§ 1-c. Definitions. As used in this article unless the context\notherwise requires:\n (a) The term "lobbyist" shall mean every person or organization\nretained, employed or designated by any client to engage in lobbying.\nThe term "lobbyist" shall not include any officer, director, trustee,\nemployee, counsel or agent of the state, or any municipality or\nsubdivision thereof of New York when discharging their official duties;\nexcept those officers, directors, trustees, employees, counsels, or\nagents of colleges, as defined by section two of the education law.\n (i) Any individual who stands convicted of a felony defined in article\ntwo hundred or four hundred ninety-six or section 195.20 of the penal\nlaw may not be retained, employed or designated by any client to engage\nin lobbying for compensation.\n (ii) Any individual who stands convicted of a misdemeanor defined in\narticle two hundred, article four hundred ninety-six, section 195.00 or\nan attempt to commit a violation of section 195.20 of the penal law may\nnot be retained, employed or designated by any client to engage in\nlobbying for compensation for a period of five years from the date of\nconviction, provided that in the event such conviction is the result of\na plea agreement resulting in a plea to such charge in lieu of a plea or\nconviction of a felony defined in section 195.20, article two hundred or\narticle four hundred ninety-six of the penal law, all parties to such\nagreement may agree that the period of such bar may be for a period of\nup to ten years from the date of conviction.\n (b) The term "client" shall mean every person or organization who\nretains, employs or designates any person or organization to carry on\nlobbying activities on behalf of such client.\n (c) The term "lobbying" or "lobbying activities" shall mean and\ninclude any attempt to influence:\n (i) the passage or defeat of any legislation or resolution by either\nhouse of the state legislature including but not limited to the\nintroduction or intended introduction of such legislation or resolution\nor approval or disapproval of any legislation by the governor;\n (ii) the adoption, issuance, rescission, modification or terms of a\ngubernatorial executive order;\n (iii) the adoption or rejection of any rule or regulation having the\nforce and effect of law by a state agency;\n (iv) the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency;\n (v) any determination: (A) by a public official, or by a person or\nentity working in cooperation with a public official related to a\ngovernmental procurement, or (B) by an officer or employee of the\nunified court system, or by a person or entity working in cooperation\nwith an officer or employee of the unified court system related to a\ngovernmental procurement;\n (vi) the approval, disapproval, implementation or administration of\ntribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other\ntribal-state agreements and any other state actions related to Class III\ngaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, except to the extent designation\nof such activities as "lobbying" is barred by the federal Indian Gaming\nRegulatory Act, by a public official or by a person or entity working in\ncooperation with a public official in relation to such approval,\ndisapproval, implementation or administration;\n (vii) the passage or defeat of any local law, ordinance, resolution,\nor regulation by any municipality or subdivision thereof;\n (viii) the adoption, issuance, rescission, modification or terms of an\nexecutive order issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality;\n (ix) the adoption or rejection of any rule, regulation, or resolution\nhaving the force and effect of a local law, ordinance, resolution, or\nregulation; or\n (x) the outcome of any rate making proceeding by any municipality or\nsubdivision thereof.\n The term "lobbying" shall not include:\n (A) Persons engaged in drafting, advising clients on or rendering\nop
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