Senate Bill S2111

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the content of statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to and by political committees

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • 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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2021-S2111 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-102, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5545
2011-2012: S1564
2013-2014: S2540
2015-2016: S2859
2017-2018: S3055
2019-2020: S3073
2023-2024: S1559

2021-S2111 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the content of statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to and by political committees; requires such statements to include the occupation of the contributor, and in certain cases such person's employer and business address.

2021-S2111 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2111 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2111
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 the content  of  state-
   ments  of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures
   to and by political committees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivisions  1 and 3 of section 14-102 of the election
 law, as amended by chapter 8 of the  laws  of  1978,  subdivision  1  as
 redesignated  by  chapter  9  of  the  laws of 1978 and subdivision 3 as
 renumbered by chapter 70 of the laws of 1983, are  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] ITEM
 OF VALUE or incurs any liability to pay money or  its  equivalent  shall
 file  statements  sworn,  or  subscribed  and bearing a form notice that
 false statements 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 AND OCCUPATION of the transferor,
 contributor  or  person  from  whom  received, OTHER THAN IN THE REGULAR
 COURSE OF A LENDER'S BUSINESS, AND FOR A NATURAL PERSON CONTRIBUTING TWO
 HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF SUCH PERSON'S EMPLOYER,
 AND THE BUSINESS ADDRESS OF EACH POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  OR  OTHER  ENTITY
 MAKING  SUCH CONTRIBUTION, OR ANY LOAN, GUARANTEE, OR OTHER SECURITY FOR
 SUCH A LOAN and if the transferor, contributor or person is a  political
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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