Assembly Bill A1822

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to campaign contributions by intermediaries

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A1822 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S488
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§14-100 & 14-102, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7186
2015-2016: A7333, S846
2017-2018: A5956, S1085

2019-A1822 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to campaign contributions by intermediaries.

2019-A1822 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1822
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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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