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                                   5447
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORINELLO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  the  legislative  law,  the
   election law and the executive law, in relation to ethics reform
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 74 of the public officers law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  14  of  the  laws  of  2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. Violations. In addition to  any  penalty  contained  in  any  other
 provision of law any such officer, member or employee who shall knowing-
 ly  and  intentionally violate any of the provisions of this section may
 be fined, suspended or removed from office or employment in  the  manner
 provided  by  law.  Any  such individual who knowingly and intentionally
 violates the provisions of paragraph b, c, d or i of  subdivision  three
 of  this section shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to
 exceed [ten] FORTY thousand dollars and the value of any  gift,  compen-
 sation or benefit received as a result of such violation. Any such indi-
 vidual  who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions of para-
 graph a, e or g of subdivision three of this section shall be subject to
 a civil penalty in an amount not  to  exceed  the  value  of  any  gift,
 compensation or benefit received as a result of such violation.
   §  2.  The  legislative  law is amended by adding a new section 5-c to
 read as follows:
   § 5-C. TERM LIMITS. NO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE  MAY  BE  ELECTED  TO
 SERVE  MORE  THAN FOUR CONSECUTIVE TWO-YEAR TERMS AS TEMPORARY PRESIDENT
 OF THE SENATE, MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,
 MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY OR CHAIRPERSON OF ANY SENATE OR ASSEMBLY
 COMMITTEE.
   §  3.  The  election  law is amended by adding a new section 14-115 to
 read as follows:
   § 14-115. RESTRICTIONS  ON  CAMPAIGN  CONTRIBUTIONS  FOR  INDIVIDUALS,
 BUSINESSES OR CORPORATIONS THAT WERE AWARDED CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE OR
 ANY  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION.  1. INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES OR CORPORATIONS
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 THAT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THIS STATE OR ANY MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION
 SHALL  BE  PROHIBITED FROM MAKING ANY CONTRIBUTION TO ANY STATE OFFICIAL
 ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE OR THEIR FAMILY, ANY  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE,  OR
 ANY INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION 14-100 OF
 THIS  ARTICLE  WITHIN  ONE  YEAR  OF  THE  CONTRACT BEING AWARDED TO THE
 PERSON, BUSINESS OR CORPORATION.
   2. INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES OR CORPORATIONS THAT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO A
 DULY ISSUED REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WITH THE STATE OR ANY  MUNICIPALITY  IN
 REGARD  TO  A  CONTRACT  SHALL  DISCLOSE  IN  THE  PROPOSAL ANY CAMPAIGN
 CONTRIBUTIONS MADE IN THE PREVIOUS THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DAYS TO  ANY
 STATE  OFFICIAL  ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE OR THEIR FAMILY, ANY POLITICAL
 COMMITTEE OR ANY INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AND IF THE INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS
 OR CORPORATION IS AWARDED THE CONTRACT, ANY STATE  OFFICIAL  ELECTED  TO
 PUBLIC  OFFICE OR THEIR FAMILY, ANY POLITICAL COMMITTEE OR ANY INDEPEND-
 ENT EXPENDITURE THAT RECEIVED ANY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SAID INDI-
 VIDUAL, BUSINESS OR CORPORATION WITHIN THE LAST THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE
 DAYS SHALL REFUND SUCH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RESPECTIVE INDIVID-
 UAL, BUSINESS OR CORPORATION IN FULL.
   § 4.  Subdivision 1 of section 14-114 of the election law, as  amended
 by chapter 105 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The following limitations apply to all contributions to candidates
 for election to any public office or for nomination for any such office,
 or for election to any party positions,  and  to  all  contributions  to
 political  committees  working directly or indirectly with any candidate
 to aid or participate in such candidate's nomination or election,  other
 than any contributions to any party committee or constituted committee:
   a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the  entire  state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor
 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee, partic-
 ipating in the state's public  campaign  financing  system  pursuant  to
 title  two  of this article and no such candidate or political committee
 may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in the aggre-
 gate amount greater than [eighteen] TEN thousand dollars divided equally
 among the primary and general election in an election  cycle[;  provided
 however,  that  the  maximum  amount  which  may  be  so  contributed or
 accepted, in the aggregate, from any candidate's child,  parent,  grand-
 parent,  brother  and  sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall
 not exceed in the case of any nomination  to  public  office  an  amount
 equivalent to the product of the number of enrolled voters in the candi-
 date's  party  in the state, excluding voters in inactive status, multi-
 plied by $.025, and in the case of any election for a public office,  an
 amount  equivalent  to the product of the number of registered voters in
 the state excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025].
