Bill Text: NY A00817 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits candidates from soliciting contributions or donations from any contributor or donor using any material or medium pre-marking that such voter shall make a recurring contribution or donation to such candidate; provides that any candidate who does so may be liable for treble damages.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A00817 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00817-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           817

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting  candidates
          from pre-marking contribution materials to ensure recurring payments

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  14-134
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 14-134. Recurring contributions. No candidate shall solicit contrib-
     4  utions  or donations from any contributor or donor using any material or
     5  medium pre-marking that such voter shall make a  recurring  contribution
     6  or  donation  to  such  candidate.  Any candidate soliciting a recurring
     7  contribution shall receive the affirmative consent of the contributor or
     8  donor at the arrangement of  the  recurring  contribution  or  donation.
     9  Passive action by the contributor or donor, such as failing to uncheck a
    10  pre-checked box authorizing a recurring contribution, shall not meet the
    11  requirement of affirmative consent under this section. A candidate shall
    12  immediately  cancel recurring contributions or donations upon request of
    13  the voter. Any candidate who violates the provisions of this section may
    14  be liable for treble damages in addition to any penalty imposed on  such
    15  candidate.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01098-01-3