Bill Text: NY A05690 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the election law, in relation to campaign receipts and expenditures for foreign elections
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to election law [A05690 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A05690-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5690
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 17, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ESPAILLAT, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election
Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to campaign receipts and
expenditures for foreign elections
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Sections 14-100 through 14-130 of article 14 of the
2 election law are designated title I and a new title heading is added to
3 read as follows:
4 CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES; STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS
5 S 2. Article 14 of the election law is amended by adding a new title
6 II to read as follows:
7 TITLE II
8 CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES; FOREIGN ELECTIONS
9 SECTION 14-200. DEFINITIONS.
10 14-202. STATEMENTS OF CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, TRANS-
11 FERS, AND EXPENDITURES TO AND BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
12 14-204. STATEMENTS OF CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, TRANS-
13 FERS, AND EXPENDITURES BY AND TO CANDIDATES.
14 14-206. AUDITS.
15 14-208. TIME FOR FILING STATEMENTS.
16 14-210. PLACE FOR FILING STATEMENTS.
17 14-212. SPONSOR AUTHORIZATION STATEMENT.
18 14-214. CONTRIBUTION AND RECEIPT LIMITATIONS.
19 14-216. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.
20 14-218. TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY OF POLITICAL COMMITTEE; FILING
21 OF NAME AND ADDRESS.
22 14-220. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION TO BE UNDER TRUE NAME OF CONTRIBU-
23 TOR.
24 14-222. ACCOUNTING TO TREASURER OR CANDIDATE; VOUCHERS.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 14-224. EXCEPTIONS.
2 14-226. VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.
3 14-228. NOTICE OF CIVIL PENALTY TO AUTHORIZING CANDIDATE.
4 14-230. DISPOSITION OF ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS.
5 14-232. CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PERSONAL USE.
6 S 14-200. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE: 1. "SPONSOR" MEANS ANY
7 PERSON OR OTHER ENTITY OR COMBINATION OF ONE OR MORE PERSONS OR OTHER
8 ENTITIES OPERATING OR CO-OPERATING TO AID OR TAKE PART IN THE ELECTION
9 OR DEFEAT OF A CANDIDATE IN ANY ELECTION; BUT NOTHING IN THIS TITLE
10 SHALL APPLY TO ANY COMMITTEE OR ORGANIZATION FOR THE DISCUSSION OR
11 ADVANCEMENT OF POLITICAL QUESTIONS OR PRINCIPLES WITHOUT CONNECTION WITH
12 ANY VOTE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A PERSON OR OTHER ENTITY MAKING A
13 CONTRIBUTION OR CONTRIBUTIONS TO A CANDIDATE OR A SPONSOR WHICH HAS
14 FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 14-218 OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT, BY THAT FACT
15 ALONE, BE DEEMED TO BE A SPONSOR AS HEREIN DEFINED.
16 2. "CANDIDATE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SEEKS NOMINATION FOR ELECTION,