   b. In any [nomination or election of a candidate] OTHER  ELECTION  FOR
 PARTY  POSITION OR FOR ELECTION TO A PUBLIC OFFICE OR FOR NOMINATION FOR
 ANY SUCH OFFICE, NO CONTRIBUTOR MAY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO ANY CANDIDATE
 OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE participating  in  the  state's  public  campaign
 financing  system  pursuant  to title two of this article[,] AND no such
 candidate or political committee may accept any  contribution  from  any
 contributor,  which  is  in the aggregate amount greater than[: (i)] TEN
 THOUSAND DOLLARS; HOWEVER IN THE CASE OF A NOMINATION WITHIN THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, PUBLIC ADVOCATE OR  COMPTROLLER,  SUCH
 AMOUNT  SHALL  BE NOT LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR MORE  THAN TEN
 THOUSAND DOLLARS AS INCREASED OR DECREASED BY THE COST OF LIVING ADJUST-
 MENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH C OF THIS SUBDIVISION; IN  THE  CASE  OF  AN
 ELECTION  WITHIN  THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, PUBLIC
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 ADVOCATE  OR COMPTROLLER, TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AS INCREASED OR DECREASED
 BY THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH C OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION; in the case of a nomination or election for state  senator,  ten
 thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general election
 in an election cycle; [and (ii)] in the case of a nomination or election
 for  member of the assembly, six thousand dollars, divided equally among
 the primary and general election in an election cycle[; provided  howev-
 er,  that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in
 the aggregate, from such candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother
 and sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in  the
 case  of  any  nomination for state senator or member of the assembly an
 amount equivalent to the number of enrolled voters  in  the  candidate's
 party  in  the  district  in  which  he or she is a candidate, excluding
 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25 and in  the  case  of  any
 election  for  state senator or member of the assembly, an amount equiv-
 alent to the number of registered  voters  in  the  district,  excluding
 voters  in  inactive status, multiplied by $.25] OR TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY
 DOLLARS; provided, however, in the case of a nomination or election of a
 state senator, [twenty] TEN thousand dollars, [whichever is greater,] or
 in the case of a nomination or election of  a  member  of  the  assembly
 [twelve]  TEN  thousand  [five hundred] dollars[, whichever is greater,]
 but in no event shall any such maximum exceed [one hundred] TEN thousand
 dollars.
   c. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the entire state, or for nomination to any such office,  no  contributor
 may  make  a  contribution  to  any  candidate or political committee in
 connection with a candidate who is  not  a  participating  candidate  as
 defined in subdivision fourteen of section 14-200-a of this article, and
 no  such  candidate  or  political committee may accept any contribution
 from any contributor, which is in  the  aggregate  amount  greater  than
 [eighteen]  TEN  thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and
 general election in an election cycle[; provided however, that the maxi-
 mum amount which may be so contributed or accepted,  in  the  aggregate,
 from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and
 the  spouse  of  any  such  persons, shall not exceed in the case of any
 nomination to public office an amount equivalent to the product  of  the
 number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, exclud-
 ing  voters  in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the case of
 any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the product of
 the number of registered voters in the state, excluding voters in  inac-
 tive status, multiplied by $.025].
   d.  In  any nomination or election of a candidate who is not a partic-
 ipating candidate for  state  senator,  ten  thousand  dollars,  divided
 equally  among the primary and general election in an election cycle; in
 the case of a nomination or election for member  of  the  assembly,  six
 thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general election
 in an election cycle.
   e.  [In  any  other  election  for party position or for election to a
 public office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor  may
 make  a  contribution  to  any  candidate  or political committee and no
 candidate or political committee may accept any  contribution  from  any
 contributor,  which  is in the aggregate amount greater than: (i) in the
 case of any election for party position, or  for  nomination  to  public
 office, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the candi-
 date's  party in the district in which he or she is a candidate, exclud-
 ing voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and (ii) in the  case
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 of  any election for a public office, the product of the total number of
 registered voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive  status,
 multiplied  by $.05, however in the case of a nomination within the city
 of  New  York  for  the office of mayor, public advocate or comptroller,
 such amount shall be not less than four thousand dollars nor  more  than
 twelve  thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living
 adjustment described in paragraph f of this subdivision; in the case  of
 an  election within the city of New York for the office of mayor, public
 advocate or comptroller, twenty-five thousand dollars  as  increased  or
 decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph f of
 this subdivision but in no event shall any  such  maximum  exceed  fifty
 thousand dollars or be less than one thousand dollars; provided however,
 that  the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the
 aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother  and
 sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case
 of  any  election  for party position or nomination for public office an
 amount equivalent to the number of enrolled voters  in  the  candidate's
 party  in  the  district  in  which  he or she is a candidate, excluding
 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25 and in  the  case  of  any
 election  to public office, an amount equivalent to the number of regis-
 tered voters in the  district,  excluding  voters  in  inactive  status,
 multiplied by $.25; or twelve hundred fifty dollars, whichever is great-
 er,  but  in no event shall any such maximum exceed one hundred thousand
 dollars.
   f.] (1) At the beginning of each fourth calendar year,  commencing  in
 [nineteen  hundred ninety-five] TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, the state board
 shall determine the percentage of the difference between the most recent
 available monthly consumer price index for all urban consumers published
 by the United States bureau of labor statistics and such consumer  price
 index  published for the same month four years previously. The amount of
 each contribution limit fixed in this subdivision shall be  adjusted  by
 the  amount  of  such  percentage  difference to the closest one hundred
 dollars by the state board which, not later than the first day of Febru-
 ary in each such year, shall issue a regulation publishing the amount of
 each such contribution limit. Each contribution  limit  as  so  adjusted
 shall  be  the contribution limit in effect for any election held before
 the next such adjustment.
