Bill Text: NY S03054 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the itemization of campaign expenditures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S03054 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S03054-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3054
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 7, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. BRESLIN, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, OPPENHEIMER -- 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 statements of campaign
receipts; and to repeal certain provisions of the election law relat-
ing thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 14-102 of the election law is
2 REPEALED, subdivision 1, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978,
3 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read
4 as follows:
5 1. The treasurer of every political committee which, or any officer,
6 member or agent of any such committee who, in connection with any
7 election, receives or expends any money or other [valuable thing] ITEM
8 OF VALUE or incurs any liability to pay money or its equivalent shall
9 file statements sworn, or subscribed and bearing a form notice that
10 false statements made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor
11 pursuant to section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by
12 this article setting forth all the receipts, contributions to and the
13 expenditures by and liabilities of the committee, and of its officers,
14 members and agents in its behalf. Such statements shall include the
15 dollar amount of any receipt, contribution or transfer, or the fair
16 market value of any receipt, contribution or transfer, which is other
17 than of money, the name and address of the transferor, contributor or
18 person from whom received, and if the transferor, contributor or person
19 is a political committee; the name of and the political unit represented
20 by the committee, the date of its receipt, the dollar amount of every
21 expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom it was made or
22 the name of and the political unit represented by the committee to which
23 it was made and the date thereof, and shall state clearly the purpose of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 such expenditure. IF ANY ONE EXPENDITURE IS MADE FOR MORE THAN ONE
2 PURPOSE, OR AS PAYMENT FOR GOODS OR SERVICES SUPPLIED BY MORE THAN ONE
3 SUPPLIER, SUCH STATEMENT SHALL SET FORTH SEPARATELY EACH SUCH PURPOSE OR
4 SUPPLIER AND THE AMOUNT EXPENDED FOR EACH SUCH PURPOSE OR TO EACH SUCH
5 SUPPLIER.
6 Any statement reporting a loan shall have attached to it a copy of the
7 evidence of indebtedness. Expenditures in sums under fifty dollars need
8 not be specifically accounted for by separate items in said statements,
9 and receipts and contributions aggregating not more than ninety-nine
10 dollars, from any one contributor need not be specifically accounted for
11 by separate items in said statements, provided however, that such
12 expenditures, receipts and contributions shall be subject to the other
13 provisions of section 14-118 of this article.
14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
