NY State Assembly Bill A776

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Jan 24, 2019	signed chap.4
Jan 14, 2019	delivered to governor returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.7 substituted for s1101 referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.5 rules report cal.5 reported reported referred to rules reported referred to codes
Jan 10, 2019	referred to election law

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A776 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S1101
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§14-116 & 14-120, El L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A9758, S7149

A776 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to political contributions by limited liability companies; requires limited liability companies that make expenditures for a political purpose to file with the state board of elections, the identity of all direct and indirect owners of the membership interests in the limited liability company and the proportion of each direct or indirect member's ownership interest in the limited liability company.

A776 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 1101                                                   A. 776

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 10, 2019
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BENJAMIN,
  BIAGGI,  BRESLIN,  BROOKS,  CARLUCCI,  COMRIE,   GAUGHRAN,   GIANARIS,
  GOUNARDES,  HARCKHAM,  HOYLMAN,  JACKSON,  KAMINSKY,  KAPLAN, KENNEDY,
  KRUEGER, LIU, MARTINEZ, MAY, MAYER, METZGER, MONTGOMERY, MYRIE,  PARK-
  ER,  PERSAUD,  RAMOS,  RIVERA,  SALAZAR,  SANDERS,  SAVINO, SEPULVEDA,
  SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS, THOMAS -- read twice  and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Elections

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, LAVINE, HEASTIE,  BUCHWALD,
  M. G. MILLER,  THIELE,  ORTIZ, NIOU, FAHY, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, SANTA-
  BARBARA, GLICK,  SEAWRIGHT,  MAGNARELLI,  D'URSO,  MONTESANO,  ARROYO,
  MOSLEY, CAHILL, ZEBROWSKI, ABINANTI, BARNWELL, BLAKE, CARROLL, BARRON,
  TAYLOR,  GALEF,  LUPARDO,  STECK,  L. ROSENTHAL, WALLACE, ROZIC, RYAN,
  JAFFEE, BURKE, CRUZ, EICHENSTEIN,  EPSTEIN,  FALL,  FRONTUS,  GRIFFIN,
  JACOBSON,  LIFTON,  McMAHON, OTIS, REYES, WEINSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A. COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to political contributions

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 14-116 of the election law, subdivision 1 as redes-
ignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978 and subdivision 2 as amended by
chapter 260 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
  § 14-116. Political contributions by certain  organizations.  1.    No
corporation  [or], LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, joint-stock association OR
OTHER CORPORATE ENTITY doing business in this  state,  except  a  corpo-
ration  or  association  organized  or maintained for political purposes
only, shall directly or indirectly pay or use or offer, consent or agree
to pay or use any money or property for  or  in  aid  of  any  political
party, committee or organization, or for, or in aid of, any corporation,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD01804-02-9

S. 1101                             2                             A. 776

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, joint-stock [or], other association, OR OTHER
CORPORATE ENTITY organized or maintained for political purposes, or for,
or  in  aid of, any candidate for political office or for nomination for
such  office,  or  for  any  political  purpose  whatever,  or  for  the
reimbursement or indemnification of any person for moneys or property so
used. Any officer, director, stock-holder, MEMBER,  OWNER,  attorney  or
agent  of  any  corporation [or], LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, joint-stock
association  OR  OTHER  CORPORATE  ENTITY  which  violates  any  of  the
provisions  of this section, who participates in, aids, abets or advises
or consents to any such violations, and any person who solicits or know-
ingly receives any money or property in violation of this section, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this  section,
any  corporation or an organization financially supported in whole or in
part, by such corporation, ANY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR OTHER CORPO-
RATE ENTITY may make expenditures, including contributions,  not  other-
wise  prohibited  by  law,  for  political purposes, in an amount not to
exceed five thousand dollars in the  aggregate  in  any  calendar  year;
provided  that  no  public  utility shall use revenues received from the
rendition of public service within the state for contributions for poli-
tical purposes unless such cost is charged to the shareholders of such a
public service corporation.
  3. EACH LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY  THAT  MAKES  AN  EXPENDITURE,  OR
CONTRIBUTION,  FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES SHALL FILE WITH THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS, BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE EXPENDITURE
IS MADE, ON THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS,  THE
IDENTITY  OF  ALL DIRECT AND INDIRECT OWNERS OF THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
IN THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND THE PROPORTION OF  EACH  DIRECT  OR
INDIRECT MEMBER'S OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
  §  2.  Section  14-120  of the election law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
TO A CAMPAIGN OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE  BY  A  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY
SHALL  BE  ATTRIBUTED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY IN
PROPORTION TO THE MEMBER'S OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE  LIMITED  LIABILITY
COMPANY.
  (B)  IF,  BY  APPLICATION  OF  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, A
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION IS ATTRIBUTED TO A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,  THE
CONTRIBUTIONS  SHALL BE FURTHER ATTRIBUTED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY IN PROPORTION TO THE MEMBER'S  OWNERSHIP  INTEREST  IN
THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
  (C)  THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ENACT REGULATIONS THAT PREVENT
THE AVOIDANCE OF THE RULES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B)  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION.
  § 3. This act shall take effect on the seventh day after it shall have
become a law.

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Charles Lavine

Carl Heastie

David Buchwald

Michael G. Miller

Fred Thiele

Felix Ortiz

Yuh-Line Niou

Patricia Fahy

Jeffrey Dinowitz

Richard Gottfried

Angelo Santabarbara

Deborah Glick

Rebecca Seawright

William Magnarelli

Anthony D'Urso

Michael Montesano

Carmen E. Arroyo

Walter T. Mosley

Kevin Cahill

Kenneth Zebrowski

Thomas Abinanti

Brian Barnwell

Michael Blake

Robert C. Carroll

Inez Barron

Al Taylor

Sandy Galef

Donna Lupardo

Phil Steck

Linda Rosenthal

Monica P. Wallace

Nily Rozic

Sean Ryan

Ellen C. Jaffee

Patrick Burke

Catalina Cruz

Simcha Eichenstein

Harvey Epstein

Charles Fall

Mathylde Frontus

Judy Griffin

Jonathan Jacobson

Barbara Lifton

Karen McMahon

Steven Otis

Karines Reyes

Helene Weinstein

Harry B. Bronson

Michael DenDekker

Jamie Romeo

David Gantt

Joseph Lentol

Carmen De La Rosa

Nathalia Fernandez

Daniel Rosenthal

Steve Stern

Philip Ramos

Aravella Simotas

Pamela J. Hunter

Clyde Vanel

Ron Kim

David Weprin

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Vivian Cook

Steven Englebright

Catherine Nolan

N. Nick Perry