Bill Text: NY S02539 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-30 - PRINT NUMBER 2539A [S02539 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02539-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2539--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Elections  --
         recommitted  to  the  Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate
         Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03034-02-4
       S. 2539--A                          2
    1  WRITING TO THE RECIPIENT CANDIDATE, AUTHORIZED  CANDIDATE  COMMITTEE  OR
    2  PARTY COMMITTEE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
    3    (A)  THE  NAME, MAILING ADDRESS AND OCCUPATION OF EACH CONTRIBUTOR WHO
    4  MAKES A CONTRIBUTION OVER NINETY-NINE DOLLARS, AND THE  AMOUNT  OF  EACH
    5  CONTRIBUTION,  AND FOR EACH CONTRIBUTION OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE,
    6  THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF SUCH CONTRIBUTOR'S EMPLOYER;
    7    (B) THE TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF NINETY-NINE DOLLARS
    8  OR LESS; AND
    9    (C) THE DATE THE CONTRIBUTION WAS RECEIVED BY THE INTERMEDIARY AND THE
   10  DATE THE  CONTRIBUTIONS  WERE  DELIVERED  TO  THE  RECIPIENT  CANDIDATE,
   11  AUTHORIZED CANDIDATE COMMITTEE OR PARTY COMMITTEE.
   12    3.  THE  RECIPIENT  CANDIDATE, AUTHORIZED CANDIDATE COMMITTEE OR PARTY
   13  COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THE  INTERMEDIARY
   14  WHO  DELIVERS CONTRIBUTIONS TOTALING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE ON THE
   15  STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE.
   16    4. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE A SECTION  FOR  INTERME-
   17  DIARY REPORTING AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE:
   18    (A) THE NAME, MAILING ADDRESS, OCCUPATION AND EMPLOYER OF THE INTERME-
   19  DIARY; AND
   20    (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS DELIVERED BY THE INTERMEDIARY TO
   21  THE  CANDIDATE,  THE CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE OR A PARTY COMMIT-
   22  TEE.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.   Provided,  however,
   24  that  contributions legally received prior to the effective date of this
   25  act may be retained and expended  for  lawful  purposes  and  shall  not
   26  provide  the basis for a violation of article 14 of the election law, as
   27  amended by this act; and provided, further,  that  the  state  board  of
   28  elections  shall  notify  all candidates and political committees of the
   29  applicable provisions of this act within  thirty  days  after  this  act
   30  shall have become a law.