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14-224. EXCEPTIONS.
14-226. VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.
14-228. NOTICE OF CIVIL PENALTY TO AUTHORIZING CANDIDATE.
14-230. DISPOSITION OF ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS.
14-232. CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PERSONAL USE.
S 14-200. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE: 1. "SPONSOR" MEANS ANY
PERSON OR OTHER ENTITY OR COMBINATION OF ONE OR MORE PERSONS OR OTHER
ENTITIES OPERATING OR CO-OPERATING TO AID OR TAKE PART IN THE ELECTION
OR DEFEAT OF A CANDIDATE IN ANY ELECTION; BUT NOTHING IN THIS TITLE
SHALL APPLY TO ANY COMMITTEE OR ORGANIZATION FOR THE DISCUSSION OR
ADVANCEMENT OF POLITICAL QUESTIONS OR PRINCIPLES WITHOUT CONNECTION WITH
ANY VOTE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A PERSON OR OTHER ENTITY MAKING A
CONTRIBUTION OR CONTRIBUTIONS TO A CANDIDATE OR A SPONSOR WHICH HAS
FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 14-218 OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT, BY THAT FACT
ALONE, BE DEEMED TO BE A SPONSOR AS HEREIN DEFINED.
2. "CANDIDATE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SEEKS NOMINATION FOR ELECTION,
OR ELECTION, TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION TO BE VOTED FOR AT
ANY ELECTION CONDUCTED BY OR WITHIN ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE
FIFTY STATES OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WHETHER
OR NOT THE PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY IDENTI-
FIED AT SUCH TIME AND WHETHER OR NOT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS NOMINATED OR
ELECTED, AND, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE
DEEMED TO SEEK NOMINATION FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION, TO AN OFFICE OR
POSITION, IF HE OR SHE HAS A. TAKEN THE ACTION NECESSARY TO QUALIFY
HIMSELF OR HERSELF FOR NOMINATION FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION, OR B.
RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS OR MADE EXPENDITURES, GIVEN HIS OR HER CONSENT
FOR ANY OTHER PERSON TO RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OR MAKE EXPENDITURES, WITH
A VIEW TO BRINGING ABOUT HIS OR HER ELECTION AT ANY TIME WHETHER IN THE
YEAR IN WHICH SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES ARE MADE OR AT ANY
OTHER TIME.
3. "CONTRIBUTION" MEANS:
A. ANY GIFT, SUBSCRIPTION, OUTSTANDING LOAN (TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED
FOR IN SECTION 14-214 OF THIS TITLE), ADVANCE, OR DEPOSIT OF MONEY OR
ANY THING OF VALUE, MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOMINATION FOR ELECTION,
OR ELECTION, OF ANY CANDIDATE, OR MADE TO PROMOTE THE SUCCESS OR DEFEAT
OF A POLITICAL PARTY OR PRINCIPLE,
B. ANY FUNDS RECEIVED BY A SPONSOR FROM ANOTHER SPONSOR OR ANY OTHER
ENTITY TO THE EXTENT SUCH FUNDS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A TRANSFER,
C. ANY PAYMENT, BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN A CANDIDATE OR A SPONSOR
AUTHORIZED BY THE CANDIDATE, MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION OF ANY
CANDIDATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMPENSATION FOR THE PERSONAL
SERVICES OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHICH ARE RENDERED IN CONNECTION WITH A
CANDIDATE'S ELECTION WITHOUT CHARGE; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NONE OF THE
FOREGOING SHALL BE DEEMED A CONTRIBUTION IF IT IS MADE, TAKEN, OR
PERFORMED BY A CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER SPOUSE OR BY A PERSON OR A POLI-
TICAL COMMITTEE INDEPENDENT OF THE CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER AGENTS OR
AUTHORIZED SPONSORS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE TERM "INDEPENDENT
OF THE CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER AGENTS OR AUTHORIZED SPONSORS" SHALL MEAN
THAT THE CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER AGENTS OR AUTHORIZED SPONSORS DID NOT
AUTHORIZE, REQUEST, SUGGEST, FOSTER, OR COOPERATE IN ANY SUCH ACTIVITY;
AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE TERM CONTRIBUTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
(I) THE VALUE OF SERVICES PROVIDED WITHOUT COMPENSATION BY INDIVIDUALS
WHO VOLUNTEER A PORTION OR ALL OF THEIR TIME ON BEHALF OF A CANDIDATE OR
SPONSOR,
(II) THE USE OF REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THE COST OF INVITATIONS,
FOOD, AND BEVERAGES VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO A CANDIDATE
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OR SPONSOR ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENTIAL PREMISES FOR CANDIDATE-RELAT-
ED ACTIVITIES, TO THE EXTENT SUCH SERVICES DO NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS IN VALUE, AND
(III) THE TRAVEL EXPENSES OF ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO, ON HIS OR HER OWN
BEHALF, VOLUNTEERS HIS OR HER PERSONAL SERVICES TO ANY CANDIDATE OR
SPONSOR, TO THE EXTENT SUCH EXPENSES ARE UNREIMBURSED AND DO NOT EXCEED
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN VALUE.
