Bill Text: NY S01806 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Regulates political contribution activities by intermediaries; requires that when contributions made by an intermediary to a candidate or a committee are over $1,000, the name, occupation and address of each contributor shall be disclosed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01806 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01806-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1806

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to contribution activities
          by an intermediary

          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
     2  14-105-a to read as follows:
     3    § 14-105-a.  Contribution delivery activities by an  intermediary.  1.
     4  For  purposes of this section "intermediary" means an individual, corpo-
     5  ration, partnership, political committee, employee organization or other
     6  entity which:
     7    (a) other than in the regular course of business as a postal, delivery
     8  or messenger service, delivers any contribution from another  person  or
     9  entity to a candidate or authorized committee; or
    10    (b)  solicits contributions to a candidate or other authorized commit-
    11  tee where such solicitation is known to such candidate  or  his  or  her
    12  authorized  committee.  For  purposes  of  this  paragraph, only persons
    13  clearly identified as the solicitor of a contribution to  the  candidate
    14  or his or her authorized committee shall be presumed to be known to such
    15  candidate  or  his or her authorized committee. "Intermediary" shall not
    16  include spouses, domestic partners, parents, children or siblings of the
    17  person making such contribution, or  any  paid  or  volunteer  full-time
    18  campaign  workers or commercial fundraising firms retained by the candi-
    19  date and the agents thereof.
    20    2. When contributions totaling one thousand dollars or more are deliv-
    21  ered by the intermediary to the recipient candidate,  authorized  candi-
    22  date  committee  or  party committee, the intermediary shall indicate in
    23  writing to the recipient candidate, authorized  candidate  committee  or
    24  party committee the following information:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04089-01-3
        S. 1806                             2

     1    (a)  the  name, mailing address and occupation of each contributor who
     2  makes a contribution over ninety-nine dollars, and the  amount  of  each
     3  contribution,  and for each contribution of two hundred dollars or more,
     4  the name and address of such contributor's employer;
     5    (b) the total aggregate amount of contributions of ninety-nine dollars
     6  or less; and
     7    (c) the date the contribution was received by the intermediary and the
     8  date  the  contributions  were  delivered  to  the  recipient candidate,
     9  authorized candidate committee or party committee.
    10    3. The recipient candidate, authorized candidate  committee  or  party
    11  committee  shall report to the state board of elections the intermediary
    12  who delivers contributions totaling one thousand dollars or more on  the
    13  statements required by this article.
    14    4.  The  state board of elections shall provide a section for interme-
    15  diary reporting as required by this section, which shall include:
    16    (a) the name, mailing address, occupation and employer of the interme-
    17  diary; and
    18    (b) the total amount of contributions delivered by the intermediary to
    19  the candidate, the candidate's authorized committee or a  party  commit-
    20  tee.
    21    §  2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.  Provided, however,
    22  that contributions legally received prior to the effective date of  this
    23  act  may  be  retained  and  expended  for lawful purposes and shall not
    24  provide the basis for a violation of article 14 of the election law,  as
    25  amended  by  this  act;  and  provided, further, that the state board of
    26  elections shall notify all candidates and political  committees  of  the
    27  applicable  provisions  of  this  act  within thirty days after this act
    28  shall have become a law.