PROCUREMENT LOBBYING LAW
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
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3.2. How do the State Finance Law provisions affect the procurement laws that govern the procurement processes of local Governmental Entities such as cities, towns and counties? (Last Updated: 11/14/2023)
A: Neither State Finance Law § 139-j nor § 139-k change the procurement laws of Governmental Entities such as cities, towns and counties. Section § 139-j of the State Finance Law imposes restrictions on Contacts with a Governmental Entity during the Restricted Period of a Governmental Procurement. Governmental Entity, in turn, includes “a municipal agency, as that term is defined in paragraph (ii) of subdivision (s) of § 1-c of the Legislative Law.” See State Finance Law § 139-j (1)(a)(6). Such a “municipal agency” includes "departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, divisions, offices, councils, committees and officers of municipalities including those which are temporary, an industrial development agency, located in a jurisdictional subdivision of the State with a population of more than fifty thousand, or local public benefit corporation, as that term is defined in section sixty-six of the general construction law.” See Legislative Law §1-c(s).
The Lobbying Act provisions do, however, apply to lobbying of a broader category of municipal agencies, defined in paragraph (i) of subdivision (s) of § 1-c of the Legislative Law to include any department, board, bureau, commission, division, office, council, committee or officer of a municipality, whether permanent or temporary, in addition to any industrial development agency and local public benefit corporation, as defined in paragraph (ii) of the same subdivision and described above.