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Senate Bill S4347

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Restricts certain corporations from participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office

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2019-S4347 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A623
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1116, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S8366, A10354

2019-S4347 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts certain corporations from participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.

2019-S4347 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4347 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4347
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER,  RANZENHOFER,  MYRIE  --  read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Budget and Revenue
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the tax law, in relation to limitations on political
   activity
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section 1116 of the tax
 law, as amended by chapter 270 of the laws of 2001, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (4)  Any  corporation,  association,  trust, or community chest, fund,
 foundation, or limited liability company, organized and operated  exclu-
 sively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety,
 literary or educational purposes, or to foster national or international
 amateur  sports  competition  (but  only  if  no  part of its activities
 involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment), or  for  the
 prevention  of  cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net earn-
 ings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or  indi-
 vidual,  no  substantial  part of the activities of which is carrying on
 propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, (except as
 otherwise provided in subsection (h) of section five hundred one of  the
 United  States  internal revenue code of nineteen hundred fifty-four, as
 amended), and which does not participate in, or intervene in  (including
 the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on
 behalf  of  OR  IN  OPPOSITION  TO  any candidate for public office. THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH REGARDING POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY SHALL
 BE INTERPRETED IN THE SAME MANNER AS SECTION  501(C)(3)  OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES  INTERNAL  REVENUE  CODE HAS BEEN INTERPRETED AS OF THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN  THAT  AMENDED
 THIS PARAGRAPH;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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