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                                  5893

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2011
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Introduced  by  M. of A. KAVANAGH, STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Election
  Law

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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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from whom received, and if the transferor, contributor, INTERMEDIARY  or
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.