17 OR ELECTION, TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION TO BE VOTED FOR AT
18 ANY ELECTION CONDUCTED BY OR WITHIN ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE
19 FIFTY STATES OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WHETHER
20 OR NOT THE PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY IDENTI-
21 FIED AT SUCH TIME AND WHETHER OR NOT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS NOMINATED OR
22 ELECTED, AND, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE
23 DEEMED TO SEEK NOMINATION FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION, TO AN OFFICE OR
24 POSITION, IF HE OR SHE HAS A. TAKEN THE ACTION NECESSARY TO QUALIFY
25 HIMSELF OR HERSELF FOR NOMINATION FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION, OR B.
26 RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS OR MADE EXPENDITURES, GIVEN HIS OR HER CONSENT
27 FOR ANY OTHER PERSON TO RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OR MAKE EXPENDITURES, WITH
28 A VIEW TO BRINGING ABOUT HIS OR HER ELECTION AT ANY TIME WHETHER IN THE
29 YEAR IN WHICH SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES ARE MADE OR AT ANY
30 OTHER TIME.
31 3. "CONTRIBUTION" MEANS:
32 A. ANY GIFT, SUBSCRIPTION, OUTSTANDING LOAN (TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED
33 FOR IN SECTION 14-214 OF THIS TITLE), ADVANCE, OR DEPOSIT OF MONEY OR
34 ANY THING OF VALUE, MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOMINATION FOR ELECTION,
35 OR ELECTION, OF ANY CANDIDATE, OR MADE TO PROMOTE THE SUCCESS OR DEFEAT
36 OF A POLITICAL PARTY OR PRINCIPLE,
37 B. ANY FUNDS RECEIVED BY A SPONSOR FROM ANOTHER SPONSOR OR ANY OTHER
38 ENTITY TO THE EXTENT SUCH FUNDS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A TRANSFER,
39 C. ANY PAYMENT, BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN A CANDIDATE OR A SPONSOR
40 AUTHORIZED BY THE CANDIDATE, MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION OF ANY
41 CANDIDATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMPENSATION FOR THE PERSONAL
42 SERVICES OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHICH ARE RENDERED IN CONNECTION WITH A
43 CANDIDATE'S ELECTION WITHOUT CHARGE; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NONE OF THE
44 FOREGOING SHALL BE DEEMED A CONTRIBUTION IF IT IS MADE, TAKEN, OR
45 PERFORMED BY A CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER SPOUSE OR BY A PERSON OR A POLI-
46 TICAL COMMITTEE INDEPENDENT OF THE CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER AGENTS OR
47 AUTHORIZED SPONSORS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE TERM "INDEPENDENT
48 OF THE CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER AGENTS OR AUTHORIZED SPONSORS" SHALL MEAN
49 THAT THE CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER AGENTS OR AUTHORIZED SPONSORS DID NOT
50 AUTHORIZE, REQUEST, SUGGEST, FOSTER, OR COOPERATE IN ANY SUCH ACTIVITY;
51 AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE TERM CONTRIBUTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
52 (I) THE VALUE OF SERVICES PROVIDED WITHOUT COMPENSATION BY INDIVIDUALS
53 WHO VOLUNTEER A PORTION OR ALL OF THEIR TIME ON BEHALF OF A CANDIDATE OR
54 SPONSOR,
55 (II) THE USE OF REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THE COST OF INVITATIONS,
56 FOOD, AND BEVERAGES VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO A CANDIDATE
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1 OR SPONSOR ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENTIAL PREMISES FOR CANDIDATE-RELAT-
2 ED ACTIVITIES, TO THE EXTENT SUCH SERVICES DO NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED
3 DOLLARS IN VALUE, AND
4 (III) THE TRAVEL EXPENSES OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO, ON HIS OR HER OWN
5 BEHALF, VOLUNTEERS HIS OR HER PERSONAL SERVICES TO ANY CANDIDATE OR
6 SPONSOR, TO THE EXTENT SUCH EXPENSES ARE UNREIMBURSED AND DO NOT EXCEED
7 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN VALUE.
8 4. "TRANSFER" MEANS ANY EXCHANGE OF FUNDS OR ANY THING OF VALUE
9 BETWEEN SPONSORS AUTHORIZED BY THE SAME CANDIDATE AND TAKING PART SOLELY
10 IN HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN, OR ANY EXCHANGE OF FUNDS BETWEEN ANY OTHER
11 PERSON OR ENTITY AND A CANDIDATE OR ANY OF HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED SPON-
12 SORS.
13 5. "ELECTION" MEANS ALL ELECTIONS, FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY
14 POSITION OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE FIFTY STATES OF THE UNITED
15 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
16 S 14-202. STATEMENTS OF CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, TRANSFERS,
17 AND EXPENDITURES TO AND BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES. 1. THE TREASURER OF
18 EVERY SPONSOR WHICH, OR ANY OFFICER, MEMBER OR AGENT OF ANY SUCH SPONSOR
19 WHO, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTION, RECEIVES OR EXPENDS ANY MONEY OR
20 OTHER VALUABLE THING OR INCURS ANY LIABILITY TO PAY MONEY OR ITS EQUIV-
21 ALENT, SHALL FILE STATEMENTS SWORN, OR SUBSCRIBED AND BEARING A FORM
22 NOTICE THAT FALSE STATEMENTS MADE THEREIN ARE PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS A
23 MISDEMEANOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 210.45 OF THE PENAL LAW, AT THE TIMES
24 PRESCRIBED BY THIS TITLE SETTING FORTH ALL THE RECEIPTS OF, CONTRIB-
25 UTIONS TO, AND THE EXPENDITURES BY AND LIABILITIES OF THE SPONSOR, AND
26 OF ITS OFFICERS, MEMBERS, AND AGENTS IN ITS BEHALF. SUCH STATEMENTS
27 SHALL INCLUDE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF ANY RECEIPT, CONTRIBUTION, OR TRANS-
28 FER, OR THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF ANY RECEIPT, CONTRIBUTION, OR TRANSFER,
29 WHICH IS OTHER THAN OF MONEY, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE TRANSFEROR,
30 CONTRIBUTOR, OR PERSON FROM WHOM RECEIVED. ANY STATEMENT REPORTING A
31 LOAN SHALL HAVE ATTACHED TO IT A COPY OF THE EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS.
32 EXPENDITURES IN SUMS UNDER FIFTY DOLLARS NEED NOT BE SPECIFICALLY
33 ACCOUNTED FOR BY SEPARATE ITEMS IN SUCH STATEMENTS, AND RECEIPTS AND
34 CONTRIBUTIONS AGGREGATING NOT MORE THAN NINETY-NINE DOLLARS FROM ANY ONE
35 CONTRIBUTOR NEED NOT BE SPECIFICALLY ACCOUNTED FOR BY SEPARATE ITEMS IN
36 SUCH STATEMENTS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH EXPENDITURES, RECEIPTS,
37 AND CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF SECTION
38 14-218 OF THIS TITLE.