4. "TRANSFER" MEANS ANY EXCHANGE OF FUNDS OR ANY THING OF VALUE
BETWEEN SPONSORS AUTHORIZED BY THE SAME CANDIDATE AND TAKING PART SOLELY
IN HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN, OR ANY EXCHANGE OF FUNDS BETWEEN ANY OTHER
PERSON OR ENTITY AND A CANDIDATE OR ANY OF HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED SPON-
SORS.
5. "ELECTION" MEANS ALL ELECTIONS, FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY
POSITION OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE FIFTY STATES OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
S 14-202. STATEMENTS OF CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, TRANSFERS,
AND EXPENDITURES TO AND BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES. 1. THE TREASURER OF
EVERY SPONSOR WHICH, OR ANY OFFICER, MEMBER OR AGENT OF ANY SUCH SPONSOR
WHO, IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTION, RECEIVES OR EXPENDS ANY MONEY OR
OTHER VALUABLE THING OR INCURS ANY LIABILITY TO PAY MONEY OR ITS EQUIV-
ALENT, SHALL FILE STATEMENTS SWORN, OR SUBSCRIBED AND BEARING A FORM
NOTICE THAT FALSE STATEMENTS MADE THEREIN ARE PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS A
MISDEMEANOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 210.45 OF THE PENAL LAW, AT THE TIMES
PRESCRIBED BY THIS TITLE SETTING FORTH ALL THE RECEIPTS OF, CONTRIB-
UTIONS TO, AND THE EXPENDITURES BY AND LIABILITIES OF THE SPONSOR, AND
OF ITS OFFICERS, MEMBERS, AND AGENTS IN ITS BEHALF. SUCH STATEMENTS
SHALL INCLUDE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF ANY RECEIPT, CONTRIBUTION, OR TRANS-
FER, 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, OR PERSON FROM WHOM RECEIVED. 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 SEPARATE ITEMS IN SUCH STATEMENTS, AND RECEIPTS AND
CONTRIBUTIONS AGGREGATING NOT MORE THAN NINETY-NINE DOLLARS FROM ANY ONE
CONTRIBUTOR NEED NOT BE SPECIFICALLY ACCOUNTED FOR BY SEPARATE ITEMS IN
SUCH STATEMENTS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH EXPENDITURES, RECEIPTS,
AND CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF SECTION
14-218 OF THIS TITLE.
2. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO THE ACCOUNTING METHODS TO BE APPLIED IN PREPARING THE STATE-
MENTS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE AND SHALL PROVIDE FORMS
SUITABLE FOR SUCH STATEMENTS.
3. ANY SPONSOR WHICH IS REQUIRED TO FILE STATEMENTS WITH THE STATE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE AND WHICH RAISES OR SPENDS OR
EXPECTS TO RAISE OR SPEND MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY CALENDAR
YEAR SHALL FILE ALL SUCH STATEMENTS PURSUANT TO THE ELECTRONIC REPORTING
SYSTEM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AS SET FORTH IN SUBDI-
VISION NINE-A OF SECTION 3-102 OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, UPON THE FILING OF A SWORN STATEMENT BY
THE TREASURER OF A SPONSOR WHICH STATES THAT SUCH SPONSOR DOES NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE ELECTRONIC FILING
REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION NINE-A OF SECTION 3-102 OF THIS CHAPTER AND
THAT FILING BY SUCH MEANS WOULD CONSTITUTE A SUBSTANTIAL HARDSHIP FOR
SUCH SPONSOR, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY ISSUE AN EXEMPTION FROM
THE ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE.
