Bill Text: NY S02099 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires any entity, other than a natural person, which in connection with any election makes contributions or expenditures to or on behalf of more than one candidate, political committee or constituted committee in excess of $2000 in the aggregate per annum, to file a campaign contribution statement with the board of elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S02099 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02099-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2099
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 18, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 requiring certain
contributors to file campaign contribution statements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by chapter
3 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. The treasurer of every political committee which, or any officer,
5 member or agent of any such committee who, in connection with any
6 election, receives or expends any money or other valuable thing or
7 incurs any liability to pay money or its equivalent AND ANY ENTITY OTHER
8 THAN A NATURAL PERSON, WHICH IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTION MAKES
9 CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES TO OR ON BEHALF OF ANY CANDIDATE, POLI-
10 TICAL COMMITTEE OR CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE IN EXCESS OF TWO THOUSAND
11 DOLLARS PER ANNUM TO MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE shall file statements
12 sworn, or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false statements
13 made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor pursuant to section
14 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article setting
15 forth all the receipts, contributions to and the expenditures by and
16 liabilities of the committee, and of its officers, members and agents in
17 its behalf. Such statements shall include the dollar amount of any
18 receipt, contribution or transfer, or the fair market value of any
19 receipt, contribution or transfer, which is other than of money, the
20 name and address of the transferor, contributor or person from whom
21 received, and if the transferor, contributor or person is a political
22 committee; the name of and the political unit represented by the commit-
23 tee, the date of its receipt, the dollar amount of every expenditure,
24 the name and address of the person to whom it was made or the name of
25 and the political unit represented by the committee to which it was made
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 and the date thereof, and shall state clearly the purpose of such
2 expenditure. Any statement reporting a loan shall have attached to it a
3 copy of the evidence of indebtedness. Expenditures in sums under fifty
4 dollars need not be specifically accounted for by separate items in said
5 statements, and receipts and contributions aggregating not more than
6 ninety-nine dollars, from any one contributor need not be specifically
7 accounted for by separate items in said statements, provided however,
8 that such expenditures, receipts and contributions shall be subject to
9 the other provisions of section 14-118 of this article.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
