S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7321
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 6, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring additional
transferor and contributor identification information in campaign
receipt and expenditure 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 shall file state-
ments sworn, or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false state-
ments 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 AND OTHER IDENTIFICATION of the transferor, contrib-
utor 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 committee, 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 and the date thereof, and shall state clearly the
purpose of such expenditure. THE REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE OTHER IDENTIFI-
CATION SHALL APPLY ONLY WITH RESPECT TO A TRANSFER OR CONTRIBUTION FROM
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ANY ONE TRANSFEROR OR CONTRIBUTOR WHICH EITHER RESULTS IN THE AGGREGATE
TRANSFERS OR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THAT ONE TRANSFEROR OR CONTRIBUTOR
EXCEEDING THE SUM OF NINETY-NINE DOLLARS OR IS A TRANSFER OR CONTRIB-
UTION WHICH OCCURS AFTER SUCH NINETY-NINE DOLLAR THRESHOLD IS REACHED.
THE OTHER IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO AN INDIVIDUAL TRANSFE-
ROR OR CONTRIBUTOR SHALL BE HIS OR HER OCCUPATION, EMPLOYER AND EMPLOY-
ER'S ADDRESS. THE OTHER IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO ANY
PARTNERSHIP, COMMITTEE, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, LABOR ORGANIZATION OR
OTHER ORGANIZATION OR GROUP OF PERSONS SHALL BE ITS FULL NAME AND
ADDRESS. 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 said
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 said statements, provided however,
that such expenditures, receipts and contributions shall be subject to
the other provisions of section 14-118 of this article.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.