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S 14-204. STATEMENTS OF CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, TRANSFERS,
AND EXPENDITURES BY AND TO CANDIDATES. 1. ANY CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION
SHALL FILE STATEMENTS SWORN, OR SUBSCRIBED AND BEARING A FORM NOTICE
THAT FALSE STATEMENTS MADE THEREIN ARE PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS A MISDEMEA-
NOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 210.45 OF THE PENAL LAW, AT THE TIMES PRESCRIBED
BY THIS TITLE SETTING FORTH THE PARTICULARS SPECIFIED BY SECTION 14-202
OF THIS TITLE, AS TO ALL MONEYS OR OTHER VALUABLE THINGS, PAID, GIVEN,
EXPENDED, OR PROMISED BY HIM OR HER TO AID HIS OR HER OWN ELECTION, OR
TO AID OR INFLUENCE THE ELECTION OR THE DEFEAT OF ANY OTHER CANDIDATE TO
BE VOTED FOR AT THE ELECTION, INCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPONSORS, OFFI-
CERS, MEMBERS, OR AGENTS THEREOF, AND TRANSFERS, RECEIPTS, AND CONTRIB-
UTIONS TO HIM OR HER TO BE USED FOR ANY OF THE PURPOSES ABOVE SPECIFIED,
OR IN LIEU THEREOF, ANY SUCH CANDIDATE MAY FILE SUCH A SWORN STATEMENT
AT THE FIRST FILING PERIOD, ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS, THAT SUCH CANDIDATE HAS MADE NO SUCH EXPENDITURES AND DOES
NOT INTEND TO MAKE ANY SUCH EXPENDITURES, EXCEPT THROUGH A SPONSOR
AUTHORIZED BY SUCH CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. A SPONSOR AUTHOR-
IZED BY SUCH A CANDIDATE MAY FULFILL ALL OF THE FILING REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS TITLE ON BEHALF OF SUCH CANDIDATE.
2. STATEMENTS FILED BY ANY SPONSOR AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE PURSUANT
TO THIS TITLE WHICH IS REQUIRED TO FILE SUCH STATEMENTS WITH THE STATE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND WHICH RAISES OR SPENDS OR EXPECTS TO RAISE OR
SPEND MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR SHALL FILE ALL
SUCH STATEMENTS PURSUANT TO THE ELECTRONIC REPORTING SYSTEM PRESCRIBED
BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION NINE-A OF
SECTION 3-102 OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, UPON THE FILING OF A SWORN STATEMENT BY THE TREASURER OF A
SPONSOR AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE WHICH STATES
THAT SUCH SPONSOR DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO
COMPLY WITH THE ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION NINE-A OF
SECTION 3-102 OF THIS CHAPTER AND THAT FILING BY SUCH MEANS WOULD
CONSTITUTE A SUBSTANTIAL HARDSHIP FOR SUCH SPONSOR, THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS MAY ISSUE AN EXEMPTION FROM THE ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIREMENTS
OF THIS TITLE.
S 14-206. AUDITS. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PERIODICALLY AND
RANDOMLY AUDIT STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, INCLUDING BANK
RECORDS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH STATEMENTS AND THE FINANCIAL TRANS-
ACTIONS REPORTED IN SUCH STATEMENTS.
S 14-208. TIME FOR FILING STATEMENTS. 1. THE STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY
THIS TITLE SHALL BE FILED AT SUCH TIMES AS THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
BY RULE OR REGULATION, SHALL SPECIFY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE BOARD PROVIDE FOR FEWER THAN THREE FILINGS IN THE AGGRE-
GATE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTION, AND TWO OF SAID FILINGS SHALL BE
BEFORE ANY SUCH ELECTION, INCLUDING ONE SUCH FILING NOT LESS THAN THIRTY
DAYS NOR MORE THAN FORTY-FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH ELECTION AND ONE SUCH
FILING NOT LESS THAN ELEVEN DAYS NOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO
SUCH ELECTION. IN ADDITION, THE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE THAT EVERY SPONSOR
WHICH HAS FILED A STATEMENT OF TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY SHALL MAKE AT
LEAST ONE FILING EVERY SIX MONTHS BETWEEN THE TIME SUCH STATEMENT OF
TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY IS FILED AND THE TIME SUCH SPONSOR GOES OUT OF
BUSINESS. IF ANY CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR SHALL BE REQUIRED BY THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, OR BY RULE OR REGULATION HEREUNDER, TO
EFFECT TWO FILINGS WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE DAYS, THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS MAY, BY RULE OR REGULATION, WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT OF FILING
THE EARLIER OF SUCH STATEMENTS. IF A STATEMENT FILED BY A CANDIDATE OR
SPONSOR AFTER THE ELECTION TO WHICH IT PERTAINS IS NOT A FINAL STATEMENT
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SHOWING SATISFACTION OF ALL LIABILITIES AND DISPOSITION OF ALL ASSETS,
SUCH CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR SHALL FILE SUCH ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AS THE
BOARD SHALL, BY RULE OR REGULATION PROVIDE UNTIL SUCH A FINAL STATEMENT
IS FILED.
