Advisory Opinions
2009
| Opinion No. |
Date |
Description |
09-05(HTML)
| 12/10/09 | Legislative Law §1-c(c)(F) does not exempt either a lobbyist retained by a church for the purposes of local lobbying or a church who retains a lobbyist for such lobbying from registration and reporting requirements. |
09-04(HTML)
(PDF) | 09/16/09 | Clarifying that, under Advisory Opinion No. 05-02, a permanent part-time employee, who is not a policymaker and serves in a position with a full-time salary in excess of the filing rate and receives compensation that is intended to be less than the filing rate and cannot exceed the filing rate, is not required to file an annual statement of financial disclosure. |
| 09-03 | 04/28/2009 | Neither the two-year bar nor the lifetime bar set forth in Public Officers Law §73(8)(a) prohibits a former Insurance Department employee from serving as the Insurance Superintendent’s appointee to the Board of Governors of the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board, which is licensed by the Insurance Department as the rate service organization for workers’ compensation insurance. |
| 09-02 | 02/02/2009 | Pursuant to Public Officers Law §§73 and 74, DOT paid student interns, employed in civil service titles that require them to either pay a fee to PEF or be members of PEF, and who otherwise meet the criteria of “student” under Advisory Opinion No. 91-01, are not subject to the revolving door provisions of Public Officers Law §73(8)(a). |
| 09-01 | 02/03/2009 | Application of the Commission's regulation regarding Reimbursement for Travel Expenses, 19 NYCRR Part 930.6(a)(7), from non-governmental organizations comprised of private sector members. |
2008
| Opinion No. |
Date |
Description |
| 08-05 | 10/07/2008 | The revolving door restrictions of Public Officers Law §73(8)(a)(ii) do not preclude a former [job title] of the New York State [Agency] from providing expert testimony in a court proceeding where his former agency is a party and he does not testify as to any transactions with which he was directly concerned and in which he personally participated during the period he was the [job title]. |
| 08-04 | 06/30/2008 | Pursuant to Public Officers Law §§73 and 74, State officials or employees traveling on State business may be
allowed to use for their personal benefit reward or bonus points offered to customers by common carriers and hotels.
However, a State employee purchasing supplies and services for a State agency is prohibited from accumulating reward
points resulting from such purchases for personal use. |
| 08-03 | 06/30/2008 | Pursuant to Public Officers Law §73(8)(a)(i), a New York State Thruway
Authority employee anticipating retirement may not be employed on a Thruway
Authority project whose contract will be awarded within two years of his
departure from State service since the consultant for whom he anticipates
working must submit the employee's name and credentials to the Thruway Authority
for prior approval as part of its bid. |
| 08-02 | 06/19/2008 |
It would be a violation of Public Officers Law §73(8)(a)(i) for [a] former [title] of [a] New York State [Agency] to [provide services to] a person in connection with [a matter before the Successor Agency] within two years of the former [title's] departure. |
| 08-01 (PDF) | 08-01 (DOC) |
03/25/2008 |
Interpretation of Advisory Opinion No. 94-16 in light of statutory amendments under PEERA. |
2007
| Opinion No. |
Date |
Description |
07-5 |
12/11/2007 |
Extension of Advisory Opinion No. 07-03: standards for the use of State aircraft by public officials for State and non-State travel. |
| 07-4 |
12/11/2007 |
Application of Public Officers Law §74 to the duties and responsibilities of the Chair,
Deputy Chair and members of a Board with respect to their previous private employment. |
For Advisory Opinion Nos. 07-01; 07-02; and 07-03, see Opinions Issued by the former Ethics Commission
