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Senate Bill S7607

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for unlawful campaign contributions to party committees or constituted committees

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2015-S7607 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-126, El L; amd §470.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S1964

2015-S7607 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any person, acting on behalf of a public officer, candidate or political committee, who solicits a contribution to a party committee or constituted committee for the benefit of a candidate to whom such direct contribution is unlawful, shall be guilty of a class D felony.

2015-S7607 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7607 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7607

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 11, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law and  the  penal  law,  in  relation  to
  penalties  for unlawful campaign contributions to party or constituted
  committees

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

  Section  1.  Section 14-126 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7. ANY PERSON, ACTING ON BEHALF OF A PUBLIC OFFICER, CANDIDATE OR  ANY
AUTHORIZED  OR UNAUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE, WHO SOLICITS A CONTRIB-
UTION TO ANY PARTY COMMITTEE OR CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF
A CANDIDATE TO WHOM A DIRECT CONTRIBUTION OF SUCH  AMOUNT  IS  UNLAWFUL,
SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS D FELONY.
  S  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 470.00 of the penal law, as amended by
chapter 489 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  3. "Transaction" includes a payment,  purchase,  sale,  loan,  pledge,
gift, transfer, or delivery, and with respect to a financial institution
includes  a  deposit, withdrawal, transfer between accounts, exchange of
currency, loan, extension of credit, purchase  or  sale  of  any  stock,
bond,  certificate  of  deposit,  or other monetary instrument, use of a
safe deposit box, or  any  other  payment,  transfer,  or  delivery  by,
through,  or  to a financial institution, by whatever means effected, OR
ANY ACT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 14-126 OF THE ELECTION  LAW,  except  that
"transaction"   shall  not  include  payments  to  attorneys  for  legal
services.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15345-01-6

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