2. EACH STATEMENT SHALL COVER THE PERIOD UP TO AND INCLUDING THE
FOURTH DAY NEXT PRECEDING THE DAY SPECIFIED FOR THE FILING THEREOF;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY CONTRIBUTION OR LOAN IN EXCESS OF ONE THOU-
SAND DOLLARS, IF RECEIVED AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE PERIOD TO BE COVERED IN
THE LAST STATEMENT FILED BEFORE ANY ELECTION BUT BEFORE SUCH ELECTION,
SHALL BE REPORTED, IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS, WITHIN
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER RECEIPT.
3. EACH STATEMENT SHALL BE PRESERVED BY THE OFFICER WITH WHOM OR THE
BOARD WITH WHICH IT IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS
FROM THE DATE OF FILING THEREOF.
4. EACH STATEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
SUCH OFFICER OR BOARD AND SHALL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION.
5. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR OTHER BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AS THE
CASE MAY BE, SHALL, NOT LATER THAN TEN DAYS AFTER THE LAST DAY TO FILE
ANY SUCH STATEMENT, NOTIFY EACH PERSON REQUIRED TO FILE ANY SUCH STATE-
MENT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED BY SUCH BOARD BY SUCH TENTH DAY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS TITLE OF SUCH PERSON'S FAILURE TO FILE SUCH STATE-
MENT TIMELY. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE IN WRITING AND MAILED TO THE LAST
KNOWN RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS ADDRESS OF SUCH PERSON BY CERTIFIED MAIL,
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. FAILURE TO FILE WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF RECEIPT OF
SUCH NOTICE SHALL CONSTITUTE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF A WILLFUL FAILURE
TO FILE. IF THE PERSON REQUIRED TO FILE SUCH STATEMENT IS A TREASURER
WHO HAS STATED THAT THE SPONSOR HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY ONE OR MORE
CANDIDATES, A COPY OF SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE SENT TO EACH SUCH CANDIDATE
BY FIRST CLASS MAIL. A COPY OF ANY SUCH NOTICE SENT BY A BOARD OF
ELECTIONS OTHER THAN THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL BE SENT BY SUCH
OTHER BOARD TO THE STATE BOARD.
6. A STATEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED PROPERLY FILED WHEN DEPOSITED IN AN
ESTABLISHED POST OFFICE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME, DULY STAMPED, CERTI-
FIED, AND DIRECTED TO THE OFFICER WITH WHOM OR TO THE BOARD WITH WHICH
THE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED, BUT IN THE EVENT IT IS NOT
RECEIVED, A DUPLICATE OF SUCH STATEMENT SHALL BE PROMPTLY FILED UPON
NOTICE BY SUCH OFFICER OR SUCH BOARD OF ITS NON-RECEIPT.
7. ON THE TWENTIETH DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE BY WHICH SUCH STATEMENTS
WERE REQUIRED TO BE FILED, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PREPARE
AND MAKE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND DISTRIBUTION A LIST OF
THOSE PERSONS AND SPONSORS FROM WHOM IT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED SUCH STATE-
MENT.
S 14-210. PLACE FOR FILING STATEMENTS. THE PLACES FOR FILING THE
STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS TITLE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY RULE OR REGU-
LATION OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
S 14-212. SPONSOR AUTHORIZATION STATEMENT. ANY SPONSOR AIDING OR
TAKING PART IN THE ELECTION OR NOMINATION OF ANY CANDIDATE, OTHER THAN
BY MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS, SHALL FILE, IN THE OFFICE IN WHICH THE STATE-
MENTS OF SUCH SPONSOR ARE TO BE FILED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, EITHER A
SWORN VERIFIED STATEMENT BY THE TREASURER OF SUCH SPONSOR THAT THE
CANDIDATE HAS AUTHORIZED THE SPONSOR TO AID OR TAKE PART IN HIS OR HER
ELECTION OR THAT THE CANDIDATE HAS NOT AUTHORIZED THE COMMITTEE TO AID
OR TAKE PART IN HIS OR HER ELECTION.