39 2. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS WITH
40 RESPECT TO THE ACCOUNTING METHODS TO BE APPLIED IN PREPARING THE STATE-
41 MENTS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE AND SHALL PROVIDE FORMS
42 SUITABLE FOR SUCH STATEMENTS.
43 3. ANY SPONSOR WHICH IS REQUIRED TO FILE STATEMENTS WITH THE STATE
44 BOARD OF ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE AND WHICH RAISES OR SPENDS OR
45 EXPECTS TO RAISE OR SPEND MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY CALENDAR
46 YEAR SHALL FILE ALL SUCH STATEMENTS PURSUANT TO THE ELECTRONIC REPORTING
47 SYSTEM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AS SET FORTH IN SUBDI-
48 VISION NINE-A OF SECTION 3-102 OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
49 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, UPON THE FILING OF A SWORN STATEMENT BY
50 THE TREASURER OF A SPONSOR WHICH STATES THAT SUCH SPONSOR DOES NOT HAVE
51 ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE ELECTRONIC FILING
52 REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION NINE-A OF SECTION 3-102 OF THIS CHAPTER AND
53 THAT FILING BY SUCH MEANS WOULD CONSTITUTE A SUBSTANTIAL HARDSHIP FOR
54 SUCH SPONSOR, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY ISSUE AN EXEMPTION FROM
55 THE ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE.
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1 S 14-204. STATEMENTS OF CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, TRANSFERS,
