Bill Text: NY S02004 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay attorney's fees or any costs for the actual defense of a candidate, public or party official, members of their immediate family or domestic partner in connection with a criminal action, investigation, or prosecution; and restricts use of such funds for costs related to certain civil actions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S02004 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02004-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         2004--B

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. BROOKS, ADDABBO, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on
          Elections  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  the  use  of  campaign
          funds to pay attorney's fees

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (ix) and (x) of subdivision 3 of section  14-130
     2  of  the  election law, as added by section 9 of part CC of chapter 56 of
     3  the laws of 2015, are amended and a new paragraph (xi) is added to  read
     4  as follows:
     5    (ix)  dues, fees, or gratuities at a country club, health club, recre-
     6  ational facility or other entities with a similar purpose,  unless  they
     7  are  expenses  connected  with  a specific fundraising event or activity
     8  associated with a political campaign or the holding of public office  or
     9  party position that takes place on the organization's premises; [and]
    10    (x)  travel  expenses including automobile purchases or leases, unless
    11  used for campaign purposes or in connection with the  execution  of  the
    12  duties  of  public  office  or  party position and usage of such vehicle
    13  which is incidental to such purposes or the execution of such duties[.];
    14  and
    15    (xi) payment of any attorney's  fees  or  any  costs  for  the  actual
    16  defense of a candidate, public or party official, members of their imme-
    17  diate  family, or domestic partner in connection with a criminal action,
    18  investigation, or prosecution.  Such funds shall only be used exclusive-
    19  ly for costs related to civil actions  instituted  pursuant  to  article
    20  sixteen of this chapter.
    21    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    22  have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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