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                                  3965

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- 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 intermediaries

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12. "INTERMEDIARY"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,
POLITICAL COMMITTEE, EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER ENTITY WHICH, OTHER
THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AS A POSTAL, DELIVERY, OR MESSEN-
GER  SERVICE, DELIVERS ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO
A CANDIDATE OR  AN  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE.    "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL  NOT
INCLUDE  SPOUSES,  PARENTS,  CHILDREN,  OR SIBLINGS OF THE PERSON MAKING
SUCH CONTRIBUTION.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law,  as  amended
by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the
laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  The  treasurer of every political committee which, or any officer,
member or agent of any  such  committee  who,  in  connection  with  any
election,  receives  or  expends  any  money  or other valuable thing or
incurs any liability to pay money or its equivalent  shall  file  state-
ments  sworn,  or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false state-
ments made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor  pursuant  to
section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article
setting forth all the receipts, contributions to and the expenditures by
and  liabilities  of  the  committee,  and  of its officers, members and
agents in its behalf. Such statements shall include the dollar amount of
any receipt, contribution or transfer, or the fair market value  of  any
receipt,  contribution  or  transfer,  which is other than of money, the
name and address of the transferor, contributor, INTERMEDIARY or  person
from  whom received, and if the transferor, contributor, INTERMEDIARY or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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person is a political committee; the name  of  and  the  political  unit
represented by the committee, the date of its receipt, the dollar amount
of  every expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom it was
made  or the name of and the political unit represented by the committee
to which it was made and the date thereof, and shall state  clearly  the
purpose of such expenditure.  AN INTERMEDIARY NEED NOT BE REPORTED FOR A
CONTRIBUTION  THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM A CONTRIBUTOR IN CONNECTION WITH A
PARTY OR OTHER CANDIDATE-RELATED EVENT HELD  AT  THE  RESIDENCE  OF  THE
PERSON DELIVERING THE CONTRIBUTION, UNLESS THE EXPENSES OF SUCH EVENT AT
SUCH  RESIDENCE  FOR  SUCH  CANDIDATE EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR THE
AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM THAT  CONTRIBUTOR  AT  SUCH  EVENT
EXCEED  FIVE  HUNDRED DOLLARS. Any statement reporting a loan shall have
attached to it a copy of the evidence of indebtedness.  Expenditures  in
sums under fifty dollars need not be specifically accounted for by sepa-
rate  items in said statements, and receipts and contributions aggregat-
ing not more than ninety-nine dollars, from any one contributor need not
be specifically accounted for by  separate  items  in  said  statements,
provided  however,  that  such  expenditures, receipts and contributions
shall be subject to the other provisions of section 14-118 of this arti-
cle.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.