2 AND EXPENDITURES BY AND TO CANDIDATES. 1. ANY CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION
3 SHALL FILE STATEMENTS SWORN, OR SUBSCRIBED AND BEARING A FORM NOTICE
4 THAT FALSE STATEMENTS MADE THEREIN ARE PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS A MISDEMEA-
5 NOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 210.45 OF THE PENAL LAW, AT THE TIMES PRESCRIBED
6 BY THIS TITLE SETTING FORTH THE PARTICULARS SPECIFIED BY SECTION 14-202
7 OF THIS TITLE, AS TO ALL MONEYS OR OTHER VALUABLE THINGS, PAID, GIVEN,
8 EXPENDED, OR PROMISED BY HIM OR HER TO AID HIS OR HER OWN ELECTION, OR
9 TO AID OR INFLUENCE THE ELECTION OR THE DEFEAT OF ANY OTHER CANDIDATE TO
10 BE VOTED FOR AT THE ELECTION, INCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPONSORS, OFFI-
11 CERS, MEMBERS, OR AGENTS THEREOF, AND TRANSFERS, RECEIPTS, AND CONTRIB-
12 UTIONS TO HIM OR HER TO BE USED FOR ANY OF THE PURPOSES ABOVE SPECIFIED,
13 OR IN LIEU THEREOF, ANY SUCH CANDIDATE MAY FILE SUCH A SWORN STATEMENT
14 AT THE FIRST FILING PERIOD, ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
15 ELECTIONS, THAT SUCH CANDIDATE HAS MADE NO SUCH EXPENDITURES AND DOES
16 NOT INTEND TO MAKE ANY SUCH EXPENDITURES, EXCEPT THROUGH A SPONSOR
17 AUTHORIZED BY SUCH CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. A SPONSOR AUTHOR-
18 IZED BY SUCH A CANDIDATE MAY FULFILL ALL OF THE FILING REQUIREMENTS OF
19 THIS TITLE ON BEHALF OF SUCH CANDIDATE.
20 2. STATEMENTS FILED BY ANY SPONSOR AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE PURSUANT
21 TO THIS TITLE WHICH IS REQUIRED TO FILE SUCH STATEMENTS WITH THE STATE
22 BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND WHICH RAISES OR SPENDS OR EXPECTS TO RAISE OR
23 SPEND MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR SHALL FILE ALL
24 SUCH STATEMENTS PURSUANT TO THE ELECTRONIC REPORTING SYSTEM PRESCRIBED
25 BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION NINE-A OF
26 SECTION 3-102 OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
27 SUBDIVISION, UPON THE FILING OF A SWORN STATEMENT BY THE TREASURER OF A
28 SPONSOR AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE WHICH STATES
29 THAT SUCH SPONSOR DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO
30 COMPLY WITH THE ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION NINE-A OF
31 SECTION 3-102 OF THIS CHAPTER AND THAT FILING BY SUCH MEANS WOULD
32 CONSTITUTE A SUBSTANTIAL HARDSHIP FOR SUCH SPONSOR, THE STATE BOARD OF
33 ELECTIONS MAY ISSUE AN EXEMPTION FROM THE ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIREMENTS
34 OF THIS TITLE.
35 S 14-206. AUDITS. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PERIODICALLY AND
36 RANDOMLY AUDIT STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, INCLUDING BANK
37 RECORDS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH STATEMENTS AND THE FINANCIAL TRANS-
38 ACTIONS REPORTED IN SUCH STATEMENTS.
39 S 14-208. TIME FOR FILING STATEMENTS. 1. THE STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY
40 THIS TITLE SHALL BE FILED AT SUCH TIMES AS THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
41 BY RULE OR REGULATION, SHALL SPECIFY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN NO
42 EVENT SHALL THE BOARD PROVIDE FOR FEWER THAN THREE FILINGS IN THE AGGRE-
43 GATE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTION, AND TWO OF SAID FILINGS SHALL BE
44 BEFORE ANY SUCH ELECTION, INCLUDING ONE SUCH FILING NOT LESS THAN THIRTY
45 DAYS NOR MORE THAN FORTY-FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH ELECTION AND ONE SUCH
46 FILING NOT LESS THAN ELEVEN DAYS NOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO
47 SUCH ELECTION. IN ADDITION, THE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE THAT EVERY SPONSOR
48 WHICH HAS FILED A STATEMENT OF TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY SHALL MAKE AT
49 LEAST ONE FILING EVERY SIX MONTHS BETWEEN THE TIME SUCH STATEMENT OF
50 TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY IS FILED AND THE TIME SUCH SPONSOR GOES OUT OF
51 BUSINESS. IF ANY CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR SHALL BE REQUIRED BY THE
52 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, OR BY RULE OR REGULATION HEREUNDER, TO
53 EFFECT TWO FILINGS WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE DAYS, THE STATE BOARD OF
54 ELECTIONS MAY, BY RULE OR REGULATION, WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT OF FILING
55 THE EARLIER OF SUCH STATEMENTS. IF A STATEMENT FILED BY A CANDIDATE OR
56 SPONSOR AFTER THE ELECTION TO WHICH IT PERTAINS IS NOT A FINAL STATEMENT
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1 SHOWING SATISFACTION OF ALL LIABILITIES AND DISPOSITION OF ALL ASSETS,
2 SUCH CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR SHALL FILE SUCH ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AS THE
3 BOARD SHALL, BY RULE OR REGULATION PROVIDE UNTIL SUCH A FINAL STATEMENT
4 IS FILED.
5 2. EACH STATEMENT SHALL COVER THE PERIOD UP TO AND INCLUDING THE
6 FOURTH DAY NEXT PRECEDING THE DAY SPECIFIED FOR THE FILING THEREOF;
7 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY CONTRIBUTION OR LOAN IN EXCESS OF ONE THOU-
8 SAND DOLLARS, IF RECEIVED AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE PERIOD TO BE COVERED IN
9 THE LAST STATEMENT FILED BEFORE ANY ELECTION BUT BEFORE SUCH ELECTION,
10 SHALL BE REPORTED, IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS, WITHIN
11 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER RECEIPT.
12 3. EACH STATEMENT SHALL BE PRESERVED BY THE OFFICER WITH WHOM OR THE
13 BOARD WITH WHICH IT IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS
14 FROM THE DATE OF FILING THEREOF.
15 4. EACH STATEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
16 SUCH OFFICER OR BOARD AND SHALL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION.
17 5. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR OTHER BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AS THE
18 CASE MAY BE, SHALL, NOT LATER THAN TEN DAYS AFTER THE LAST DAY TO FILE
19 ANY SUCH STATEMENT, NOTIFY EACH PERSON REQUIRED TO FILE ANY SUCH STATE-
20 MENT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED BY SUCH BOARD BY SUCH TENTH DAY IN
21 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS TITLE OF SUCH PERSON'S FAILURE TO FILE SUCH STATE-
22 MENT TIMELY. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE IN WRITING AND MAILED TO THE LAST
23 KNOWN RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS ADDRESS OF SUCH PERSON BY CERTIFIED MAIL,
24 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. FAILURE TO FILE WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF RECEIPT OF
