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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.
                                                           LBD05809-01-5
              

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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.