S 14-214. CONTRIBUTION AND RECEIPT LIMITATIONS. 1. THE FOLLOWING LIMI-
TATIONS APPLY TO ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AND TO ALL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPONSORS WORKING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITH ANY CANDI-
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DATE TO AID OR PARTICIPATE IN SUCH CANDIDATE'S ELECTION. IN ANY
ELECTION, NO CONTRIBUTOR MAY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO ANY CANDIDATE OR
SPONSOR, AND NO CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR MAY ACCEPT ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM
ANY CONTRIBUTOR, WHICH IS IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT GREATER THAN
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT
WHICH MAY BE SO CONTRIBUTED OR ACCEPTED, IN THE AGGREGATE, FROM ANY
CANDIDATE'S CHILD, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, BROTHER, OR SISTER, AND THE
SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH PERSONS, SHALL NOT EXCEED AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE
PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE CANDIDATE'S JURISDIC-
TION, MULTIPLIED BY $.025.
2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, CONTRIBUTIONS OTHER THAN OF MONEY
SHALL BE EVALUATED AT THEIR FAIR MARKET VALUE. THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS, CONSISTENT WITH LAW, GOVERNING
THE MANNER OF COMPUTING FAIR MARKET VALUE.
3. A. A LOAN MADE TO A CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR BY ANY PERSON, FIRM, ASSO-
CIATION, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY OTHER THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE
OF THE LENDER'S BUSINESS SHALL BE DEEMED, TO THE EXTENT NOT REPAID BY
THE DATE OF THE ELECTION A CONTRIBUTION BY SUCH PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCI-
ATION, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY.
B. A LOAN MADE TO A CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR BY ANY PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCI-
ATION, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF THE LEND-
ER'S BUSINESS SHALL BE DEEMED, TO THE EXTENT NOT REPAID BY THE DATE OF
THE ELECTION, A CONTRIBUTION BY THE OBLIGOR ON THE LOAN AND BY ANY OTHER
PERSON ENDORSING, COSIGNING, GUARANTEEING, COLLATERALIZING, OR OTHERWISE
PROVIDING SECURITY FOR THE LOAN.
4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS
SHALL BE DETERMINED AS OF THE DATE OF THE ELECTION, FROM THE BEST DATA
AVAILABLE TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
5. EXCEPT AS MAY OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED FOR A CANDIDATE AND HIS OR HER
FAMILY, NO PERSON MAY CONTRIBUTE, LEND, OR GUARANTEE IN EXCESS OF ONE
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WITHIN THE STATE IN CONNECTION WITH THE
ELECTION OF CANDIDATES IN ANY ONE CALENDAR YEAR. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS SUBDIVISION "LOAN" OR "GUARANTEE" SHALL MEAN A LOAN OR GUARANTEE
WHICH IS NOT REPAID OR DISCHARGED IN THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH IT IS
MADE.
6. NO CONTRIBUTOR MAY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO A SPONSOR, AND NO SUCH
SPONSOR MAY ACCEPT A CONTRIBUTION FROM ANY CONTRIBUTOR WHICH, IN THE
AGGREGATE, IS GREATER THAN SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER
ANNUM.
S 14-216. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS. 1. NO
CORPORATION OR JOINT-STOCK ASSOCIATION DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE,
EXCEPT A CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED OR MAINTAINED FOR POLI-
TICAL PURPOSES ONLY, SHALL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAY OR USE OR OFFER,
CONSENT, OR AGREE TO PAY OR USE ANY MONEY OR PROPERTY FOR OR IN AID OF
ANY SPONSOR, OR FOR, OR IN AID OF, ANY CORPORATION, JOINT-STOCK, OR
OTHER ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED OR MAINTAINED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, OR
FOR, OR IN AID OF, ANY CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION, OR FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT
OR INDEMNIFICATION OF ANY PERSON FOR MONEYS OR PROPERTY SO USED. ANY
OFFICER, DIRECTOR, STOCK-HOLDER, ATTORNEY, OR AGENT OF ANY CORPORATION
OR JOINT-STOCK ASSOCIATION WHICH VIOLATES ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION, WHO PARTICIPATES IN, AIDS, ABETS OR ADVISES OR CONSENTS TO ANY
SUCH VIOLATIONS, AND ANY PERSON WHO SOLICITS OR KNOWINGLY RECEIVES ANY
MONEY OR PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
MISDEMEANOR.
2. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
ANY CORPORATION OR AN ORGANIZATION FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED IN WHOLE OR IN
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PART, BY SUCH CORPORATION MAY MAKE EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING CONTRIB-
UTIONS, NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW, FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE AGGREGATE IN ANY
CALENDAR YEAR; PROVIDED THAT NO PUBLIC UTILITY SHALL USE REVENUES
RECEIVED FROM THE RENDITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE WITHIN THE STATE FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES UNLESS SUCH COST IS CHARGED TO THE
SHAREHOLDERS OF SUCH A PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION.
S 14-218. TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY OF POLITICAL COMMITTEE; FILING OF
NAME AND ADDRESS. 1. EVERY SPONSOR SHALL HAVE A TREASURER AND A DEPOSI-
TORY, AND SHALL CAUSE THE TREASURER TO KEEP DETAILED, BOUND ACCOUNTS OF
ALL RECEIPTS, TRANSFERS, LOANS, LIABILITIES, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND EXPENDI-
TURES, MADE BY THE SPONSOR OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, MEMBERS, OR AGENTS
ACTING UNDER ITS AUTHORITY OR IN ITS BEHALF. ALL SUCH ACCOUNTS SHALL BE
RETAINED BY A TREASURER FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE
FILING OF THE FINAL STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE ELECTION TO WHICH THEY
PERTAIN. NO OFFICER, MEMBER, OR AGENT OF ANY SPONSOR SHALL RECEIVE ANY
RECEIPT, TRANSFER, OR CONTRIBUTION, OR MAKE ANY EXPENDITURE OR INCUR ANY
LIABILITY UNTIL THE SPONSOR SHALL HAVE CHOSEN A TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY
AND FILED THEIR NAMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION. THERE SHALL
BE FILED IN THE OFFICE IN WHICH THE SPONSOR IS REQUIRED TO FILE ITS
STATEMENTS UNDER SECTION 14-210 OF THIS TITLE, WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER
THE CHOICE OF A TREASURER AND DEPOSITORY, A STATEMENT GIVING THE NAME
AND ADDRESS OF THE TREASURER CHOSEN, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ANY PERSON
AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHECKS BY SUCH TREASURER, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE
DEPOSITORY CHOSEN, AND THE CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES THE SUCCESS OR DEFEAT
OF WHICH THE COMMITTEE IS TO AID OR TAKE PART. SUCH STATEMENT SHALL BE
SIGNED BY THE TREASURER AND ALL OTHER PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHECKS.
ANY CHANGE IN THE INFORMATION REQUIRED IN ANY STATEMENT SHALL BE
REPORTED, IN AN AMENDED STATEMENT FILED IN THE SAME MANNER AND IN THE
SAME OFFICE AS AN ORIGINAL STATEMENT FILED UNDER THIS SECTION, WITHIN
TWO DAYS AFTER IT OCCURS. ONLY A BANKING ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED TO DO
BUSINESS IN THIS STATE MAY BE DESIGNATED A DEPOSITORY HEREUNDER.
2. NO CANDIDATE, SPONSOR, OR AGENT THEREOF MAY RECEIVE FROM ANY ONE
PERSON AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS EXCEPT IN
THE FORM OF A CHECK, DRAFT OR OTHER INSTRUMENT PAYABLE TO THE CANDIDATE,
SPONSOR, OR TREASURER AND SIGNED OR ENDORSED BY THE DONOR; EXCEPT THAT
SUCH A CANDIDATE, SPONSOR, OR AGENT MAY RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN AMOUNTS
GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHICH ARE MADE BY CREDIT CARD, PROVIDED
THAT SUCH CANDIDATE, SPONSOR, OR AGENT PRESERVES, TOGETHER WITH THE
OTHER ACCOUNTS WHICH SUCH CANDIDATE, SPONSOR, OR AGENT IS REQUIRED TO
PRESERVE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, A COPY OF THE DOCU-
MENT WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO SECURE PAYMENT OF THE FUNDS SO CONTRIBUTED.
ALL SUCH CHECKS, DRAFTS, OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE
ACCOUNT OF THE CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR IN THE DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY. NO
CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR SHALL EXPEND AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS EXCEPT BY CHECK DRAWN ON THE DEPOSITORY AND SIGNED BY THE CANDI-
DATE OR PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHECKS BY HIM OR HER OR, IN THE CASE
OF A SPONSOR, THE TREASURER OR A PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN CHECKS BY HIM
OR HER.