25 SUCH NOTICE SHALL CONSTITUTE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF A WILLFUL FAILURE
26 TO FILE. IF THE PERSON REQUIRED TO FILE SUCH STATEMENT IS A TREASURER
27 WHO HAS STATED THAT THE SPONSOR HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY ONE OR MORE
28 CANDIDATES, A COPY OF SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE SENT TO EACH SUCH CANDIDATE
29 BY FIRST CLASS MAIL. A COPY OF ANY SUCH NOTICE SENT BY A BOARD OF
30 ELECTIONS OTHER THAN THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL BE SENT BY SUCH
31 OTHER BOARD TO THE STATE BOARD.
32 6. A STATEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED PROPERLY FILED WHEN DEPOSITED IN AN
33 ESTABLISHED POST OFFICE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME, DULY STAMPED, CERTI-
34 FIED, AND DIRECTED TO THE OFFICER WITH WHOM OR TO THE BOARD WITH WHICH
35 THE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED, BUT IN THE EVENT IT IS NOT
36 RECEIVED, A DUPLICATE OF SUCH STATEMENT SHALL BE PROMPTLY FILED UPON
37 NOTICE BY SUCH OFFICER OR SUCH BOARD OF ITS NON-RECEIPT.
38 7. ON THE TWENTIETH DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE BY WHICH SUCH STATEMENTS
39 WERE REQUIRED TO BE FILED, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PREPARE
40 AND MAKE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND DISTRIBUTION A LIST OF
41 THOSE PERSONS AND SPONSORS FROM WHOM IT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED SUCH STATE-
42 MENT.
43 S 14-210. PLACE FOR FILING STATEMENTS. THE PLACES FOR FILING THE
44 STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS TITLE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY RULE OR REGU-
45 LATION OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
46 S 14-212. SPONSOR AUTHORIZATION STATEMENT. ANY SPONSOR AIDING OR
47 TAKING PART IN THE ELECTION OR NOMINATION OF ANY CANDIDATE, OTHER THAN
48 BY MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS, SHALL FILE, IN THE OFFICE IN WHICH THE STATE-
49 MENTS OF SUCH SPONSOR ARE TO BE FILED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, EITHER A
50 SWORN VERIFIED STATEMENT BY THE TREASURER OF SUCH SPONSOR THAT THE
51 CANDIDATE HAS AUTHORIZED THE SPONSOR TO AID OR TAKE PART IN HIS OR HER
52 ELECTION OR THAT THE CANDIDATE HAS NOT AUTHORIZED THE COMMITTEE TO AID
53 OR TAKE PART IN HIS OR HER ELECTION.
54 S 14-214. CONTRIBUTION AND RECEIPT LIMITATIONS. 1. THE FOLLOWING LIMI-
55 TATIONS APPLY TO ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AND TO ALL
56 CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPONSORS WORKING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITH ANY CANDI-
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1 DATE TO AID OR PARTICIPATE IN SUCH CANDIDATE'S ELECTION. IN ANY
2 ELECTION, NO CONTRIBUTOR MAY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO ANY CANDIDATE OR
3 SPONSOR, AND NO CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR MAY ACCEPT ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM
4 ANY CONTRIBUTOR, WHICH IS IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT GREATER THAN
5 TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT
6 WHICH MAY BE SO CONTRIBUTED OR ACCEPTED, IN THE AGGREGATE, FROM ANY
7 CANDIDATE'S CHILD, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, BROTHER, OR SISTER, AND THE
8 SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH PERSONS, SHALL NOT EXCEED AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE
9 PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE CANDIDATE'S JURISDIC-
10 TION, MULTIPLIED BY $.025.
11 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, CONTRIBUTIONS OTHER THAN OF MONEY
12 SHALL BE EVALUATED AT THEIR FAIR MARKET VALUE. THE STATE BOARD OF
13 ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS, CONSISTENT WITH LAW, GOVERNING
14 THE MANNER OF COMPUTING FAIR MARKET VALUE.
15 3. A. A LOAN MADE TO A CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR BY ANY PERSON, FIRM, ASSO-
16 CIATION, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY OTHER THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE
17 OF THE LENDER'S BUSINESS SHALL BE DEEMED, TO THE EXTENT NOT REPAID BY
18 THE DATE OF THE ELECTION A CONTRIBUTION BY SUCH PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCI-
19 ATION, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY.
20 B. A LOAN MADE TO A CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR BY ANY PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCI-
21 ATION, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF THE LEND-
22 ER'S BUSINESS SHALL BE DEEMED, TO THE EXTENT NOT REPAID BY THE DATE OF
23 THE ELECTION, A CONTRIBUTION BY THE OBLIGOR ON THE LOAN AND BY ANY OTHER
24 PERSON ENDORSING, COSIGNING, GUARANTEEING, COLLATERALIZING, OR OTHERWISE
25 PROVIDING SECURITY FOR THE LOAN.
26 4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS
27 SHALL BE DETERMINED AS OF THE DATE OF THE ELECTION, FROM THE BEST DATA
28 AVAILABLE TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
29 5. EXCEPT AS MAY OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED FOR A CANDIDATE AND HIS OR HER
30 FAMILY, NO PERSON MAY CONTRIBUTE, LEND, OR GUARANTEE IN EXCESS OF ONE
31 HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WITHIN THE STATE IN CONNECTION WITH THE
32 ELECTION OF CANDIDATES IN ANY ONE CALENDAR YEAR. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
33 THIS SUBDIVISION "LOAN" OR "GUARANTEE" SHALL MEAN A LOAN OR GUARANTEE
34 WHICH IS NOT REPAID OR DISCHARGED IN THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH IT IS
35 MADE.
36 6. NO CONTRIBUTOR MAY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO A SPONSOR, AND NO SUCH
