entities that have submitted bids seeking such a contract; (iii) the provisions of this local law concerning acquisition or disposition of real property, applications for approvals sought pursuant to the provisions of section 195 or certified pursuant to section 197-c of the New York city charter shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity of an entity with such a real property transaction or land use approval pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (iv) the provisions of this local law concerning franchises and concessions shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity regarding an entity with a city franchise or concession pursuant to clause (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (v) all of the provisions of this local law concerning any bid or proposal for a franchise or concession shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that such database includes, available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity of entities with a bid or a proposal for such a franchise or concession; (vi) all of the provisions of this local law concerning a recipient of a grant shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity regarding an entity that is a recipient of a grant pursuant to clause (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (vii) all of the provisions of this local law concerning a party to an economic development agreement shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity regarding an entity that is an applicant for or a party to an economic development agreement pursuant to clause (vi) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; (viii) all of the provisions of this local law concerning a contract for the investment of pension funds, including investments in a private equity firm and contracts with investment related consultants shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies available information regarding chief executive officers, chief financial officers and/or chief operating officers or persons serving in an equivalent capacity, persons with an interest in an entity which exceeds ten percent of the entity and persons employed in a senior managerial capacity regarding an entity that is an applicant for or a party to a contract for the investment of pension funds, including investments in a private equity firm and contracts with investment related consultants pursuant to clause (vii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 18 of section 3-702 of the code as added by section one of this local law; and (ix) all of the provisions of this local law concerning lobbyists shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council that there is a doing business database that identifies lobbyists; and shall be applicable to all receipts, expenditures, and public funds claims after such effective dates for elections held after such effective dates; provided that, upon enactment of this local law, the campaign finance board 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. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the campaign finance board and the department of information technology and telecommunication may certify any component of the doing business database enumerated in clauses (i) through (viii) of this section as complete when it has determined that each component identifies such persons with reasonable completeness and accuracy. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, immediately upon certification of each component of the doing business database pursuant to this section, the department of information technology and telecommunications shall provide to the Mayor and the Council an analysis of the steps taken to compile the component of the database certified and the campaign finance board shall provide to the Mayor and the Council an analysis of the steps taken to ensure and test for reasonable completeness and accuracy. Such report shall also demonstrate the process by which the department of information technology and telecommunications and the campaign finance board shall update the doing business database and ensure that names of persons no longer doing business with the city are removed. The deadline for certification of this section in relation to clauses (i) and (iv) shall be six months from the effective date of this local law; the deadline for certification of this section in relation to clauses (ii), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) shall be one year from the effective date of this local law; and the deadline for certification of this section in relation to clause (iii) shall be sixteen months from the effective date of this local law; provided, however, that any component of the doing business database that has not been certified on or before December 1, 2008 may not be certified until on or after November 30, 2009.

§ 38. Sections twenty-one,thirty-fourand thirty-five of this local law shall take effect thirty days after the campaign finance board and department of information technology and telecommunications have certified to the mayor and council one component of the doing business database pursuant to section thirty-seven of this local law.

§ 39. With its 2009 post-election report, the campaign finance board shall submit a report to the council on the status of the doing business database. Such report shall contain the status of each of the components enumerated in clauses (i) through (viii) of section thirty-three of this local law and whether each such component has been certified, for those components that have not been certified, if any, what the status is of the development of such component of the database and the expected timeline for such component's certification. The campaign finance board shall provide the council and the mayor with recommendations, if any, for exempting certain types of transactions, applications or agreements from the definition of business dealings with the city as defined in section one of this local law. If such proposals are submitted by the board, and such proposals are accepted by the council, or if the council fails to take action on such proposals within sixty days, such proposals shall take effect. Rejection of such proposals by resolution, or action by the council on amendments to the definition of business dealings with the city different from those contained in such proposals shall constitute action on such proposals.

§ 40. The mayor, the council and the campaign finance board shall form a task force to study the feasibility of including spouses, domestic partners, and unemancipated children in the restrictions on contributions from persons doing business with the city.

§ 41. Sections three through seven, nine, ten, thirteen through twenty, and twenty-two through thirty-three thirty-six and thirty-nine of this local law shall take effect on January 1, 2008; provided, however that such sections shall apply only to elections held on or after such effective date.