Advisory Opinion No. 20-02

Issuing Agency: JCOPE

Description: Applying the gift restrictions in the Public Officers Law and the Lobbying Act to a gift made to a third party at the direction, or at the designation or recommendation, or on behalf, of a public official.

Laws Covered: Public Officers Law §§ 73 and 74; Legislative Law Article 1-A (Lobbying Act)

Statutes Referenced: 73(5)(a), (b), and (c); 73(18); 74(3)(d), (f), and (h); 1-d(f); 1-m; 1-o

Other Opinions Cited: 92-01; 95-38; 96-02; 97-06; 97-10; 97-28; 98-12; 16-01; 16-02

Related To: Lobbying; Gifts; Gifts to Individuals; Gifts to State Agencies; Interested Source

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    Advisory Opinion 20-02

    The Joint Commission on Public Ethics has issued Advisory Opinion 20-02 to provide guidance applying the gift restrictions in the Public Officers Law and Lobbying Act to a gift made to a third party at the direction, or at the designation or recommendation, or on behalf, of a public official.
     

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