37 SPONSOR MAY ACCEPT A CONTRIBUTION FROM ANY CONTRIBUTOR WHICH, IN THE
38 AGGREGATE, IS GREATER THAN SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER
39 ANNUM.
40 S 14-216. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS. 1. NO
41 CORPORATION OR JOINT-STOCK ASSOCIATION DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE,
42 EXCEPT A CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED OR MAINTAINED FOR POLI-
43 TICAL PURPOSES ONLY, SHALL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAY OR USE OR OFFER,
44 CONSENT, OR AGREE TO PAY OR USE ANY MONEY OR PROPERTY FOR OR IN AID OF
45 ANY SPONSOR, OR FOR, OR IN AID OF, ANY CORPORATION, JOINT-STOCK, OR
46 OTHER ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED OR MAINTAINED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, OR
47 FOR, OR IN AID OF, ANY CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION, OR FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT
48 OR INDEMNIFICATION OF ANY PERSON FOR MONEYS OR PROPERTY SO USED. ANY
49 OFFICER, DIRECTOR, STOCK-HOLDER, ATTORNEY, OR AGENT OF ANY CORPORATION
50 OR JOINT-STOCK ASSOCIATION WHICH VIOLATES ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
51 SECTION, WHO PARTICIPATES IN, AIDS, ABETS OR ADVISES OR CONSENTS TO ANY
52 SUCH VIOLATIONS, AND ANY PERSON WHO SOLICITS OR KNOWINGLY RECEIVES ANY
53 MONEY OR PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
54 MISDEMEANOR.
55 2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
56 ANY CORPORATION OR AN ORGANIZATION FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED IN WHOLE OR IN
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1 PART, BY SUCH CORPORATION MAY MAKE EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING CONTRIB-
2 UTIONS, NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW, FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, IN AN
3 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE AGGREGATE IN ANY
4 CALENDAR YEAR; PROVIDED THAT NO PUBLIC UTILITY SHALL USE REVENUES
5 RECEIVED FROM THE RENDITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE WITHIN THE STATE FOR
6 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES UNLESS SUCH COST IS CHARGED TO THE
7 SHAREHOLDERS OF SUCH A PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION.
8 S 14-218. TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY OF POLITICAL COMMITTEE; FILING OF
9 NAME AND ADDRESS. 1. EVERY SPONSOR SHALL HAVE A TREASURER AND A DEPOSI-
10 TORY, AND SHALL CAUSE THE TREASURER TO KEEP DETAILED, BOUND ACCOUNTS OF
11 ALL RECEIPTS, TRANSFERS, LOANS, LIABILITIES, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND EXPENDI-
12 TURES, MADE BY THE SPONSOR OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, MEMBERS, OR AGENTS
13 ACTING UNDER ITS AUTHORITY OR IN ITS BEHALF. ALL SUCH ACCOUNTS SHALL BE
14 RETAINED BY A TREASURER FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE
15 FILING OF THE FINAL STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE ELECTION TO WHICH THEY
16 PERTAIN. NO OFFICER, MEMBER, OR AGENT OF ANY SPONSOR SHALL RECEIVE ANY
17 RECEIPT, TRANSFER, OR CONTRIBUTION, OR MAKE ANY EXPENDITURE OR INCUR ANY
18 LIABILITY UNTIL THE SPONSOR SHALL HAVE CHOSEN A TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY
19 AND FILED THEIR NAMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION. THERE SHALL
20 BE FILED IN THE OFFICE IN WHICH THE SPONSOR IS REQUIRED TO FILE ITS
21 STATEMENTS UNDER SECTION 14-210 OF THIS TITLE, WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER
22 THE CHOICE OF A TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY, A STATEMENT GIVING THE NAME
23 AND ADDRESS OF THE TREASURER CHOSEN, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ANY PERSON
24 AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHECKS BY SUCH TREASURER, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
