Bill Text: NY S08696 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits recurring campaign donations without affirmative consent; provides that a candidate accepting a recurring contribution shall provide a receipt to the contributor disclosing the terms of the recurring contribution, provide all necessary information to cancel the recurring donation, and immediately cancel the recurring donation upon request.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-30 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S08696 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08696-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8696

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 30, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  prohibiting  recurring
          campaign donations without affirmative consent

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  14-115
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 14-115. Recurring contributions. 1. A candidate, committee, not-for-
     4  profit  entity or for-profit entity shall not solicit or accept a recur-
     5  ring contribution from a person unless the  candidate,  committee,  not-
     6  for-profit  entity or for-profit entity receives the affirmative consent
     7  of the person to make a  recurring  contribution  at  the  time  of  the
     8  initial  contribution.  Passive action by the contributor, such as fail-
     9  ing to uncheck a pre-checked box authorizing a  recurring  contribution,
    10  shall  not  meet  the  requirement  of  affirmative  consent  under this
    11  section.
    12    2. A candidate, committee, not-for-profit entity or for-profit  entity
    13  that accepts a recurring contribution described in subdivision one shall
    14  do all of the following:
    15    a. provide a receipt to the contributor that clearly and conspicuously
    16  discloses  all  terms of the recurring contribution within three days of
    17  receipt of the initial contribution or each recurring contribution;
    18    b. provide all necessary information to cancel the recurring  contrib-
    19  ution  in  each  communication  with  the  contributor that concerns the
    20  contribution; and
    21    c. immediately cancel a recurring contribution  upon  request  of  the
    22  contributor.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11900-03-1