Senate Bill S2546

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the filing of additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements

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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-S2546 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-102, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6409
2013-2014: S941
2015-2016: S1360
2017-2018: S1218
2019-2020: S492
2023-2024: S2362

2021-S2546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the filing of additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements for the receipt of amounts over one hundred dollars, including the occupation, employer and employer's address in the case of an individual, and the full name and address of any partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization or group of persons.

2021-S2546 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2546
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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  requiring  additional
   transferor  and  contributor  identification  information  in campaign
   receipt and expenditure statements

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 14-102 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 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 AND OTHER IDENTIFICATION of the transferor, contrib-
 utor or person from whom received, and if the transferor, contributor or
 person is a political committee; the name  of  and  the  political  unit
 represented by the committee, the date of its receipt, the dollar amount
 of  every expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom it was
 made or the name of and the political unit represented by the  committee
 to  which  it was made and the date thereof, and shall state clearly the
 purpose of such expenditure.  THE REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE OTHER IDENTIFI-
 CATION SHALL APPLY ONLY WITH RESPECT TO A TRANSFER OR CONTRIBUTION  FROM
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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