Assembly Bill A9535

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to limits on outside income earned by members of the legislature, certain campaign contributions, communications with journalists and monies received and expenditures made by a party committee

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9535 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§5-b & 5-c, amd §§1-c, 1-h & 1-j, Leg L; amd §§14-116, 14-120 & 14-124, El L

2015-A9535 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to limits on outside income earned by members of the legislature; campaign contributions by limited liability companies; communications with journalists and monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or constituted committee.

2015-A9535 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9535

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEASTIE, MORELLE, PEOPLES-STOKES, LENTOL, CUSICK,
  LAVINE,  FARRELL,  DINOWITZ,  FAHY  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  ABINANTI, ARROYO, BARRETT, BENEDETTO, BICHOTTE,  BRAUNSTEIN,  BRENNAN,
  BRINDISI,  BRONSON,  BUCHWALD,  CAHILL, CERETTO, COLTON, COOK, CRESPO,
  CYMBROWITZ, DAVILA, DenDEKKER, ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, GANTT, GLICK, GOTT-
  FRIED, GUNTHER,  HARRIS,  HEVESI,  HIKIND,  HOOPER,  HUNTER,  HYNDMAN,
  JAFFEE,  JEAN-PIERRE,  JOYNER, KAVANAGH, KEARNS, KIM, LIFTON, LINARES,
  LUPARDO, MAGEE, MAGNARELLI, MARKEY, MAYER, McDONALD,  MILLER,  MOSLEY,
  MOYA,  NOLAN,  O'DONNELL, OTIS, PAULIN, PERRY, PICHARDO, RAMOS, RODRI-
  GUEZ, ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, RUSSELL, RYAN, SCHIMEL, SEAWRIGHT,  SEPULVEDA,
  SIMANOWITZ, SIMON, SIMOTAS, SKARTADOS, SOLAGES, STECK, STIRPE, THIELE,
  TITONE,  TITUS, WALKER, WEINSTEIN, WOERNER, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the legislative  law,  in  relation  to  limitations  on
  outside  income for members; to amend the election law, in relation to
  campaign contributions by limited liability companies;  to  amend  the
  legislative law, in relation to communications with professional jour-
  nalists and newscasters; and in relation to reporting of certain fund-
  ing by lobbyists; and to amend the election law, in relation to monies
  received  and  expenditures  made  by a party committee or constituted
  committee

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

  Section  1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 5-b
to read as follows:
  S 5-B. LIMIT ON OUTSIDE INCOME FOR MEMBERS.  1. A MEMBER OF THE LEGIS-
LATURE RECEIVING A SALARY FOR LEGISLATIVE WORK FROM  THE  STATE  OF  NEW
YORK  SHALL  NOT,  IN  A CALENDAR YEAR, EARN OUTSIDE INCOME FOR PERSONAL
SERVICES ACTUALLY RENDERED IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN  FORTY  PERCENT  OF
THE  ANNUAL SALARY, AS PROVIDED BY LAW, OF STATE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME
COURT.
  2. (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "OUTSIDE  INCOME"  SHALL
INCLUDE  WAGES,  SALARIES,  FEES, COMMISSIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF COMPEN-
SATION FOR SERVICES ACTUALLY RENDERED.

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

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