Bill Text: NY A03687 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Restricts contributions by candidates' political committees to committees of other candidates to $1000.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-10 - print number 3687a [A03687 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A03687-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3687--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, ENGLEBRIGHT, PAULIN, THIELE, McDONALD, WOERNER, GIGLIO, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in accordance with Assem- bly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to campaign contribution restrictions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 14-115 2 to read as follows: 3 § 14-115. Campaign contribution restrictions. 1. No political commit- 4 tee authorized by a candidate, or any officer, member or agent of such a 5 committee, may contribute more than one thousand dollars per annum from 6 funds owned or controlled by such committee to any other candidate or 7 political committee authorized by another candidate, nor shall a candi- 8 date or political committee authorized by a candidate, or any officer, 9 member or agent of such a candidate or committee, accept such a contrib- 10 ution. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply to contrib- 11 utions made pursuant to section 14-132 of this article. 12 2. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine up 13 to one thousand dollars. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 15 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07699-02-7
