Bill Text: NY A01108 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the use of campaign funds for childcare expenses where they are incurred in the campaign or in the execution of the duties of public office or party position.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-30 - SIGNED CHAP.136 [A01108 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1108
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL, SIMON, JAFFEE, JOYNER, BARRETT,
          DICKENS, GLICK, ARROYO, JEAN-PIERRE,  HYNDMAN,  BICHOTTE,  RICHARDSON,
          GOTTFRIED,  MOSLEY,  PICHARDO,  TAYLOR,  BARRON,  LAVINE, McDONOUGH --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. COOK, EPSTEIN, THIELE -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  the  use  of  campaign
          funds for childcare expenses
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (ix) and (x) of subdivision 3 of section  14-130
     2  of  the  election law, as added by section 9 of part CC of chapter 56 of
     3  the laws of 2015, are amended and a new paragraph (xi) is added to  read
     4  as follows:
     5    (ix)  dues, fees, or gratuities at a country club, health club, recre-
     6  ational facility or other entities with a similar purpose,  unless  they
     7  are  expenses  connected  with  a specific fundraising event or activity
     8  associated with a political campaign or the holding of public office  or
     9  party position that takes place on the organization's premises; [and]
    10    (x)  travel  expenses including automobile purchases or leases, unless
    11  used for campaign purposes or in connection with the  execution  of  the
    12  duties  of  public  office  or  party position and usage of such vehicle
    13  which is incidental to such purposes or the execution of such duties[.];
    14  and
    15    (xi) childcare expenses, except expenses that are incurred as a direct
    16  result of campaign activity.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    18  have  become a law; provided, however, that the state board of elections
    19  shall notify  all  registered  campaign  committees  of  the  applicable
    20  provisions  of  this  act  within  thirty days after this act shall have
    21  become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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