25 DEPOSITORY CHOSEN, AND THE CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES THE SUCCESS OR DEFEAT
26 OF WHICH THE COMMITTEE IS TO AID OR TAKE PART. SUCH STATEMENT SHALL BE
27 SIGNED BY THE TREASURER AND ALL OTHER PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHECKS.
28 ANY CHANGE IN THE INFORMATION REQUIRED IN ANY STATEMENT SHALL BE
29 REPORTED, IN AN AMENDED STATEMENT FILED IN THE SAME MANNER AND IN THE
30 SAME OFFICE AS AN ORIGINAL STATEMENT FILED UNDER THIS SECTION, WITHIN
31 TWO DAYS AFTER IT OCCURS. ONLY A BANKING ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED TO DO
32 BUSINESS IN THIS STATE MAY BE DESIGNATED A DEPOSITORY HEREUNDER.
33 2. NO CANDIDATE, SPONSOR, OR AGENT THEREOF MAY RECEIVE FROM ANY ONE
34 PERSON AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS EXCEPT IN
35 THE FORM OF A CHECK, DRAFT OR OTHER INSTRUMENT PAYABLE TO THE CANDIDATE,
36 SPONSOR, OR TREASURER AND SIGNED OR ENDORSED BY THE DONOR; EXCEPT THAT
37 SUCH A CANDIDATE, SPONSOR, OR AGENT MAY RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN AMOUNTS
38 GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHICH ARE MADE BY CREDIT CARD, PROVIDED
39 THAT SUCH CANDIDATE, SPONSOR, OR AGENT PRESERVES, TOGETHER WITH THE
40 OTHER ACCOUNTS WHICH SUCH CANDIDATE, SPONSOR, OR AGENT IS REQUIRED TO
41 PRESERVE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, A COPY OF THE DOCU-
42 MENT WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO SECURE PAYMENT OF THE FUNDS SO CONTRIBUTED.
43 ALL SUCH CHECKS, DRAFTS, OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
44 ACCOUNT OF THE CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR IN THE DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY. NO
45 CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR SHALL EXPEND AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED
46 DOLLARS EXCEPT BY CHECK DRAWN ON THE DEPOSITORY AND SIGNED BY THE CANDI-
47 DATE OR PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHECKS BY HIM OR HER OR, IN THE CASE
48 OF A SPONSOR, THE TREASURER OR A PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHECKS BY HIM
49 OR HER.
50 3. EVERY CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES OR EXPENDS ANY MONEY OR OTHER VALUABLE
51 THING OR INCURS ANY LIABILITY TO PAY MONEY OR ITS EQUIVALENT SHALL KEEP
52 AND RETAIN DETAILED, BOUND ACCOUNTS AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
53 THIS SECTION.
54 S 14-220. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION TO BE UNDER TRUE NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR.
55 1. NO PERSON SHALL IN ANY NAME EXCEPT HIS OR HER OWN, DIRECTLY OR INDI-
56 RECTLY, MAKE A PAYMENT OR A PROMISE OF PAYMENT TO A CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR
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1 OR TO ANY OFFICER OR MEMBER THEREOF, OR TO ANY PERSON ACTING UNDER ITS
2 AUTHORITY OR IN ITS BEHALF OR ON BEHALF OF ANY CANDIDATE, NOR SHALL ANY
3 SUCH SPONSOR OR ANY SUCH PERSON OR CANDIDATE KNOWINGLY RECEIVE A PAYMENT
4 OR PROMISE OF PAYMENT, OR ENTER OR CAUSE THE SAME TO BE ENTERED IN THE
5 ACCOUNTS OR RECORDS OF SUCH SPONSOR, IN ANY NAME OTHER THAN THAT OF THE
6 PERSON OR PERSONS BY WHOM IT IS MADE.
7 2. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, A PARTNERSHIP, AS
8 DEFINED IN SECTION TEN OF THE PARTNERSHIP LAW, MAY BE CONSIDERED A SEPA-
9 RATE ENTITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AND AS SUCH MAY MAKE
10 CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE NAME OF SAID PARTNERSHIP WITHOUT ATTRIBUTING SUCH
11 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PARTNERSHIP; PROVIDED
12 THAT ANY SUCH CONTRIBUTION MADE BY A PARTNERSHIP TO A CANDIDATE OR TO A
13 SPONSOR, SHALL NOT EXCEED, TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. IN THE EVENT
14 THAT SUCH PARTNERSHIP CONTRIBUTION TO ANY SUCH CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR
15 EXCEEDS TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF SUCH
16 CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE ATTRIBUTED TO EACH PARTNER WHOSE SHARE OF THE
17 CONTRIBUTION EXCEEDS NINETY-NINE DOLLARS.
18 S 14-222. ACCOUNTING TO TREASURER OR CANDIDATE; VOUCHERS. 1. WHOEVER,
19 ACTING AS AN OFFICER, MEMBER OR AGENT OF A SPONSOR, OR AS AN AGENT OF A
20 CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION, RECEIVES ANY RECEIPT, CONTRIBUTION OR TRANSFER,
21 OR MAKES ANY EXPENDITURE OR INCURS ANY LIABILITY, SHALL, WITHIN THREE
22 DAYS AFTER DEMAND, AND IN ANY EVENT WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH
23 RECEIPT, TRANSFER, CONTRIBUTION, EXPENDITURE, OR LIABILITY, GIVE TO THE
24 TREASURER OF SUCH SPONSOR, OR TO SUCH CANDIDATE IF AN AGENT AUTHORIZED
25 BY HIM OR HER, A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE SAME, WITH ALL VOUCHERS
26 REQUIRED BY THIS TITLE, WHICH SHALL BE A PART OF THE ACCOUNTS AND FILES
27 OF SUCH TREASURER OR SUCH CANDIDATE.
28 2. EVERY PAYMENT REQUIRED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR, UNLESS THE TOTAL
29 EXPENSE PAYABLE TO ANY ONE PERSON BE NOT IN EXCESS OF TEN DOLLARS; SHALL
30 BE VOUCHED FOR BY A RECEIPTED BILL STATING THE PARTICULARS OF EXPENSE.
31 S 14-224. EXCEPTIONS. 1. THIS TITLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON,
32 ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN THE PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF
