Bill Text: NY A01412 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or constituted committee; such monies shall not be transferred or contributed unless it is to the segregated account of another party committee or constituted committee to be used only for non-candidate expenditures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A01412 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01412-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1412
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, D'URSO, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of A. BARNWELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Election
          Law
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to monies received and
          expenditures made by a party committee or constituted committee
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of section 14-124 of the election law, as
     2  amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 286 of the laws  of  2016,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    3. The contribution and receipt limits of this article shall not apply
     5  to monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or consti-
     6  tuted committee to maintain a permanent headquarters and staff and carry
     7  on  ordinary activities which are not for the express purpose of promot-
     8  ing or opposing the candidacy of specific candidates; provided that such
     9  monies described in this subdivision shall be deposited in a  segregated
    10  account  and shall not be transferred or contributed, unless such trans-
    11  fer or contribution is  to  the  segregated  account  of  another  party
    12  committee  or  constituted  committee  to be used only for non-candidate
    13  expenditures. Provided, further, that such monies may not be used to pay
    14  for any political communication that includes or  references  the  name,
    15  likeness  or  voice of any clearly identified candidate or elected offi-
    16  cial.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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