Bill Text: NY S01559 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Regulates political contribution activities by intermediaries; requires that when contributions made by an intermediary to a candidate or a committee are over $1,000, the name, occupation and address of each contributor shall be disclosed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01559 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01559-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1559
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       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. The election law is amended by adding a new section 14-105
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 14-105.  CONTRIBUTION DELIVERY ACTIVITIES BY AN INTERMEDIARY. 1. FOR
    4  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION  "INTERMEDIARY"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  CORPO-
    5  RATION, PARTNERSHIP, POLITICAL COMMITTEE, EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION OR OTHER
    6  ENTITY WHICH:
    7    (A) OTHER THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AS A POSTAL, DELIVERY
    8  OR  MESSENGER  SERVICE, DELIVERS ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR
    9  ENTITY TO A CANDIDATE OR AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE; OR
   10    (B) SOLICITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO A CANDIDATE OR OTHER AUTHORIZED  COMMIT-
   11  TEE  WHERE  SUCH  SOLICITATION  IS KNOWN TO SUCH CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER
   12  AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE. FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  ONLY  PERSONS
   13  CLEARLY  IDENTIFIED  AS THE SOLICITOR OF A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CANDIDATE
   14  OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE SHALL BE PRESUMED TO BE KNOWN TO SUCH
   15  CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE. "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL  NOT
   16  INCLUDE SPOUSES, DOMESTIC PARTNERS, PARENTS, CHILDREN OR SIBLINGS OF THE
   17  PERSON  MAKING  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION,  OR  ANY PAID OR VOLUNTEER FULL-TIME
   18  CAMPAIGN WORKERS OR COMMERCIAL FUNDRAISING FIRMS RETAINED BY THE  CANDI-
   19  DATE AND THE AGENTS THEREOF.
   20    2. WHEN CONTRIBUTIONS TOTALING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE ARE DELIV-
   21  ERED  BY  THE INTERMEDIARY TO THE RECIPIENT CANDIDATE, AUTHORIZED CANDI-
   22  DATE COMMITTEE OR PARTY COMMITTEE, THE INTERMEDIARY  SHALL  INDICATE  IN
   23  WRITING  TO  THE  RECIPIENT CANDIDATE, AUTHORIZED CANDIDATE COMMITTEE OR
   24  PARTY COMMITTEE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00071-01-1
       S. 1559                             2
    1    (A) THE NAME, MAILING ADDRESS AND OCCUPATION OF EACH  CONTRIBUTOR  WHO
    2  MAKES  A  CONTRIBUTION  OVER NINETY-NINE DOLLARS, AND THE AMOUNT OF EACH
    3  CONTRIBUTION, AND FOR EACH CONTRIBUTION OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS OR  MORE,
    4  THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF SUCH CONTRIBUTOR'S EMPLOYER;
    5    (B) THE TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF NINETY-NINE DOLLARS
    6  OR LESS; AND
    7    (C) THE DATE THE CONTRIBUTION WAS RECEIVED BY THE INTERMEDIARY AND THE
    8  DATE  THE  CONTRIBUTIONS  WERE  DELIVERED  TO  THE  RECIPIENT CANDIDATE,
    9  AUTHORIZED CANDIDATE COMMITTEE OR PARTY COMMITTEE.
   10    3. THE RECIPIENT CANDIDATE, AUTHORIZED CANDIDATE  COMMITTEE  OR  PARTY
   11  COMMITTEE  SHALL REPORT TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THE INTERMEDIARY
   12  WHO DELIVERS CONTRIBUTIONS TOTALING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE ON  THE
   13  STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE.
   14    4.  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE A SECTION FOR INTERME-
   15  DIARY REPORTING AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE:
   16    (A) THE NAME, MAILING ADDRESS, OCCUPATION AND EMPLOYER OF THE INTERME-
   17  DIARY; AND
   18    (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS DELIVERED BY THE INTERMEDIARY TO
   19  THE CANDIDATE, THE CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE OR A  PARTY  COMMIT-
   20  TEE.
   21    S  2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.  Provided, however,
   22  that contributions legally received prior to the effective date of  this
   23  act  may  be  retained  and  expended  for lawful purposes and shall not
   24  provide the basis for a violation of article 14 of the election law,  as
   25  amended  by  this  act;  and  provided, further, that the state board of
   26  elections shall notify all candidates and political  committees  of  the
   27  applicable  provisions  of  this  act  within thirty days after this act
   28  shall have become a law.