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Assembly Bill A10242

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to campaign contributions to candidates for state senate and assembly by certain members of the legislative ethics commission

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2019-A10242 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5148
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §80, Leg L; amd §§14-114 & 14-126, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A4184, S816

2019-A10242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits campaign contributions to candidates for state senate and assembly by certain members of the legislative ethics commission; provides an exemption that permits present members of the legislature to make campaign contributions; imposes penalties.

2019-A10242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10242
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the election law, in relation to
   prohibiting campaign contributions to candidates for state senate  and
   assembly by certain members of the legislative ethics commission
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 80 of the legislative law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A.  NO  MEMBER  OF  THE  COMMISSION SHALL MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO ANY
 CANDIDATE FOR STATE SENATE OR  ASSEMBLY;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMIS-
 SION WHO ARE PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 14-114 of the election law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
   D.  IN  ANY  ELECTION  FOR  STATE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY, NO MEMBER OF THE
 LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY OF THE LEGIS-
 LATIVE LAW, SHALL MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO A CANDIDATE  AND  NO  CANDIDATE
 SHALL  ACCEPT  A  CONTRIBUTION  FROM A MEMBER OF SUCH LEGISLATIVE ETHICS
 COMMISSION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH
 SHALL  NOT APPLY TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO ARE PRESENT MEMBERS OF
 THE LEGISLATURE.
   § 3. Section 14-126 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  (A)  ANY  MEMBER  OF THE LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION, WHO, UNDER
 CIRCUMSTANCES EVINCING AN INTENT TO VIOLATE SUCH LAW, MAKES  A  CONTRIB-
 UTION  IN  CONTRAVENTION  OF  PARAGRAPH  D OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
 14-114 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
 THE GREATER OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR AN AMOUNT EQUAL  TO  TWO  HUNDRED
 PERCENT  OF  THE CONTRIBUTION, TO BE RECOVERABLE IN A SPECIAL PROCEEDING
 OR CIVIL ACTION TO BE BROUGHT BY THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  CHIEF
 ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL.
   (B)  ANY PERSON WHO, ACTING AS OR ON BEHALF OF AN OFFICEHOLDER, CANDI-
 DATE, OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE, ACCEPTS A CONTRIBUTION IN CONTRAVENTION OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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