Bill Text: NY S00787 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires elected officials to post certain information regarding contributions on his or her website; failure to comply with this provision of this section shall constitute a class E felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00787 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00787-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        787--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  officers  law, in relation to requiring
         elected officials to post certain information regarding  contributions
         on his or her websites
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new  section
    2  61-a to read as follows:
    3    S  61-A.  CONTRIBUTIONS POSTED ON CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS' WEBSITES.
    4  1.  THE GOVERNOR, THE COMPTROLLER, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND  ANY  MEMBER
    5  OF THE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY SHALL:
    6    A.    POST ON THE HOMEPAGE OF HIS OR HER WEBSITES A DIRECT LINK TO THE
    7  BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE TO SUCH ELECTED OFFICIAL'S CAMPAIGN  CONTRIB-
    8  UTIONS.
    9    B.  POST ON THE HOMEPAGE OF HIS OR HER WEBSITES ALL CONTRIBUTIONS OVER
   10  TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIPT;  INCLUDING  THE
   11  EXACT AMOUNT OF EACH CONTRIBUTION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE DONOR.
   12    2.  SUCH  ELECTED  OFFICIAL SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THE
   13  INFORMATION AS REQUIRED IN PARAGRAPHS A AND B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
   14  SECTION IS POSTED, EITHER BY THE ELECTED OFFICIAL OR SUCH ELECTED  OFFI-
   15  CIAL'S  DESIGNEE,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL
   16  STAFF EMPLOYED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHILE IN THE COURSE OF  HIS  OR
   17  HER  DUTIES  AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE, BE DESIGNATED FOR THE PURPOSES
   18  OF POSTING SUCH INFORMATION ON THE  CAMPAIGN  WEBSITES  OF  ANY  ELECTED
   19  OFFICIAL.
   20    3.  ANY PERSON WHO SHALL KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY VIOLATE ANY PROVISION
   21  OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00342-02-3