§ 811. Promulgation of form of annual statement of financial\ndisclosure; authority of governing body with respect to persons subject\nthereto. 1. (a) The governing body of each political subdivision may,\nnot later than January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, and the\ngoverning body of any other municipality may at any time subsequent to\nthe effective date of this section, adopt a local law, ordinance, or\nresolution: (i) wherein it promulgates a form of annual statement of\nfinancial disclosure which is designed to assure disclosure by municipal\nofficers and employees, which for the purposes of this section, the\ndefinition for which shall be modified so as to also include a city with\na population of one million or more, and (in the case of a political\nsubdivision or any other county, city, town or village) which is\ndesigned to assure disclosure by local elected officials and/or by local\npolitical party officials of such financial information as is determined\nnecessary by the governing body, or (ii) wherein it resolves to continue\nthe use of an authorized form of annual statement of financial\ndisclosure in use on the date such local law, ordinance or resolution is\nadopted. In either event, such local law, ordinance or resolution if and\nwhen adopted shall specify by name of office or by title or\nclassification those municipal officers and employees and (in the case\nof a political subdivision or any other county, city, town or village)\nthose local elected officials and/or those local political party\nofficials which shall be required to complete and file such annual\nstatement.\n (a-1) In a city with a population of one million or more, such local\nlaw, ordinance or resolution shall require, on two or more types of\nforms for annual statements of financial disclosure, disclosure of\ninformation that could reveal potential conflicts of interest as defined\nby chapter sixty-eight of the New York city charter.\n (i) The disclosure required by such law, ordinance or resolution of\nsuch city shall, at a minimum, include information about any non-city\nemployment or interests that may give rise to a conflict of interest,\nincluding, but not limited to, interests of the filer and his or her\nspouse or registered domestic partner, and unemancipated children, in:\n(A) real property located in such city, and (B) positions or business\ndealings with, financial interests in, or gifts from, any persons or\nfirms or entities engaged in business dealings with such city.\n (ii) In any such city, local elected officials and compensated local\nofficers and employees, as defined in subdivisions two and three,\nrespectively, of section eight hundred ten of this article, shall, at a\nminimum, disclose in addition to the information required by\nsubparagraph (i) of this paragraph: (A) interests in a firm where the\nvalue of the interest is ten thousand dollars or more; (B) where the\nofficial, officer, or employee holds a policy-making position with such\ncity, membership in the national or state committee of a political party\nor service as assembly district leader of a political party or service\nas the chair or as an officer of the county committee or county\nexecutive committee of a political party; (C) the names and positions of\nany spouse or registered domestic partner, child, stepchild, brother,\nsister, parent or stepparent holding a position with any such city; (D)\neach volunteer office or position held by the filer or his or her spouse\nor registered domestic partner with any not-for-profit organization\nengaged in business dealings with such city, except where the person\nvolunteers only in a non-policymaking, non-administrative capacity; and\n(E) agreements between the filer and any person or firm or entity\nengaged in business dealings with such city for future payment to or\nemployment of the filer.\n (iii) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "firm" shall have the\nsame meaning as set forth in subdivision
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