Senate Bill S1149

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the conversion of campaign funds for personal use

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Current 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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2023-S1149 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8006
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§14-130 & 14-132, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5127
2015-2016: S2214
2017-2018: S4231
2019-2020: S2513
2021-2022: S4458, A8329

2023-S1149 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to campaign funds for personal use.

2023-S1149 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1149 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1149
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, ADDABBO, GOUNARDES, LIU, MAY -- 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  campaign  funds  for
   personal use
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14-130 of the election law, as amended by section 9
 of part CC of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, paragraphs (ix) and (x) of
 subdivision 3 as amended and paragraph (xi) of subdivision 3 as added by
 chapter 136 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 14-130. Campaign funds for personal use. 1.  Contributions  received
 by  a  candidate  or a political committee may ONLY be expended for [any
 lawful purpose. Such funds shall not be converted by  any  person  to  a
 personal  use  which is unrelated to a political campaign or the holding
 of a public office or  party  position.]  BONA  FIDE  PURPOSES  DIRECTLY
 RELATED TO EITHER:
   [2. No contribution shall be used to pay interest or any other finance
 charges  upon  monies  loaned  to  the campaign by such candidate or the
 spouse of such candidate.
   3. For the purposes of this section, contributions "converted  by  any
 person  to a personal use" are expenditures that are exclusively for the
 personal benefit of the  candidate  or  any  other  individual,  not  in
 connection  with  a political campaign or the holding of a public office
 or party position. "Converted by any person to  a  personal  use",  when
 meeting  the  definition  in this subdivision, shall include, but not be
 limited to, expenses for the following:
   (i) any residential or  household  items,  supplies  or  expenditures,
 including  mortgage,  rent  or  utility  payments  for  any  part of any
 personal residence of a candidate or officeholder or  a  member  of  the
 candidate's  or  officeholder's family that are not incurred as a result

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03670-01-3
              

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