Bill Text: NY A03163 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3163 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that any person, acting on behalf of a public officer, candidate or political committee, who solicits a contribution to a county or town committee for the benefit of a candidate to whom such direct contribution is unlawful, shall be guilty of a class D felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A03163 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03163-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3163
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE, RA, MORINELLO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of A.   B. MILLER, M. L. MILLER --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Election Law
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law and the penal law, in relation to
          penalties for  unlawful  campaign  contributions  to  county  or  town
          committees
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 14-126 of the election law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8.  Any person, acting on behalf of a public officer, candidate or any
     4  authorized or unauthorized political committee, who solicits a  contrib-
     5  ution  to  a  county or town committee for the benefit of a candidate to
     6  whom a direct contribution of such amount is unlawful, shall  be  guilty
     7  of a class D felony.
     8    §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 470.00 of the penal law, as amended by
     9  chapter 489 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    10    3. "Transaction" includes a payment,  purchase,  sale,  loan,  pledge,
    11  gift, transfer, or delivery, and with respect to a financial institution
    12  includes  a  deposit, withdrawal, transfer between accounts, exchange of
    13  currency, loan, extension of credit, purchase  or  sale  of  any  stock,
    14  bond,  certificate  of  deposit,  or other monetary instrument, use of a
    15  safe deposit box, or  any  other  payment,  transfer,  or  delivery  by,
    16  through,  or  to a financial institution, by whatever means effected, or
    17  any act prohibited by section 14-126 of the election  law,  except  that
    18  "transaction"   shall  not  include  payments  to  attorneys  for  legal
    19  services.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03098-01-9