Assembly Bill A1822

                            
 
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                                   1822
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
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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 campaign contributions
   by intermediaries
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18. "INTERMEDIARY"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,
 POLITICAL  COMMITTEE,  LABOR  ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER ENTITY WHICH, OTHER
 THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AS A POSTAL, DELIVERY, OR MESSEN-
 GER SERVICE, DELIVERS ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY  TO
 A CANDIDATE OR AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE.
   "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  SPOUSES,  PARENTS,  CHILDREN,  OR
 SIBLINGS OF THE PERSON MAKING SUCH CONTRIBUTION.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law,  as  amended
 by  chapter  8  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 of the transferor, contributor, INTERMEDIARY, or person
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 from whom received, and if the transferor, contributor, INTERMEDIARY, 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. AN INTERMEDIARY NEED NOT BE REPORTED FOR  A
 CONTRIBUTION  THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM A CONTRIBUTOR IN CONNECTION WITH A
 PARTY OR OTHER CANDIDATE-RELATED EVENT HELD  AT  THE  RESIDENCE  OF  THE
 PERSON DELIVERING THE CONTRIBUTION, UNLESS THE EXPENSES OF SUCH EVENT AT
 SUCH  RESIDENCE  FOR  SUCH  CANDIDATE EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR THE
 AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM THAT  CONTRIBUTOR  AT  SUCH  EVENT
 EXCEED  FIVE  HUNDRED DOLLARS. 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 sepa-
 rate  items in said statements, and receipts and contributions aggregat-
 ing 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 arti-
 cle.
   § 3.   This act shall take effect  January  12,  2020,  provided  that
 section  one  of this act shall apply to any contribution received on or
 after such effective date;  and  provided  further,  that  contributions
 legally received prior to the effective date of this act may be retained
 and  expended  for lawful purposes and shall not provide the basis for a
 violation of article 14 of the election law, as amended by this act; and
 provided,  further,  that  effective  immediately  the  state  board  of
 elections  is  authorized and directed to promulgate any rules necessary
 to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date and  shall
 notify  all  candidates  and  political  committees  of  the  applicable
 provisions of this act on or before such effective date.