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Senate Bill S2099

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires entities which make political contributions of more than $2,000 per annum to file statement

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2011-S2099 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง14-102, El L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S1313

2011-S2099 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any entity, other than a natural person, which in connection with any election makes contributions or expenditures to or on behalf of more than one candidate, political committee or constituted committee in excess of $2000 in the aggregate per annum, to file a campaign contribution statement with the board of elections.

2011-S2099 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2099 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2099

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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  requiring  certain
  contributors to file campaign contribution statements

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

  Section 1. 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 AND ANY ENTITY OTHER
THAN  A  NATURAL  PERSON,  WHICH  IN  CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTION MAKES
CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES TO OR ON BEHALF OF  ANY  CANDIDATE,  POLI-
TICAL  COMMITTEE  OR  CONSTITUTED  COMMITTEE  IN  EXCESS OF TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS PER ANNUM TO MORE  THAN  ONE  CANDIDATE  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 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  or  person  from  whom
received,  and  if  the transferor, contributor or person is a political
committee; the name of and the political unit represented by the commit-
tee, 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06673-01-1

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