3. EVERY CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES OR EXPENDS ANY MONEY OR OTHER VALUABLE
THING OR INCURS ANY LIABILITY TO PAY MONEY OR ITS EQUIVALENT SHALL KEEP
AND RETAIN DETAILED, BOUND ACCOUNTS AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION.
S 14-220. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION TO BE UNDER TRUE NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR.
1. NO PERSON SHALL IN ANY NAME EXCEPT HIS OR HER OWN, DIRECTLY OR INDI-
RECTLY, MAKE A PAYMENT OR A PROMISE OF PAYMENT TO A CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR
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OR TO ANY OFFICER OR MEMBER THEREOF, OR TO ANY PERSON ACTING UNDER ITS
AUTHORITY OR IN ITS BEHALF OR ON BEHALF OF ANY CANDIDATE, NOR SHALL ANY
SUCH SPONSOR OR ANY SUCH PERSON OR CANDIDATE KNOWINGLY RECEIVE A PAYMENT
OR PROMISE OF PAYMENT, OR ENTER OR CAUSE THE SAME TO BE ENTERED IN THE
ACCOUNTS OR RECORDS OF SUCH SPONSOR, IN ANY NAME OTHER THAN THAT OF THE
PERSON OR PERSONS BY WHOM IT IS MADE.
2. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, A PARTNERSHIP, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION TEN OF THE PARTNERSHIP LAW, MAY BE CONSIDERED A SEPA-
RATE ENTITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AND AS SUCH MAY MAKE
CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE NAME OF SAID PARTNERSHIP WITHOUT ATTRIBUTING SUCH
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PARTNERSHIP; PROVIDED
THAT ANY SUCH CONTRIBUTION MADE BY A PARTNERSHIP TO A CANDIDATE OR TO A
SPONSOR, SHALL NOT EXCEED, TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. IN THE EVENT
THAT SUCH PARTNERSHIP CONTRIBUTION TO ANY SUCH CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR
EXCEEDS TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF SUCH
CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE ATTRIBUTED TO EACH PARTNER WHOSE SHARE OF THE
CONTRIBUTION EXCEEDS NINETY-NINE DOLLARS.
S 14-222. ACCOUNTING TO TREASURER OR CANDIDATE; VOUCHERS. 1. WHOEVER,
ACTING AS AN OFFICER, MEMBER OR AGENT OF A SPONSOR, OR AS AN AGENT OF A
CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION, RECEIVES ANY RECEIPT, CONTRIBUTION OR TRANSFER,
OR MAKES ANY EXPENDITURE OR INCURS ANY LIABILITY, SHALL, WITHIN THREE
DAYS AFTER DEMAND, AND IN ANY EVENT WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER ANY SUCH
RECEIPT, TRANSFER, CONTRIBUTION, EXPENDITURE, OR LIABILITY, GIVE TO THE
TREASURER OF SUCH SPONSOR, OR TO SUCH CANDIDATE IF AN AGENT AUTHORIZED
BY HIM OR HER, A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE SAME, WITH ALL VOUCHERS
REQUIRED BY THIS TITLE, WHICH SHALL BE A PART OF THE ACCOUNTS AND FILES
OF SUCH TREASURER OR SUCH CANDIDATE.
2. EVERY PAYMENT REQUIRED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR, UNLESS THE TOTAL
EXPENSE PAYABLE TO ANY ONE PERSON BE NOT IN EXCESS OF TEN DOLLARS; SHALL
BE VOUCHED FOR BY A RECEIPTED BILL STATING THE PARTICULARS OF EXPENSE.
S 14-224. EXCEPTIONS. 1. THIS TITLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON,
ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN THE PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF
ANY NEWSPAPER OR OTHER PUBLICATION ISSUED AT REGULAR INTERVALS IN
RESPECT TO THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF SUCH BUSINESS.
