Bill Text: NY S04311 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4311 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay any settlement fees, fines or penalties for sexual harassment civil or criminal actions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S04311 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4311
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 7, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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  the  use  of  campaign
          funds to pay any settlement fees for sexual harassment civil or crimi-
          nal actions
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 14-130 of the election law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7.  No  campaign  funds  shall  be used to pay any settlement fees for
     4  sexual harassment civil or criminal action, investigation or prosecution
     5  for alleged violations of state law alleged to have been committed by  a
     6  candidate,  public  or party official, members of their immediate family
     7  or domestic partner.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     9  have  become a law; provided, however, that the state board of elections
    10  shall notify  all  registered  campaign  committees  of  the  applicable
    11  provisions  of  this  act  within  thirty days after this act shall have
    12  become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09788-01-9