N.Y. Legislative Law § 1-k: Contingent retainer

§ 1-k. Contingent retainer. (a) No client shall retain or employ any

lobbyist for compensation, the rate or amount of which compensation in

whole or part is contingent or dependent upon:

(1) (A) the passage or defeat of any legislative bill or the approval

or veto of any legislation by the governor, (B) the terms, issuance,

modification or rescission of a gubernatorial executive order, (C) the

terms, approval or disapproval, or the implementation and administration

of tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other

tribal-state agreements and any state actions related to class III

gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, or (D) the adoption or rejection

of any code, rule or regulation having the force and effect of law or

the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency;

(2)(A) the passage or defeat of any local law, ordinance, regulation

or resolution by any municipality or subdivision thereof, (B) the terms,

issuance, modification or rescission of an executive order issued by the

chief executive officer of a municipality, or (C) the adoption,

rejection or implementation of any rule, resolution or regulation having

the force and effect of a local law, ordinance or regulation or any rate

making proceeding by any municipality or subdivision thereof;

(3) any determination by a state agency, either house of the state

legislature, the unified court system, municipal agency or local

legislative body with respect to a governmental procurement or a grant,

loan or agreement involving the disbursement of public monies.

(b) No person shall accept such a retainer or employment. Any person

who violates this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to

exceed the greater of ten thousand dollars or the value of the

contingent fee, and such violation shall be a class A misdemeanor.