Bill Text: NY A08493 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits any person acting on behalf of any campaign for election to any position to give, offer or promise to give anything of value to any person within 24 hours prior to the opening of the polls for the election to such position; a violation of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor; such provisions shall not apply to campaign literature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to election law [A08493 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A08493-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8493
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 21, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. P. RIVERA, J. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  the  furnishing  of
         gratuities immediately prior to an election
         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  17-138
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  17-138.  FURNISHING  GRATUITIES PRIOR TO AN ELECTION. 1. NO PERSON,
    4  CANDIDATE, POLITICAL PARTY OR COMMITTEE ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY CAMPAIGN
    5  FOR ELECTION TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION SHALL, WITHIN  TWEN-
    6  TY-FOUR HOURS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE POLLS FOR THE ELECTION TO SUCH
    7  PUBLIC  OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION, GIVE, OFFER TO GIVE OR PROMISE TO GIVE
    8  ANY THING OF VALUE TO ANOTHER PERSON.
    9    2. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT  APPLY
   10  TO  THE DISTRIBUTION OF PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, FLYERS, BROCHURES, LETTER-
   11  HEADS OR OTHER PRINTED MATERIAL ON BEHALF OF ANY CANDIDATE.
   12    3. ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
   13  SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   14    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   15  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11744-01-9