Bill Text: NY S02680 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the use of campaign funds for childcare expenses where they are incurred in the campaign or in the execution of the duties of public office or party position.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-30 - SIGNED CHAP.136 [S02680 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02680-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2680--A Cal. No. 614 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAYER, BROOKS, GIANARIS, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, LIU, MAY, METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the use of campaign funds for childcare expenses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (ix) and (x) of subdivision 3 of section 14-130 2 of the election law, as added by section 9 of part CC of chapter 56 of 3 the laws of 2015, are amended and a new paragraph (xi) is added to read 4 as follows: 5 (ix) dues, fees, or gratuities at a country club, health club, recre- 6 ational facility or other entities with a similar purpose, unless they 7 are expenses connected with a specific fundraising event or activity 8 associated with a political campaign or the holding of public office or 9 party position that takes place on the organization's premises; [and] 10 (x) travel expenses including automobile purchases or leases, unless 11 used for campaign purposes or in connection with the execution of the 12 duties of public office or party position and usage of such vehicle 13 which is incidental to such purposes or the execution of such duties[.]; 14 and 15 (xi) childcare expenses, other than expenses incurred in the campaign 16 or in the execution of the duties of public office or party position. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 18 have become a law; provided, however, that the state board of elections 19 shall notify all registered campaign committees of the applicable 20 provisions of this act within thirty days after this act shall have 21 become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02165-05-9