Bill Text: NY A06894 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Restricts contributions by candidates' political committees to committees of other candidates to $1000.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to election law [A06894 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A06894-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6894 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 13, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, ENGLEBRIGHT, PAULIN, THIELE, WOERNER, J. M. GIGLIO, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law 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. LBD10695-01-1
