Bill Text: NY A02556 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to contribution and receipt limitations applicable to candidates for election to any public office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-09 - substituted by s615 [A02556 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A02556-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2556 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to contribution and receipt limitations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14-114 of the election law, as 2 amended by section 3 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. The following limitations apply to all contributions to candidates 5 for election to any public office or for nomination for any such office, 6 or for election to any party positions, and to all contributions to 7 political committees working directly or indirectly with any candidate 8 to aid or participate in such candidate's nomination or election, other 9 than any contributions to any party committee or constituted committee: 10 a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of 11 the entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor 12 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee, partic- 13 ipating in the state's public campaign financing system pursuant to 14 title two of this article and no such candidate or political committee 15 may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in the aggre- 16 gate amount greater than eighteen thousand dollars divided equally among 17 the primary and general election in an election cycle; provided however, 18 that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the 19 aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and 20 sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case 21 of any nomination to public office an amount equivalent to the product 22 of the number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, 23 excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the 24 case of any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03617-01-3A. 2556 2 1 product of the number of registered voters in the state excluding voters 2 in inactive status, multiplied by $.025. 3 b. In any [other election for party position or for election to a4public office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor may5make a contribution to any candidate or political committee] nomination 6 or election of a candidate participating in the state's public campaign 7 financing system pursuant to title two of this article [and], no such 8 candidate or political committee may accept any contribution from any 9 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than [election for10party position, or for nomination to public office, the product of the11total number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district12in which he is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multi-13plied by $.05, and (ii) in the case of any election for a public office,14the product of the total number of registered voters in the district,15excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, however in the16case of a nomination within the city of New York for the office of17mayor, public advocate or comptroller, such amount shall be not less18than four thousand dollars nor more than twelve thousand dollars as19increased or decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in20paragraph c of this subdivision; in the case of an election within the21city of New York for the office of mayor, public advocate or comp-22troller, twenty-five thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the23cost of living adjustment described in paragraph c of this24subdivision;]: (i) in the case of a nomination or election for state 25 senator, ten thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and 26 general election in an election cycle; and (ii) in the case of [an] a 27 nomination or election [or nomination] for [a] member of the assembly, 28 six thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general 29 election in an election cycle; provided however, that the maximum amount 30 which may be so contributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from [any] 31 such candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the 32 spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any 33 [election for party position or] nomination for [public office] state 34 senator or member of the assembly an amount equivalent to the number of 35 enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district in which he or 36 she is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by 37 $.25 and in the case of any election [to public office] for state 38 senator or member of the assembly, an amount equivalent to the number of 39 registered voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status, 40 multiplied by $.25; [or twelve hundred fifty dollars, whichever is41greater, or] provided, however, in the case of a nomination or election 42 of a state senator, twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or in 43 the case of a nomination or election of a member of the assembly twelve 44 thousand five hundred dollars, whichever is greater, but in no event 45 shall any such maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars. 46 c. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of 47 the entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor 48 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee in 49 connection with a candidate who is not a participating candidate as 50 defined in subdivision fourteen of section 14-200-a of this article, and 51 no such candidate or political committee may accept any contribution 52 from any contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than 53 eighteen thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general 54 election in an election cycle; provided however, that the maximum amount 55 which may be so contributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from any 56 candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and theA. 2556 3 1 spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any nomi- 2 nation to public office an amount equivalent to the product of the 3 number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, exclud- 4 ing voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the case of 5 any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the product of 6 the number of registered voters in the state, excluding voters in inac- 7 tive status, multiplied by $.025. 8 d. In any nomination or election of a candidate who is not a partic- 9 ipating candidate for state senator, ten thousand dollars, divided 10 equally among the primary and general election in an election cycle; in 11 the case of [an election or] a nomination or election for [a] member of 12 the assembly, six thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary 13 and general election in an election cycle. 14 e. In any other election for party position or for election to a 15 public office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor may 16 make a contribution to any candidate or political committee and no 17 candidate or political committee may accept any contribution from any 18 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than: (i) in the 19 case of any election for party position, or for nomination to public 20 office, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the candi- 21 date's party in the district in which he or she is a candidate, exclud- 22 ing voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and (ii) in the case 23 of any election for a public office, the product of the total number of 24 registered voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status, 25 multiplied by $.05, however in the case of a nomination within the city 26 of New York for the office of mayor, public advocate or comptroller, 27 such amount shall be not less than four thousand dollars nor more than 28 twelve thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living 29 adjustment described in paragraph f of this subdivision; in the case of 30 an election within the city of New York for the office of mayor, public 31 advocate or comptroller, twenty-five thousand dollars as increased or 32 decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph f of 33 this subdivision but in no event shall any such maximum exceed fifty 34 thousand dollars or be less than one thousand dollars; provided however, 35 that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the 36 aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and 37 sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case 38 of any election for party position or nomination for public office an 39 amount equivalent to the number of enrolled voters in the candidate's 40 party in the district in which he or she is a candidate, excluding 41 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25 and in the case of any 42 election to public office, an amount equivalent to the number of regis- 43 tered voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status, 44 multiplied by $.25; or twelve hundred fifty dollars, whichever is great- 45 er, but in no event shall any such maximum exceed one hundred thousand 46 dollars. 47 f. (1) At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in 48 nineteen hundred ninety-five, the state board shall determine the 49 percentage of the difference between the most recent available monthly 50 consumer price index for all urban consumers published by the United 51 States bureau of labor statistics and such consumer price index 52 published for the same month four years previously. The amount of each 53 contribution limit fixed in this subdivision shall be adjusted by the 54 amount of such percentage difference to the closest one hundred dollars 55 by the state board which, not later than the first day of February in 56 each such year, shall issue a regulation publishing the amount of eachA. 2556 4 1 such contribution limit. Each contribution limit as so adjusted shall be 2 the contribution limit in effect for any election held before the next 3 such adjustment. 4 (2) Provided, however, that such adjustments shall not occur for 5 candidates seeking statewide office, or the position of state senator or 6 member of the assembly, whether such candidate does or does not partic- 7 ipate in the public finance program established pursuant to title two of 8 this article. 9 [f.] g. Notwithstanding any other contribution limit in this section, 10 participating candidates as defined in subdivision fourteen of section 11 14-200-a of this article may contribute, out of their own money, three 12 times the applicable contribution limit to their own authorized commit- 13 tee. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.