Assembly Bill A7853

                             
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                                   7853
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to member-to-member commu-
   nications by labor organizations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph 3 of  subdivision  9
 of  section  14-100 of the election law, as amended by chapter 70 of the
 laws of  1983, are amended  and a new subparagraph (D) is added to  read
 as follows:
   (B)  the use of real or personal property and the cost of invitations,
 food and beverages voluntarily provided by an individual to a  candidate
 or  political  committee  on  the  individual's residential premises for
 candidate-related activities to the extent such services do  not  exceed
 five hundred dollars in value, [and]
   (C)  the  travel expenses of any individual who on [his] SUCH INDIVID-
 UAL'S own behalf volunteers [his] SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S personal services to
 any candidate or political committee to the  extent  such  expenses  are
 unreimbursed and do not exceed five hundred dollars in value[.], AND
   (D) ANY COST INCURRED FOR ANY COMMUNICATION BY A LABOR ORGANIZATION TO
 ITS  MEMBERS  ON  ANY SUBJECT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, "MEMBER"
 SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (V) OF  PARAGRAPH
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 14-107 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (v)  of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section
 14-107 of the election law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter
 286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (v) ANY INTERNAL COMMUNICATION BY A LABOR ORGANIZATION  AIMED  AT  ITS
 MEMBERS.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A MEMBER OF A LABOR ORGANIZATION
 SHALL MEAN:
   (1) ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO, PURSUANT TO A SPECIFIC PROVISION  OF  A  LABOR
 ORGANIZATION'S  ARTICLES  OR  BYLAWS,  HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE DIRECTLY OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08823-01-5
              

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 INDIRECTLY FOR THE ELECTION OF A DIRECTOR OR DIRECTORS OR AN OFFICER  OR
 OFFICERS  OR  ON A DISPOSITION OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE ASSETS
 OF THE ORGANIZATION OR ON A MERGER OR ON A DISSOLUTION;
   (2)  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  WHO IS DESIGNATED IN THE ARTICLES OR BYLAWS AS A
 MEMBER AND, PURSUANT TO A SPECIFIC PROVISION OF A  LABOR  ORGANIZATION'S
 ARTICLES  OR BYLAWS, HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON CHANGES TO THE ARTICLES OR
 BYLAWS, OR PAYS OR HAS PAID MEMBERSHIP DUES IN AN  AMOUNT  PREDETERMINED
 BY  THE  LABOR  ORGANIZATION  SO  LONG  AS THE LABOR ORGANIZATION IS TAX
 EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(5) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986;
   (3) ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO RESIDES WITHIN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD AS  A  MEMBER
 AS DEFINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH;
   (4)  EXECUTIVE  OR ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL OF THE LABOR ORGANIZATION;
 OR
   (5) RETIRED MEMBERS; OR
   (VI) a communication published on the Internet,  unless  the  communi-
 cation is a paid advertisement.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall apply to all election cycles  commencing  on
 or after such effective date.