Bill Text: NY A08189 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits recurring campaign donations without affirmative consent; provides that a candidate accepting a recurring contribution shall provide a receipt to the contributor disclosing the terms of the recurring contribution, provide all necessary information to cancel the recurring donation, and immediately cancel the recurring donation upon request.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to election law [A08189 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08189-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8189

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 25, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law

        AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting recurring
          campaign donations without affirmative consent

          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. Recurring contributions. 1. A candidate, committee, not-for-
     4  profit entity or for-profit entity shall not solicit or accept a  recur-
     5  ring  contribution  from  a person unless the candidate, committee, not-
     6  for-profit entity or for-profit entity receives the affirmative  consent
     7  of  the  person  to  make  a  recurring  contribution at the time of the
     8  initial contribution.  Passive action by the contributor, such as  fail-
     9  ing  to  uncheck a pre-checked box authorizing a recurring contribution,
    10  shall not  meet  the  requirement  of  affirmative  consent  under  this
    11  section.
    12    2.  A candidate, committee, not-for-profit entity or for-profit entity
    13  that accepts a recurring contribution described in subdivision one shall
    14  do all of the following:
    15    a. provide a receipt to the contributor that clearly and conspicuously
    16  discloses all terms of the recurring contribution within three  days  of
    17  receipt of the initial contribution or each recurring contribution;
    18    b.  provide all necessary information to cancel the recurring contrib-
    19  ution in each communication  with  the  contributor  that  concerns  the
    20  contribution; and
    21    c.  immediately  cancel  a  recurring contribution upon request of the
    22  contributor.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11900-03-1