S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5880 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements; to amend the election law, in relation to the manner of filing of campaign financial disclosure statements; and to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting candidates for election to a public office from accepting contrib- utions from charitable organizations 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 14-102 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by chapter 3 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 4 1. The treasurer of every political committee which, or any officer, 5 member or agent of any such committee who, in connection with any 6 election, receives or expends any money or other valuable thing or 7 incurs any liability to pay money or its equivalent shall file state- 8 ments sworn, or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false state- 9 ments made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor pursuant to 10 section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article 11 setting forth all the receipts, contributions to and the expenditures by 12 and liabilities of the committee, and of its officers, members and 13 agents in its behalf. Such statements shall include the dollar amount of 14 any receipt, contribution or transfer, or the fair market value of any 15 receipt, contribution or transfer, which is other than of money, the 16 name [and], address AND OTHER IDENTIFICATION of the transferor, contrib- 17 utor or person from whom received, and if the transferor, contributor or 18 person is a political committee; the name of and the political unit 19 represented by the committee, the date of its receipt, the dollar amount 20 of every expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom it was EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04538-01-5 A. 5880 2 1 made or the name of and the political unit represented by the committee 2 to which it was made and the date thereof, and shall state clearly the 3 purpose of such expenditure. THE REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE OTHER IDENTIFI- 4 CATION SHALL APPLY ONLY WITH RESPECT TO A TRANSFER OR CONTRIBUTION FROM 5 ANY ONE TRANSFEROR OR CONTRIBUTOR WHICH EITHER RESULTS IN THE AGGREGATE 6 TRANSFERS OR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THAT ONE TRANSFEROR OR CONTRIBUTOR 7 EXCEEDING THE SUM OF NINETY-NINE DOLLARS OR IS A TRANSFER OR CONTRIB- 8 UTION WHICH OCCURS AFTER SUCH NINETY-NINE DOLLAR THRESHOLD IS REACHED. 9 THE OTHER IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO AN INDIVIDUAL TRANSFE- 10 ROR OR CONTRIBUTOR SHALL BE HIS OR HER OCCUPATION, EMPLOYER AND EMPLOY- 11 ER'S ADDRESS. THE OTHER IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO ANY 12 PARTNERSHIP, COMMITTEE, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, LABOR ORGANIZATION OR 13 OTHER ORGANIZATION OR GROUP OF PERSONS SHALL BE ITS FULL NAME AND 14 ADDRESS. Any statement reporting a loan shall have attached to it a copy 15 of the evidence of indebtedness. Expenditures in sums under fifty 16 dollars need not be specifically accounted for by separate items in said 17 statements, and receipts and contributions aggregating not more than 18 ninety-nine dollars, from any one contributor need not be specifically 19 accounted for by separate items in said statements, provided however, 20 that such expenditures, receipts and contributions shall be subject to 21 the other provisions of section 14-118 of this article. 22 S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 14-108 of the election law, as amended 23 by chapter 109 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 24 2. Each statement shall cover the period up to and including the 25 fourth day next preceding the day specified for the filing thereof; 26 provided, however, that any contribution or loan in excess of one thou- 27 sand dollars OR ANY LIABILITY INCURRED IN EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND 28 DOLLARS, if received OR INCURRED after the close of the period to be 29 covered in the last statement filed before any primary, general or 30 special election but before such election, shall be reported, in the 31 same manner as other contributions OR LIABILITIES, within twenty-four 32 hours after receipt OR INCURRENCE. 33 S 3. Subdivision 6 of section 14-108 of the election law, as amended 34 by chapter 323 of the laws of 1977 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of 35 the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 36 6. A statement shall be deemed properly filed when deposited in an 37 established post-office within the prescribed time, duly stamped, certi- 38 fied and directed to the officer with whom or to the board with which 39 the statement is required to be filed, but in the event it is not 40 received, a duplicate of such statement shall be promptly filed upon 41 notice by such officer or such board of its non-receipt. ALL STATEMENTS 42 REQUIRED TO BE FILED IN THE FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE ANY ELECTION SHALL BE 43 FILED IN PERSON OR SENT BY EXPRESS OR ELECTRONIC MAIL. 44 S 4. Section 3-102 of the election law is amended by adding a new 45 subdivision 9-B to read as follows: 46 9-B. CAUSE ALL CONTRIBUTION FORMS TO CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE: 47 "CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CHARITIES OR 501 (C) CORPORATIONS ARE EXPRESSLY 48 FORBIDDEN." 49 S 5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 50 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.