33 ANY NEWSPAPER OR OTHER PUBLICATION ISSUED AT REGULAR INTERVALS IN
34 RESPECT TO THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF SUCH BUSINESS.
35 2. THE FILING REQUIREMENTS AND THE EXPENDITURE, CONTRIBUTION, AND
36 RECEIPT LIMITS OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR
37 WHO OR WHICH ENGAGES EXCLUSIVELY IN ACTIVITIES ON ACCOUNT OF WHICH,
38 PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED
39 A STATEMENT OR REPORT OF THE CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES AND LIABIL-
40 ITIES OF SUCH CANDIDATE OR COMMITTEE WITH AN OFFICE OR OFFICERS OF THE
41 GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PROVIDED A COPY OF EACH SUCH STATEMENT
42 OR REPORT IS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
43 3. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 14-202, 14-212 AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF
44 SECTION 14-218 OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO A SPONSOR SUPPORTING OR
45 OPPOSING CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION WHICH, PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THE
46 UNITED STATES, IS REQUIRED TO FILE A STATEMENT OR REPORT OF THE CAMPAIGN
47 RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES AND LIABILITIES OF SUCH SPONSOR WITH AN OFFICE OR
48 OFFICER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SPON-
49 SOR MAKES NO EXPENDITURES TO AID OR TAKE PART IN THE ELECTION OR DEFEAT
50 OF A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION OTHER THAN IN THE FORM OF CONTRIBUTIONS
51 WHICH DO NOT EXCEED IN THE AGGREGATE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY CALEN-
52 DAR YEAR; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT A COPY OF THE FEDERAL REPORT WHICH
53 LISTS SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS IS FILED WITH THE APPROPRIATE BOARD OF
54 ELECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME THAT IT IS FILED WITH THE FEDERAL FILING
55 OFFICE OR OFFICER.
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1 S 14-226. VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. 1. ANY PERSON WHO FAILS TO FILE A
2 STATEMENT REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY THIS TITLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL
3 PENALTY, NOT IN EXCESS OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, TO BE RECOVERABLE IN A
4 SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION TO BE BROUGHT BY THE STATE BOARD OF
5 ELECTIONS OR OTHER BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
6 2. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FAILS TO FILE A STATEMENT
7 REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY THIS TITLE WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE
8 PROVIDED FOR FILING SUCH STATEMENT OR ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILL-
9 FULLY VIOLATES ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
10 MISDEMEANOR.
11 3. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY CONTRIBUTES, ACCEPTS OR AIDS
12 OR PARTICIPATES IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF A CONTRIBUTION IN AN AMOUNT EXCEED-
13 ING AN APPLICABLE MAXIMUM SPECIFIED IN THIS TITLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
14 MISDEMEANOR.
15 4. ANY PERSON WHO SHALL, ACTING ON BEHALF OF A CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR,
16 KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY SOLICIT, ORGANIZE OR COORDINATE THE FORMATION OF
17 ACTIVITIES OF ONE OR MORE UNAUTHORIZED SPONSORS, MAKE EXPENDITURES IN
18 CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION OF ANY CANDIDATE, OR SOLICIT ANY PERSON TO
19 MAKE ANY SUCH EXPENDITURES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVADING THE CONTRIBUTION
20 LIMITATIONS OF THIS TITLE, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
21 S 14-228. NOTICE OF CIVIL PENALTY TO AUTHORIZING CANDIDATE. IF ANY
22 PERSON FAILS TO FILE A STATEMENT OF CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
23 FOR A CANDIDATE AUTHORIZED SPONSOR, AND THEREAFTER SAID PERSON IS A
24 PARTY TO RECOVERY OF A CIVIL PENALTY IN A SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL
25 ACTION BROUGHT BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR OTHER BOARD OF
26 ELECTIONS UNDER SECTION 14-226 OF THIS TITLE, SAID BOARD OF ELECTIONS
27 SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THE AUTHORIZING CANDIDATE WITH ACTUAL NOTICE OF THE
28 CIVIL PENALTY, AND THE SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION BY CERTIFIED
29 MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE.
30 S 14-230. DISPOSITION OF ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS. ANY ANONYMOUS
31 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY A CAMPAIGN TREASURER, SPONSOR, OR AGENCY THER-
32 EOF SHALL NOT BE USED OR EXPENDED, BUT THE SAME SHALL BE PAID OVER TO
33 THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR DEPOSIT IN THE GENERAL
34 TREASURY OF THE STATE UNLESS, BEFORE THE DATE FOR FILING STATEMENTS AND
35 REPORTS AS PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, THE IDENTITY OF SUCH ANONYMOUS
36 CONTRIBUTOR SHALL BECOME KNOWN, AND, IN SUCH EVENT THE ANONYMOUS
37 CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE RETURNED TO SUCH CONTRIBUTOR OR RETAINED AND PROP-
38 ERLY REPORTED AS A CONTRIBUTION FROM SUCH CONTRIBUTOR.
39 S 14-232. CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PERSONAL USE. CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY A
40 CANDIDATE OR A SPONSOR MAY BE EXPENDED FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. SUCH
41 FUNDS SHALL NOT BE CONVERTED BY ANY PERSON TO A PERSONAL USE WHICH IS
42 UNRELATED TO A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OR THE HOLDING OF A PUBLIC OFFICE OR
43 PARTY POSITION.
44 S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
45 ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that the
46 state board of elections is authorized to promulgate any and all rules
47 and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this
48 act on its effective date on or before such date.
