Bill Text: NY S02148 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to contributions to candidates and political committees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S02148 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02148-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2148 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, ADDABBO, HOYLMAN, SERRANO, STAVISKY -- 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 contributions to candi- dates and political committees 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 14-114 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, paragraphs a and b as amended 3 by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 4 1. The following limitations apply to all contributions to candidates 5 for election to any public office or for nomination for any such office, 6 or for election to any party positions, and to all contributions to 7 political committees working directly or indirectly with any candidate 8 to aid or participate in such candidate's nomination or election, other 9 than any contributions to any party committee or constituted committee: 10 a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of 11 the entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor 12 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee, and no 13 candidate or political committee may accept any contribution from any 14 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than: (i) in the 15 case of any nomination to public office, the product of the total number 16 of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, excluding 17 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.005, but such amount shall be 18 not [less than four thousand dollars nor] more than [twelve] six thou- 19 sand dollars [as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjustment20described in paragraph c of this subdivision,] and (ii) in the case of 21 any election to [a] such public office, [twenty-five] six thousand 22 dollars [as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjustment23described in paragraph c of this subdivision]; provided however, that 24 the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04003-01-9S. 2148 2 1 aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and 2 sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case 3 of any nomination to public office an amount equivalent to the product 4 of the number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, 5 excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the 6 case of any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the 7 product of the number of registered voters in the state excluding voters 8 in inactive status, multiplied by $.025. 9 b. In any other election for party position or for election to a 10 public office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor may 11 make a contribution to any candidate or political committee and no 12 candidate or political committee may accept any contribution from any 13 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than: (i) in the 14 case of any election for party position, or for nomination to public 15 office, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the candi- 16 date's party in the district in which he is a candidate, excluding 17 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and (ii) in the case of 18 any election for a public office, the product of the total number of 19 registered voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status, 20 multiplied by $.05, however in the case of a nomination within the city 21 of New York for the office of mayor, public advocate or comptroller, 22 such amount shall be not less than four thousand dollars nor more than 23 twelve thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living 24 adjustment described in paragraph c of this subdivision; in the case of 25 an election within the city of New York for the office of mayor, public 26 advocate or comptroller, twenty-five thousand dollars as increased or 27 decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph c of 28 this subdivision; in the case of a nomination or election for state 29 senator, four thousand dollars [as increased or decreased by the cost of30living adjustment described in paragraph c of this subdivision; in the31case of an election for state senator, six thousand two hundred fifty32dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjustment33described in paragraph c of this subdivision]; in the case of an 34 election or nomination for a member of the assembly, [twenty-five35hundred] two thousand dollars [as increased or decreased by the cost of36living adjustment described in paragraph c of this subdivision; but in37no event shall any such maximum exceed fifty thousand dollars or be less38than one thousand dollars]; provided however, that the maximum amount 39 which may be so contributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from any 40 candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the 41 spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any election 42 for party position or nomination for public office an amount equivalent 43 to the number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the 44 district in which he is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive 45 status, multiplied by $.25 and in the case of any election to public 46 office, an amount equivalent to the number of registered voters in the 47 district, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25; or 48 twelve hundred fifty dollars, whichever is greater, or in the case of a 49 nomination or election of a state senator, twenty thousand dollars, 50 whichever is greater, or in the case of a nomination or election of a 51 member of the assembly twelve thousand five hundred dollars, whichever 52 is greater, but in no event shall any such maximum exceed one hundred 53 thousand dollars. 54 c. At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in [nine-55teen hundred ninety-five] two thousand twenty-six, the state board shall 56 determine the percentage of the difference between the most recentS. 2148 3 1 available monthly consumer price index for all urban consumers published 2 by the United States bureau of labor statistics and such consumer price 3 index published for the same month four years previously. The amount of 4 each contribution limit fixed and expressly identified for adjustment in 5 this subdivision shall be adjusted by the amount of such percentage 6 difference to the closest one hundred dollars by the state board which, 7 not later than the first day of February in each such year, shall issue 8 a regulation publishing the amount of each such contribution limit. Each 9 contribution limit as so adjusted shall be the contribution limit in 10 effect for any election held before the next such adjustment. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
