Bill Text: NY A01822 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to campaign contributions by intermediaries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A01822 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01822-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1822
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
        AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to campaign contributions
          by intermediaries
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
     3    18. "intermediary"  means  an  individual,  corporation,  partnership,
     4  political  committee,  labor  organization, or other entity which, other
     5  than in the regular course of business as a postal, delivery, or messen-
     6  ger service, delivers any contribution from another person or entity  to
     7  a candidate or an authorized committee.
     8    "Intermediary"  shall  not  include  spouses,  parents,  children,  or
     9  siblings of the person making such contribution.
    10    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law,  as  amended
    11  by  chapter  8  and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is
    12  amended to read as follows:
    13    1. The treasurer of every political committee which, or  any  officer,
    14  member  or  agent  of  any  such  committee  who, in connection with any
    15  election, receives or expends any  money  or  other  valuable  thing  or
    16  incurs  any  liability  to pay money or its equivalent shall file state-
    17  ments sworn, or subscribed and bearing a form notice that  false  state-
    18  ments  made  therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor pursuant to
    19  section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article
    20  setting forth all the receipts, contributions to and the expenditures by
    21  and liabilities of the committee,  and  of  its  officers,  members  and
    22  agents in its behalf. Such statements shall include the dollar amount of
    23  any  receipt,  contribution or transfer, or the fair market value of any
    24  receipt, contribution or transfer, which is other  than  of  money,  the
    25  name and address of the transferor, contributor, intermediary, or person
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05471-01-9
        A. 1822                             2
     1  from whom received, and if the transferor, contributor, intermediary, or
     2  person  is  a  political  committee;  the name of and the political unit
     3  represented by the committee, the date of its receipt, the dollar amount
     4  of  every expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom it was
     5  made or the name of and the political unit represented by the  committee
     6  to  which  it was made and the date thereof, and shall state clearly the
     7  purpose of such expenditure. An intermediary need not be reported for  a
     8  contribution  that was collected from a contributor in connection with a
     9  party or other candidate-related event held  at  the  residence  of  the
    10  person delivering the contribution, unless the expenses of such event at
    11  such  residence  for  such  candidate exceed five hundred dollars or the
    12  aggregate contributions received from that  contributor  at  such  event
    13  exceed  five  hundred dollars. Any statement reporting a loan shall have
    14  attached to it a copy of the evidence of indebtedness.  Expenditures  in
    15  sums under fifty dollars need not be specifically accounted for by sepa-
    16  rate  items in said statements, and receipts and contributions aggregat-
    17  ing not more than ninety-nine dollars, from any one contributor need not
    18  be specifically accounted for by  separate  items  in  said  statements,
    19  provided  however,  that  such  expenditures, receipts and contributions
    20  shall be subject to the other provisions of section 14-118 of this arti-
    21  cle.
    22    § 3.   This act shall take effect  January  12,  2020,  provided  that
    23  section  one  of this act shall apply to any contribution received on or
    24  after such effective date;  and  provided  further,  that  contributions
    25  legally received prior to the effective date of this act may be retained
    26  and  expended  for lawful purposes and shall not provide the basis for a
    27  violation of article 14 of the election law, as amended by this act; and
    28  provided,  further,  that  effective  immediately  the  state  board  of
    29  elections  is  authorized and directed to promulgate any rules necessary
    30  to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date and  shall
    31  notify  all  candidates  and  political  committees  of  the  applicable
    32  provisions of this act on or before such effective date.