   (2) Provided, however, that  such  adjustments  shall  not  occur  for
 candidates seeking statewide office, or the position of state senator or
 member  of the assembly, whether such candidate does or does not partic-
 ipate in the public finance program established pursuant to title two of
 this article.
   [g.] F. Notwithstanding any other contribution limit in this  section,
 participating  candidates  as defined in subdivision fourteen of section
 14-200-a of this article may contribute, out of their own  money,  three
 times  the applicable contribution limit to their own authorized commit-
 tee.
   § 5. Subdivision 8 of section 14-114 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:
   8.  A.  Except  as may otherwise be provided [for] BY a candidate [and
 his family] FOR THEIR OWN CAMPAIGN, no NATURAL  person  may  contribute,
 loan  or guarantee in excess of [one hundred fifty] TEN thousand dollars
 within the state OF NEW YORK IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR in connection with the
 nomination or election of [persons to] CANDIDATES  FOR  state  [and]  OR
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 local  public  offices [and] OR party positions [within the state of New
 York in any one calendar year].
   B.  For  the  purposes of this subdivision "loan" or "guarantee" shall
 mean a loan or guarantee which is not repaid or discharged in the calen-
 dar year in which it is made.
   § 6. Subdivision 10 of section 14-114 of the election law, as added by
 chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   10. a. No contributor may make a contribution to a  party  or  consti-
 tuted committee and no such committee may accept a contribution from any
 contributor  which,  in  the  aggregate, is greater than [sixty-two] TEN
 thousand [five hundred] dollars per annum.
   b. At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in [nine-
 teen hundred ninety-five] TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  the  state  board
 shall determine the percentage of the difference between the most recent
 available monthly consumer price index for all urban consumers published
 by  the United States bureau of labor statistics and such consumer price
 index published for the same month four years previously. The amount  of
 such  contribution  limit fixed in paragraph a of this subdivision shall
 be adjusted by the amount of such percentage difference to  the  closest
 one  hundred  dollars by the state board which, not later than the first
 day of February in each such year, shall issue a  regulation  publishing
 the  amount  of  such  contribution limit. Such contribution limit as so
 adjusted shall be the contribution limit in effect for any election held
 before the next such adjustment.
   § 7. The legislative law is amended by adding a new  section  33-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  33-A.  DIRECTING OF STATE FUNDS. NO MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL
 DIRECT ANY STATE FUNDS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS OR  CORPORATION  THAT
 HAS,  AT  ANY  TIME  DURING THE MEMBER'S CANDIDACY FOR OFFICE OR ELECTED
 TERM, MADE ANY CONTRIBUTION TO ANY MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE,  STATEWIDE
 ELECTED OFFICIAL, POLITICAL COMMITTEE OR INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMIT-
 TEE AS DEFINED BY SECTION 14-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   §  8. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 204 to read
 as follows:
   § 204. STATEWIDE DATABASE OF ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED BY  THE  STATE.  1.
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  SINGLE STATEWIDE DATABASE OF ALL
 CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE STATE OR ENTITY THEREOF AND SHALL INCLUDE THER-
 EIN INFORMATION OF ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE STATE OR ENTITY  THEREOF
 AND  SHALL  INCLUDE THEREIN INFORMATION RELATED TO ALL BIDS SUBMITTED IN
 RESPONSE TO ANY SOLICITATIONS FOR SUCH AWARDS.
   2. EVERY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, COMMISSION, AGENCY, AUTHORITY, BOARD OR
 ANY OTHER ENTITY OF THE STATE SHALL SUBMIT  ALL  AWARDED  CONTRACTS  AND
 BIDS  RELATED TO SUCH CONTRACTS TO THE COMMISSIONER ON A SCHEDULE AND IN
 A FORMAT DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   3. SUCH DATABASE SHALL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE  FOR  PUBLIC  REVIEW  IN  A
 SEARCHABLE, DOWNLOADABLE FORMAT. SUCH DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) DESCRIPTIONS OF REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND CONTRACTS;
   (B) ALL BIDS FOR STATE CONTRACTS; AND
   (C) CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ALL PARTIES TO THE CONTRACT.
   4.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
 SARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH  DATABASE  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SECTION  AND ENSURE THE PRIVACY OF ANY CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY
 INFORMATION THAT MAY BE CONTAINED WITHIN A BID OR CONTRACT.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately.