Bill Text: NY S05148 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits campaign contributions to candidates for state senate and assembly by certain members of the legislative ethics commission; provides an exemption that permits present members of the legislature to make campaign contributions; imposes penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S05148 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05148-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5148--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover- nance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the election law, in relation to prohibiting campaign contributions to candidates for state senate and assembly by certain members of the legislative ethics commission The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 80 of the legislative law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 3 3-a. No member of the commission shall make a contribution to any 4 candidate for state senate or assembly; provided, however, that the 5 provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to members of the commis- 6 sion who are present members of the legislature. 7 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 14-114 of the election law is amended by 8 adding a new paragraph d to read as follows: 9 d. In any election for state senate or assembly, no member of the 10 legislative ethics commission as defined in section eighty of the legis- 11 lative law, shall make a contribution to a candidate and no candidate 12 shall accept a contribution from a member of such legislative ethics 13 commission; provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph 14 shall not apply to members of the commission who are present members of 15 the legislature. 16 § 3. Section 14-126 of the election law is amended by adding a new 17 subdivision 8 to read as follows: 18 8. (a) Any member of the legislative ethics commission, who, under 19 circumstances evincing an intent to violate such law, makes a contrib- 20 ution in contravention of paragraph d of subdivision one of section 21 14-114 of this article shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed 22 the greater of ten thousand dollars or an amount equal to two hundred EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10534-02-9S. 5148--A 2 1 percent of the contribution, to be recoverable in a special proceeding 2 or civil action to be brought by the state board of elections chief 3 enforcement counsel. 4 (b) Any person who, acting as or on behalf of an officeholder, candi- 5 date, or political committee, accepts a contribution in contravention of 6 paragraph d of subdivision one of section 14-114 of this article shall 7 be required to refund such contribution. 8 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 9 it shall have become a law.