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Commission Regulations

A comprehensive list of the regulations and guidelines issued by the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government and predecessor agency JCOPE. 

Regulations are designed to provide further guidance about how the ethics and lobbying laws are applied. Some regulations are issued in response to requirements in legislation with regard to specific areas of the law.

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    19 NYCRR Part 932 - Outside Activities

    Regulation on the approval process for State officers and employees designated as policy makers to pursue outside employment or memberships in boards and other related activities other than their full time State employment.  

     

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    Part 937- Full Text for submission to the state Register

    Amendments to Part 937

    Current Part 937 is repealed and replaced with new part 937 titled Publicly Available Information and Documents and Records Access Requests. This proposed rulemaking sets forth the Commission’s procedures for requesting records and the availability of other information and documents. This regulation became effective on an emergency basis on March 28, 2023 and will be published as a Notice of Emergency Adoption and Proposed Rulemaking in the State Register on April 12, 2023  with the public comment period ending June, 11, 2023.

     

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    19 NYCRR Part 937 - Governing Access to Publicly-Available Records

    These regulations provide information concerning the procedures by which records of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics ("Commission") shall be available for public inspection and copying. Pursuant to Executive Law section 94(19)(a) the only records of the Commission which shall be available for public inspection and copying. (Effective 11/3/2021) 

    Repealed on 3/28/23 by emergency adoption of Part 937

     

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    Part 941 - Full Text for Submission to the State Register

    Amendments to Part 941 - Adjudicatory Proceedings and Appeals Procedures

    Part 941 is amended to conform the regulations governing the investigative and enforcement adjudicatory process to the new Section 94 of the Executive Law, as established by the Ethics Commission Reform Act of 2022.  Revisions were made to this proposed regulation during the Commission meeting held on April 25, 2023.  This revised rulemaking became effective on an emergency basis on April 25, 2023 and was published in the State Register as a Revised Rulemaking/Emergency Adoption on May 10, 2023 with a public comment period ending on June 24, 2023.

     

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