2. THE FILING REQUIREMENTS AND THE EXPENDITURE, CONTRIBUTION, AND
RECEIPT LIMITS OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR
WHO OR WHICH ENGAGES EXCLUSIVELY IN ACTIVITIES ON ACCOUNT OF WHICH,
PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED
A STATEMENT OR REPORT OF THE CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES AND LIABIL-
ITIES OF SUCH CANDIDATE OR COMMITTEE WITH AN OFFICE OR OFFICERS OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PROVIDED A COPY OF EACH SUCH STATEMENT
OR REPORT IS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
3. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 14-202, 14-212 AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 14-218 OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO A SPONSOR SUPPORTING OR
OPPOSING CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION WHICH, PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES, IS REQUIRED TO FILE A STATEMENT OR REPORT OF THE CAMPAIGN
RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES AND LIABILITIES OF SUCH SPONSOR WITH AN OFFICE OR
OFFICER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SPON-
SOR MAKES NO EXPENDITURES TO AID OR TAKE PART IN THE ELECTION OR DEFEAT
OF A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION OTHER THAN IN THE FORM OF CONTRIBUTIONS
WHICH DO NOT EXCEED IN THE AGGREGATE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANY CALEN-
DAR YEAR; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT A COPY OF THE FEDERAL REPORT WHICH
LISTS SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS IS FILED WITH THE APPROPRIATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME THAT IT IS FILED WITH THE FEDERAL FILING
OFFICE OR OFFICER.
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S 14-226. VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. 1. ANY PERSON WHO FAILS TO FILE A
STATEMENT REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY THIS TITLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL
PENALTY, NOT IN EXCESS OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, TO BE RECOVERABLE IN A
SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION TO BE BROUGHT BY THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS OR OTHER BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
2. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FAILS TO FILE A STATEMENT
REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY THIS TITLE WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE
PROVIDED FOR FILING SUCH STATEMENT OR ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILL-
FULLY VIOLATES ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
MISDEMEANOR.
3. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY CONTRIBUTES, ACCEPTS OR AIDS
OR PARTICIPATES IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF A CONTRIBUTION IN AN AMOUNT EXCEED-
ING AN APPLICABLE MAXIMUM SPECIFIED IN THIS TITLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
MISDEMEANOR.
4. ANY PERSON WHO SHALL, ACTING ON BEHALF OF A CANDIDATE OR SPONSOR,
KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY SOLICIT, ORGANIZE OR COORDINATE THE FORMATION OF
ACTIVITIES OF ONE OR MORE UNAUTHORIZED SPONSORS, MAKE EXPENDITURES IN
CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION OF ANY CANDIDATE, OR SOLICIT ANY PERSON TO
MAKE ANY SUCH EXPENDITURES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVADING THE CONTRIBUTION
LIMITATIONS OF THIS TITLE, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
S 14-228. NOTICE OF CIVIL PENALTY TO AUTHORIZING CANDIDATE. IF ANY
PERSON FAILS TO FILE A STATEMENT OF CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR A CANDIDATE AUTHORIZED SPONSOR, AND THEREAFTER SAID PERSON IS A
PARTY TO RECOVERY OF A CIVIL PENALTY IN A SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL
ACTION BROUGHT BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR OTHER BOARD OF
ELECTIONS UNDER SECTION 14-226 OF THIS TITLE, SAID BOARD OF ELECTIONS
SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THE AUTHORIZING CANDIDATE WITH ACTUAL NOTICE OF THE
CIVIL PENALTY, AND THE SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION BY CERTIFIED
MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE.
S 14-230. DISPOSITION OF ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS. ANY ANONYMOUS
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY A CAMPAIGN TREASURER, SPONSOR, OR AGENCY THER-
EOF SHALL NOT BE USED OR EXPENDED, BUT THE SAME SHALL BE PAID OVER TO
THE COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR DEPOSIT IN THE GENERAL
TREASURY OF THE STATE UNLESS, BEFORE THE DATE FOR FILING STATEMENTS AND
REPORTS AS PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, THE IDENTITY OF SUCH ANONYMOUS
CONTRIBUTOR SHALL BECOME KNOWN, AND, IN SUCH EVENT THE ANONYMOUS
CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE RETURNED TO SUCH CONTRIBUTOR OR RETAINED AND PROP-
ERLY REPORTED AS A CONTRIBUTION FROM SUCH CONTRIBUTOR.
S 14-232. CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PERSONAL USE. CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY A
CANDIDATE OR A SPONSOR MAY BE EXPENDED FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. SUCH
FUNDS SHALL NOT BE CONVERTED BY ANY PERSON TO A PERSONAL USE WHICH IS
UNRELATED TO A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OR THE HOLDING OF A PUBLIC OFFICE OR
PARTY POSITION.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that the
state board of elections is authorized to promulgate any and all rules
and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this
act on its effective date on or before such date.