Bill Text: NY S02097 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that any person, acting on behalf of a public officer, candidate or political committee, who solicits a contribution to a county or town committee for the benefit of a candidate to whom such direct contribution is unlawful, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S02097 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02097-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2097 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MURPHY, AKSHAR, CROCI, FUNKE, ROBACH, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law and the penal law, in relation to penalties for unlawful campaign contributions to county or town committees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 14-126 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. Any person, acting on behalf of a public officer, candidate or any 4 authorized or unauthorized political committee, who solicits a contrib- 5 ution to a county or town committee for the benefit of a candidate to 6 whom a direct contribution of such amount is unlawful, shall be guilty 7 of a class D felony. 8 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 470.00 of the penal law, as amended by 9 chapter 489 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 10 3. "Transaction" includes a payment, purchase, sale, loan, pledge, 11 gift, transfer, or delivery, and with respect to a financial institution 12 includes a deposit, withdrawal, transfer between accounts, exchange of 13 currency, loan, extension of credit, purchase or sale of any stock, 14 bond, certificate of deposit, or other monetary instrument, use of a 15 safe deposit box, or any other payment, transfer, or delivery by, 16 through, or to a financial institution, by whatever means effected, or 17 any act prohibited by section 14-126 of the election law, except that 18 "transaction" shall not include payments to attorneys for legal 19 services. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02325-01-7