Bill Text: NY A10238 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Regulates political contribution activities by intermediaries; requires disclosure of certain identifying information when certain contributions are made by an intermediary to a candidate or a committee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-02 - referred to election law [A10238 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10238-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10238

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 2, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to contribution activities
          by an intermediary

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Campaign
     2  finance intermediary disclosure act".
     3    § 2. Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding three new
     4  subdivisions 1-a, 18 and 18-a to read as follows:
     5    1-a. "authorized committee" means any political  committee  designated
     6  by a candidate to receive contributions authorized by this article or to
     7  aid  such  candidate  or otherwise take part in elections on such candi-
     8  date's behalf.
     9    18. "intermediary"  means  an  individual,  corporation,  partnership,
    10  political committee, employee organization or other entity which:
    11    (a) other than in the regular course of business as a postal, delivery
    12  or  messenger  service, delivers any contribution from another person or
    13  entity to a candidate, authorized committee or party committee; or
    14    (b) solicits contributions to a  candidate,  authorized  committee  or
    15  party  committee  where  such  solicitation  is known to such candidate,
    16  authorized committee or party committee. For purposes of this paragraph,
    17  only persons clearly identified as the solicitor of  a  contribution  to
    18  the candidate, authorized committee or party committee shall be presumed
    19  to be known to such candidate, authorized committee or party committee.
    20    18-a.  "intermediary"  shall  not  include spouses, domestic partners,
    21  parents, children or siblings of the person making such contribution, or
    22  any employee  or  full-time  volunteer  campaign  worker  or  commercial
    23  fundraising firm retained by the candidate or the agents thereof.
    24    §  3.  The  election  law is amended by adding a new section 14-105 to
    25  read as follows:
    26    § 14-105. Intermediaries.  1.  Reports  by  intermediaries.  For  each
    27  contribution delivered by an intermediary, such intermediary shall indi-
    28  cate to the recipient candidate, authorized committee or party committee

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  the  name and mailing address of the contributor, amount of the contrib-
     2  ution, and the date the contribution was received by the intermediary.
     3    2.  Reports  by  recipient  candidates, authorized committees or party
     4  committees. Any candidate, authorized committee or party committee shall
     5  report to the state board of elections any intermediary who delivers  or
     6  solicits  contributions  that  in  the  aggregate  equal  or exceed five
     7  hundred dollars. Such report shall include the  name,  mailing  address,
     8  occupation,  employer and employer's address of such intermediary, which
     9  contributions required to be itemized under section 14-102 of this arti-
    10  cle the intermediary delivered or  solicited,  and  the  total  monetary
    11  value of contributions delivered or solicited by such intermediary.
    12    3.  Contributions delivered by an intermediary to a candidate, author-
    13  ized committee or party committee in accordance with this section  shall
    14  be deemed to be contributions from the contributor only and shall not be
    15  deemed to be contributions from the intermediary.
    16    §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  January 14, 2021, provided that
    17  section three of this act shall apply to any contribution received on or
    18  after January 14, 2021; and provided, further, that contributions legal-
    19  ly received prior to the effective date of this act may be retained  and
    20  expended  for  lawful  purposes  and  shall  not provide the basis for a
    21  violation of article 14 of the election law, as amended by this act; and
    22  provided,  further,  that  effective  immediately  the  state  board  of
    23  elections  is  authorized and directed to promulgate any rules necessary
    24  to implement the provisions of this act and shall notify all  candidates
    25  and  political committees of the applicable provisions of this act on or
    26  before such effective date.