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Senate Bill S358
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 44th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S358 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §14-114, El L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S3900
2021-2022: S170
2019-S358 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S358 SPONSOR: TEDISCO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to establishing that no conduit or intermediary may contribute, loan or guarantee in excess of one thousand dollars in connection with the nomi- nation or election of any one candidate for state or local office within the state of New York in any election cycle PURPOSE: To limit the amount of campaign contributions that can be "bundled", a practice that side-steps New York State individual campaign Contribution limits for political campaigns by having one person act as an interme- diary gathering contributions from other persons and then delivering them all to a candidate so that the intermediary receives credit for obtaining the funds without violating the individual legal limit, to $100,000. In addition, this measure would require full reporting and disclosure of the practice of "bundling" campaign contributions. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
2019-S358 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 358 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to establishing that no conduit or intermediary may contribute, loan or guarantee in excess of one thousand dollars in connection with the nomination or election of any one candidate for state or local office within the state of New York in any election cycle THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 14-114 of the election law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 8. A. Except as may otherwise be provided for a candidate and his family, no person may contribute, loan or guarantee in excess of one hundred fifty thousand dollars within the state in connection with the nomination or election of persons to state and local public offices and party positions within the state of New York in any one calendar year. For the purposes of this subdivision "loan" or "guarantee" shall mean a loan or guarantee which is not repaid or discharged in the calendar year in which it is made. B. NO CONDUIT OR INTERMEDIARY MAY CONTRIBUTE, LOAN OR GUARANTEE IN EXCESS OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOMINATION OR ELECTION OF ANY ONE CANDIDATE FOR STATE OR LOCAL OFFICE WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ELECTION CYCLE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "CONDUIT OR INTERMEDIARY" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO RECEIVES AND FORWARDS AN EARMARKED CONTRIBUTION TO A CANDIDATE OR A CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE CONDUITS OR INTERMEDIARIES: (I) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE OR A FULL-TIME VOLUNTEER WORKING FOR THE CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE, PROVIDED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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